Mandela gave South Africa the freedom to vote. A generation later, millions are still waiting for the freedom to eat, to own, and to belong economically....
When xenophobia serves the powerful, the wounds of history are weaponized against the wrong enemy.
By Des H Rikhotso A bold infrastructure push promises to compress travel times, unlock regional trade, and redefine what connectivity means for a continent long underserved...
By Sheena Raikundalia US President Trump’s decision to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act through December 2026 has sparked jubilation in Nairobi. But beneath the...
By Ajay Wasserman South Africa has executed a calculated maneuver that could redefine Africa’s position in global trade architecture – a strategic pivot that reshapes continental...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Most African nations inherited their juridical sovereignty from colonial administrations that dominated the continent from the mid-19th century. Their borders – drawn...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa stands apart. While military coups have swept across West and Central Africa with alarming regularity, the Southern African Development Community...
By Kei Rapodile South Africa’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) programme, once heralded as a leap into the digital age, has instead become a cautionary tale of...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent trade dispute between Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa has thrust the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into the spotlight, underscoring...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson U.S. President Donald Trump recently asserted, without providing evidence, that South Africa is engaging in land confiscation and mistreating certain groups of people....
By Danilo Desiderio As the new year begins, it is customary to examine growth estimates for various regions around the world in the months ahead. This...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When the late leader of Iran decided to tour Africa in mid-2023, he chose to visit states in East and Southern Africa....
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu With the highest number of countries in the world, being the second-largest continent, and with a diverse sociocultural landscape, the security dynamics...
By Gregory Simpkins Making arrangements to travel often begins early in the year, especially if it involves international travel. The Business Insider Africa website has rated...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Southern Africa was one of the regional security complexes in Africa that was pronouncedly affected by the Cold War. In the 1960s...
The South African government is set to initiate discussions with Formula 1 organizers about the potential return of the sport after a 30-year absence. Tourism Minister...
By Mary Alorh Over the years, the political landscape of Africa has undergone significant transformation, particularly in terms of political participation. Today, most African nations embrace...
AP | South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country’s...
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that South Africa’s new Government of National Unity (GNU) will prioritize inclusive growth, job creation, and poverty reduction....
On Wednesday, South Africa’s newly appointed cabinet officially took office, poised to address the critical challenges of driving economic growth, fostering social change, and reducing socio-economic...
Bloomberg | Ten South African political parties agreed to form a ruling alliance, completing the first phase of creating a so-called government of national unity (GNU)....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu There are several core values that are fundamental to democratic systems around the world. These include human rights and freedoms, transparency, accountability,...
AP | Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a second term as South Africa’s president on Wednesday in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria. Ramaphosa...
AP | The leader of South Africa’s second biggest party said Friday it will back Cyril Ramaphosa for president, almost guaranteeing he will be re-elected in...
By Gregory Simpkins The Republic of South Africa has long been considered the hub of the wheel of the southern Africa region. It is the most...
AP | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for South Africa’s political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first...
African Business | The CEO of Qatar Airways, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, said that the airline will soon announce an investment in a Southern African airline...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than a year now, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) coalition has been pressing hard for replacement of the...
Bloomberg | GoSolr, a company backed by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe and the continent’s biggest bank, plans to spend 10 billion rand (US$537 million) to...
Bloomberg | South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s newly formed party vowed to nationalize land and banks, withdraw from the International Criminal Court and expand the...
By Babajide Oluwase The climate is changing at an astronomical rate and the impact of this can be seen everywhere. Imagine stepping outside your apartment for...
South Africa’s Prudential Authority, which operates within the administration of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently announced the official registration of the Young Women in...
AP | Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections, the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The commission said at...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said pledges to procure goods and services from Black-owned companies worth 261 billion rand (US$13.9 billion) would spur transformation...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nomination of Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya for the position of Chief Justice in South Africa marks a historic milestone in...
Reuters | South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said on Tuesday. The elections are expected to be...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the date for national elections by February 23, according to his spokesman. Ramaphosa will announce the date...
By Gregory Simpkins The seismic shift in the world order is causing many economic and political changes. The determination to replace the U.S. dollar as the...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma cannot be the president of the country after this year’s general elections because of his criminal record. This was clarified...
Bloomberg | Africa faces economic headwinds this year, but some of the continent’s brightest sparks are shading it in a more hopeful light. Six of the...
Bloomberg | Nigeria-based Riverside LNG said it’s in talks to supply gas to South Africa, in what would be the first such deal between the two...
Bloomberg | Nigeria will seek to become a member of the BRICS group of nations within the next 2 years as part of a new foreign...
By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo Sub-Saharan African countries strongly rely on the agricultural and forestry sectors. Agriculture contributes up to 60 percent of...
