South African Politics
Brazil, China to ink deal on trade in national currency
Mar 21, 2013 17:45 EDT
Brazil hopes to sign a bilateral accord with China to promote trade in their national currencies at next week's BRICS summit of the world's five emerging powers, Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel said Thursday.
China expects headway on BRICS bank at Durban summit
Mar 20, 2013 14:54 EDT
China expects progress towards creation of a development bank and a joint foreign reserves fund at the BRICS summit of five emerging powers in South Africa, President Xi Jinping said in remarks released here Wednesday.
SAfrican opposition leader bitten by rat
Mar 20, 2013 06:14 EDT
South African opposition leader Helen Zille said she has been bitten by a rat outside her home in Cape Town.
Rat bites SAfrican opposition leader
Mar 20, 2013 03:34 EDT
South African opposition leader Helen Zille said she has been bitten by a rat outside her home in Cape Town.
Mozambique family of dragged taxidriver pressed to drop case: lawyer
Mar 18, 2013 13:13 EDT
The family of a Mozambican taxidriver killed in police custody are being pressured by their own government to settle a law suit against the South African government out of court, lawyers said Monday.
S.Africa's ANC expels youth wing leaders
Mar 18, 2013 11:15 EDT
South Africa's ruling ANC party on Monday fired the leaders of its youth league and a rebellious northern province, after they voted against President Jacob Zuma's leadership.
Assad urges BRICS intervention to end Syria war: aide
Mar 16, 2013 11:39 EDT
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday called on the BRICS nations to intervene to end the conflict in his country, in a letter delivered by his adviser Bouthaina Shaaban during a trip to South Africa.
Over quarter of S.African schoolgirls 'HIV positive'
Mar 14, 2013 07:53 EDT
As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday.
Sudan's Bashir 'accepts' summit as oil agreed to flow
Mar 12, 2013 16:36 EDT
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has accepted an invitation to visit South Sudan, his office said on Tuesday, after the two countries agreed to resume oil flows in an easing of tensions following border clashes.
Sudan, S. Sudan agree new timeline to restart oil flow
Mar 12, 2013 05:09 EDT
South Sudan on Tuesday signed the latest of a string of deals to restart the flow of oil stalled for more than a year after shutting down pipelines through arch-rival Sudan.
S.Africa to stop public workers doing business with state
Mar 07, 2013 12:54 EST
South African public servants will be banned from doing business with the state as part of a drive to stop corruption, the government said Thursday.
S.Africa peace-loving and safe despite violence: Zuma
Mar 07, 2013 11:18 EST
South African President Jacob Zuma, piqued that his country might be seen abroad as crime-ridden and violent, on Thursday insisted it was a peace-loving and stable nation.
China's Xi to visit S.Africa this month
Mar 07, 2013 10:09 EST
China's incoming president Xi Jinping will visit regional economic powerhouse South Africa this month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a highly symbolic trip that will come soon after he takes up the post.
S. Africa claims Congo coup accused had 'hit list'
Mar 06, 2013 12:48 EST
A computer confiscated from one of 20 men accused of plotting to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Congo's government contained a hit list of Congolese leaders, a prosecutor told a South African court Wednesday.
S.Africa memorial service for man killed in custody
Mar 06, 2013 11:00 EST
Friends, family and supporters held a memorial service Wednesday for a Mozambican man who died in custody after being dragged behind a South African police van, an incident that again threw the spotlight on the much-maligned force.
Twitter hack exposes Africa's cyber weaknesses
Mar 06, 2013 10:54 EST
Hackers have claimed the scalp of the South African Ministry of State Security's Twitter account, underlining concerns that Africa may be the soft underbelly of global cyber security.
Pistorius's dad lambasted for 'racist' gun comments
Mar 05, 2013 10:52 EST
The family of murder suspect Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday rejected his father's claim that white South Africans need to own guns because the ANC government does not protect them.
Pistorius family distances itself from gun comments
Mar 05, 2013 06:58 EST
The family of star sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, on Tuesday rejected his father's assertion that South Africa's high crime rates necessitated gun ownership.
Madagascar blocks return of ousted leader's wife
Mar 02, 2013 15:02 EST
Madagascar has blocked the wife of ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana from returning from exile in South Africa to visit his sick mother, an official in the ex-president's party said Saturday.
S.Africa to help repatriate Mozambican killed by police
Mar 02, 2013 11:15 EST
The South African government said Saturday it has begun efforts to help repatriate the body of a Mozambican man who died in police custody after being dragged behind a patrol van.
