JOHANNESBURG — South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth on Wednesday with acts of...
JOHANNESBURG — Millions of South Africans prepared to say goodbye to anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as her emotionally charged official funeral began Saturday in Soweto, where...
JOHANNESBURG — The chairman of South Africa’s ruling party on Saturday tried to ease national anxiety about President Jacob Zuma’s fate, saying the country should be...
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s deputy president says anyone who acts corruptly must be punished regardless of identity, in a message reflecting national discontent with scandal-tainted President...
JOHANNESBURG — Voting has begun to choose the next president of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party, as delegates choose between two candidates to lead Nelson Mandela’s...
WASHINGTON — A month before the Trump administration sparked outrage by reversing a ban on body parts from threatened African elephants, federal officials quietly loosened restrictions...
JOHANNESBURG – Hundreds of vultures in Namibia died after feeding on an elephant carcass that poachers had poisoned. Poachers in Zimbabwe used cyanide to kill dozens...
Kane Hames will start a test for the first time after being drafted into the New Zealand lineup for Saturday’s Rugby Championship test against South Africa...
JOHANNESBURG — Five years after South African police shot dead 34 striking mine workers, recalling police brutality under apartheid, rights groups say no one has been...
CAPE TOWN, Aug 1 — The estimated overall HIV prevalence rate is approximately 12.6 percent among the South African population, the highest prevalence in the world,...