By Gregory Simpkins I recently came across an intriguing headline in the New York Times: “The World Is Becoming More African.” The point being made is...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the 1950s, Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Kwame Nkrumah, was clear about what the newly independent state needed – a...
Bloomberg | South Africa is set to briefly overtake Nigeria and Egypt as the continent’s largest economy next year, International Monetary Fund forecasts show. The IMF’s...
By Christopher Isike How might BRICS affect US-African ties? Altering diplomatic relations between African countries and the US on account of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China...
Startups in Kenya have received more equity funding from investors in Africa in the first half of 2023, as per data released by Briter Bridges. The...
By Gregory Simpkins One of the biggest stories in recent weeks has been the ongoing evolution of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), this...
AFP | BRICS leaders have agreed to expand the club of major emerging economies and adopted conditions for entry, South Africa said on Wednesday, as the...
By Zita Zage In recent years, the BRICS group of nations, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has emerged as a formidable presence...
Reuters | The development bank founded by the so-called BRICS countries closed the auction for its first South African rand bonds on Tuesday, as it comes...
AFP | South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to prison on Friday only to be swiftly released, in a government move lashed by the...
Day 14 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup sent four more teams packing. South Africa earned a stunning 3-2 win Wednesday to secure its first-ever last-16...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
By Padraig Carmody A few years ago, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa – had lost salience because three of its...
Xinhua | South Africa has invited heads of state of all African countries to the BRICS summit, which is set to be held in August in...
Bloomberg | Of all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be optimistic about, the most promising is Kenya. Economic and political forces are converging to put...
Bloomberg | South Africa extended for a second time special permits allowing Zimbabwean nationals to live and work in the country until the end of the...
AP | The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma was postponed again Monday as he seeks to have the lead prosecutor removed from...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been increasing talk about a New World Order created by the alliance primarily of China and Russia, along with other nations...
Mail & Guardian | President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday warned opposition parties that the ANC, which in recent years has been losing support, will be the...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a new deputy and electricity czar and replaced several ministers, injecting new blood into a cabinet that’s failed...
Bloomberg | South African Deputy President David Mabuza tendered his resignation to parliament ahead of Cyril Ramaphosa’s anticipated cabinet reshuffle. Mabuza sent a letter to parliament...
Bloomberg | Self-generation of electricity by South African businesses and households is likely to reduce rolling blackouts without compromising the state power utility’s business model, according...
AFP | South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for a second 5-year term, despite a...
By Gregory Simpkins Being left out of industrialization for so long has been an obstacle for emerging markets in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean...
Reuters | The duty-free access for nearly 40 African countries in a 22-year-old U.S. trade program is no longer enough to boost their development and a...
AFP | South Africa’s parliament was set to debate Tuesday whether to initiate proceedings to remove scandal-engulfed President Cyril Ramaphosa from office. Ramaphosa, who was championed...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies are steeling themselves before a meeting of the governing party’s top leaders at which he’s likely to face...
AP |The presidents of South Africa and Kenya said Wednesday they have resolved a long-standing visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa...
By Boutheina Guermazi, Brigit Pickel and Lacina Koné Digital technologies offer new avenues for economic growth in Africa by accelerating job creation, supporting access to public...
Bloomberg | Lesotho’s Revolution for Prosperity party (RFP), which won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary elections, has teamed up with two smaller rivals to...
Reuters | Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been set free following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, a government department...
AP | African Union (AU) chairperson Macky Sall said Tuesday that Africa “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War,” alluding...
“Africa should be allowed the space to choose its own partners and should never again find itself as a battleground for influence among the global powers.”...
Reuters | Walmart Inc., has launched a 6.4 billion rand (US$377.6 million) offer for the remaining 47 percent of South African retailer Massmart it does not...
AFP | South Africa’s unemployment rate fell for a second consecutive quarter despite widespread power cuts and devastating floods, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said Tuesday....
By Gregory Simpkins I have written previously about Nigeria being the “essential nation” in Africa. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), successive U.S. Administrations have...
Reuters | A South African court on Tuesday granted another adjournment in former president Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption trial, as his legal team pushes for...
Reuters | Ugandan film producer Raymond Malinga, whose work will feature in an upcoming Disney anthology of animated films from across Africa, hopes the project will...
AP | The corruption trial in South Africa of former President Jacob Zuma has been postponed again on Monday pending the outcome of the ex-leader’s appeal...
By Wanjohi Kabukuru | The Associated Press AP | From wind farms across the African coastline to geothermal projects in the east African rift valley, a...
Reuters | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed experienced jurist Raymond Zondo as the country’s new chief justice effective April 1, the presidency said in...
Bloomberg | African governments are playing catch-up in vaccinating their populations against the coronavirus, with just 12 percent of the continent’s 1.3 billion people fully inoculated...
