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A vendor picks up a broiler chicken from a cage at the Mbare Market in Harare on June 9, 2017. By Jekesai NJIKIZANA (AFP/File)

S. Africa's neighbours ban poultry imports over bird flu

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Windhoek (AFP) - Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serio ...

Prison guards pictured outside Johannesburg's central prison on October 22, 2012. By Alexander JOE (AFP/File)

S. African prison guards face suspension over stri...

Monday, June 26, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South African prison officials said Monday that they were considering suspending 13 guards after on ...

South Africa is holding a new inquest into the 1971 death of Ahmed Timol, an anti-apartheid activist who fell from the 10th-storey window of police headquarters in Johannesburg.. By GULSHAN KHAN (AFP)

S.Africa apartheid-era police custody death case o...

Monday, June 26, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - A policeman who was with a South African anti-apartheid activist when he fell from a 10th-storey wi ...

Heino Kuhn (L) is one of three uncapped players along with Aiden Markram and Andile Phehlukwayo to be named in the South Africa squad for the Test series against England. By STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (AFP/File)

Heino Kuhn heads uncapped S. Africa trio for Engla...

Monday, June 26, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - Heino Kuhn's two centuries on the South Africa A tour of England earned him a call-up on Monday to ...

South Africa's AB de Villiers plays a shot during their T20 match against England, at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton, on June 21, 2017. By Glyn KIRK (AFP/File)

South African batsman AB de Villiers to decide fut...

Monday, June 26, 2017

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - AB de Villiers left South Africa's tour of England saying he would decide his cricket f ...

England's Dawid Malan plays a shot during the third T20 international against South Africa at Sophia Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 25, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

New boy Malan sets up England T20 series win over ...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Dawid Malan became England's top-scoring Twenty20 international debutant as they beat S ...

England's Dawid Malan plays a shot during the third T20 international against South Africa at Sophia Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 25, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

Debutant Malan sets up England T20 series win over...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Dawid Malan became England's top-scoring Twenty20 international debutant as they beat S ...

England's Dawid Malan plays a shot during the third T20 international against South Africa at Sophia Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 25, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

Malan stars for England before S. Africa fightback...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Dawid Malan became England's top-scoring Twenty20 international debutant before Dane Pa ...

South Africa's Mangaliso Mosehle drops a catch during the third T20 international against England at Sophia Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff, south Wales, on June 25, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

South Africa bowl against England in third T20

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to field against England i ...

Imtiaz Cajee, the nephew of Ahmed Timol, an anti-apartheid activist brutally murdered in police custody in October 1971, holds a portrait of his uncle at his house in Pretoria. By GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (AFP)

South Africa confronts apartheid-era custody death...

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - The brutal death of anti-apartheid campaigner Ahmed Timol was allowed to go quietly unsolved in the ...

England's Jason Roy plays a shot during the second international Twenty20 cricket match between England and South Africa at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, south-west England, on June 23, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

Roy's bizarre exit turns 2nd T20 South Africa's wa...

Friday, June 23, 2017

Taunton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Jason Roy's bizarre dismissal turned the second Twenty20 international's South Africa's ...

England's Jason Roy plays a shot during the second international Twenty20 cricket match between England and South Africa at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton, south-west England, on June 23, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

South Africa beat England by three runs to win 2nd...

Friday, June 23, 2017

Taunton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - South Africa beat England by just three runs to win the second Twenty20 international a ...

England's Tom Curran (R) celebrates with England's Jason Roy after taking the wicket of South Africa's Chris Morris during the second international Twenty20 cricket match June 23, 2017. By Geoff CADDICK (AFP)

Curran strikes as De Villiers stars for South Afri...

Friday, June 23, 2017

Taunton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Tom Curran took three wickets on his England debut as South Africa captain AB de Villie ...

Groundbreaking Guide On Community-Based HIV Preven...

Friday, June 23, 2017

A groundbreaking guide aimed at helping people to set up community-based HIV prevention services was launched in Cape To ...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma came to office in 2009 and is due to step down as head of the ANC in December 2017. By John WESSELS (AFP/File)

Top S.Africa court okays secret ballots in Zuma no...

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's highest court on Thursday ruled that lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confi ...

England's Jonny Bairstow plays a shot as South Africa's Mangaliso Mosehle keeps wicket on June 21, 2017. By Glyn KIRK (AFP)

Bairstow seals England rout of South Africa

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Jonny Bairstow made a dashing 60 not out as England thrashed South Africa by nine w ...

England's Jonny Bairstow plays a shot as South Africa's Mangaliso Mosehle keeps wicket on June 21, 2017. By Glyn KIRK (AFP)

Cricket: Bairstow seals England rout of South Afri...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Jonny Bairstow made a dashing 60 not out as England thrashed South Africa by nine w ...

England's Jonny Bairstow plays a shot as South Africa's Mangaliso Mosehle keeps wicket on June 21, 2017. By Glyn KIRK (AFP)

Bairstow seals England Twenty20 rout of South Afri...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Jonny Bairstow made a dashing 60 not out as England thrashed South Africa by nine w ...

South Africa's AB de Villiers plays a shot during the T20 international cricket match between England and South Africa at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton, on the south coast of England, on June 21, 2017. By Glyn KIRK (AFP)

De Villiers takes South Africa to 142-3 against En...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - South Africa captain AB de Villiers top-scored for the Proteas as they were held to ...

Khoi San community members in South Africa bury the

S.Africa buries 200-year-old 'spirit' of rebel chi...

Friday, June 16, 2017

Hankey (South Africa) (AFP) - South Africa buried the spirit of one of its first rebel leaders Friday, 200 years after ...

France's Barbarians Jonathan Danty (C) is tackled by South Africa's Lwazi Mvovo during test match between Barbarians and South Africa on June 16, 2017 in Durban, South Africa. By ANESH DEBIKY (AFP)

Mvovo seals South Africa A win in historic game

Friday, June 16, 2017

Durban (South Africa) (AFP) - A late Lwazi Mvovo try sealed a 36-28 victory for South Africa A over the French Barbarian ...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gives a press conference in the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, on March 2, 2017. By ASHRAF SHAZLY (AFP/File)

ICC to rule on South Africa's failure to arrest Ba...

Friday, June 16, 2017

The Hague (AFP) - War crimes judges will rule next month on whether South Africa flouted international law when it faile ...

Despite its continued importance to the South African economy, mining has in the last decade experienced a marked declined fire, killing 34 miners and wounded dozens more. By MUJAHID SAFODIEN (AFP/File)

New South Africa mining code triggers stocks slump

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa adopted a new mining code on Thursday requiring companies to have majority black inves ...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has been engulfed by graft scandals and several humiliating court rulings. By Phill Magakoe (AFP/File)

South African watchdog opens graft probe against Z...

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into several allies of Presid ...

A nurse prepares chemotherapy drugs. By CHRIS HONDROS (Getty/AFP/File)

South Africa probes 3 drug giants over cancer meds...

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's competition commission said Tuesday it had launched investigations into pharmaceutic ...

A nurse prepares chemotherapy drugs. By CHRIS HONDROS (Getty/AFP/File)

S. Africa probes pharmaceutical giants over cancer...

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's competition commission said Tuesday it had launched investigations into pharmaceutic ...

Helen Zille, former leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance political party, triggered a controversy in a March tweet praising aspects of colonialism.. By MARCO LONGARI (AFP/File)

S.Africa's Zille punished over colonialism tweet

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's main opposition party Tuesday removed former leader Helen Zille from all party leade ...

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