Reuters | A South African judge on Wednesday dismissed a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to appeal an earlier ruling rejecting his attempt to have...
AFP | Travel on South Africa’s luxury Blue Train, which connects Cape Town to Pretoria in two days, has been suspended until further notice after several...
By Omphemetse Sibanda Mandisa Maya, Judge President of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, was recently recommended by the country’s Judicial Services Commission to become the...
This is not Moderna’s vaccine, it is the Afrigen mRNA hub vaccine.
Reuters | Research by South African scientists suggests that Omicron could displace the Delta variant of the coronavirus because infection with the new variant boosts immunity...
Actor Forest Whitaker and best-selling author Dambisa Moyo join group of NBA Africa investors.
Seven-day mourning period is planned in Cape Town before Tutu’s burial.
AP | South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa returned to duty after recovering from COVID-19. The president ended his period of self-isolation and will chair the final...
Telecompaper | MTN Group said that Godfrey Motsa will step down as CEO of MTN South Africa from January 01 2022 and will be succeeded by...
AFP | South Africa’s High Court ordered former president Jacob Zuma to return to jail after setting aside the decision to release him on medical parole,...
Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the disease
The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
South Africa alerted the world to Omicron late last month
Our health team has advised that it is not necessary at this time to impose a travel ban on South African countries - St. Kitts &...
Reuters | Three civil society groups have taken the South African government to court over its plan for new coal-fired power, which they say threatens people’s...
He was viewed by many in South Africa as the last apartheid ruler, not the leader who helped steer the country away from violent racial oppression.
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems...
"Chinese investments in Africa are “going on very well. The next thing I would ask from them is to allow our products to enter their market...
By David Walwyn The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the wake of the...
Zuma still faces corruption charges in a separate case in which he is accused of receiving bribes from French arms firm Thales.
Economies of Angola, Nigeria and South Africa were expected to come out of recession this year.
AFP | As Desmond Tutu turns 90 on Thursday, he remains indisputably the moral voice of South Africa. But age is catching up with him. The...
Mobile wallet payments are highest in usage as well as preference in Kenya.
Bloomberg | The mayor of Johannesburg died in a car accident Saturday after appearing at a campaign event with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, News24 reported,...
South Africa has passed the peak of a stubborn third infection wave driven by the Delta Coronavirus variant
Bloomberg | South Africa’s third wave of coronavirus infections is petering out as the number of cases and the positivity rate of those tested drops, the...
Zuma has been granted medical parole, after serving two months of a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.
Vaccine production within the continent is seen as key to meeting the stated target of vaccinating 60 percent of Africa’s population
Vaccination drive comes as the country is battling a resurgence of COVID-19.
Zuma is facing 18 charges including corruption and money laundering and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
MVX wants to make freight shipping and trade finance easier for African businesses by bringing booking and deployment processes online.
Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering
AP | The corruption trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma, who is currently in prison, has been postponed to August 10 as it is...
Government discussing paying basic income grant says Ramaphosa
Eunice Mgcina named acting mayor
AP | A South African regional court is to rule Friday on whether it will block an order by the country’s highest court for the arrest...
Bloomberg | Ethekwini, the South African municipality that includes the port city of Durban, plans to seek initial proposals for the construction of 400 megawatts (MW)...
The dependent on pharmaceutical imports leaves Africans vulnerable to shortages of medication. More local manufacturing of medications could strengthen health systems throughout the continent.
Ruling sets a precedent for South Africa and benchmark for the continent
The facility will be capable of producing a maximum 10,000 vials a day of COVID-19 vaccines
South Africa is an infinitely better place than it was in 1976. Young people have opportunities that were denied to their parents and grandparents - President...
Since 1996, Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa's Higherlife Foundation has provided education to vulnerable and orphaned African children.
By Hartmut Winkler Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine. Does that make the region exceptionally suited to solar energy generation? With electricity shortages plaguing all...
Carrier emerged from lengthy bankruptcy proceedings
Minister Mkhize sent on leave "to attend to allegations and investigations” around the irregular contract
Bloomberg | It was a showdown more than 3 years in the making. Escalating tensions in South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) finally came to...
South Africa and the United States have failed to agree on key parts of a trade agreement on the importation of poultry and pork, with the...
By Alan Hirsch The fallout from President Jacob Zuma’s decision to dismiss South Africa’s respected Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene was felt immediately in the foreign...
The CEO of Africa’s biggest telecommunications company resigned on Monday because of a US$5.2 billion fine meted out to MTN Group’s Nigerian subsidiary. Sifiso Dabengwa was...
MTN Nigeria, which is a subsidiary of Africa’s biggest telecommunications company – the MTN Group – was fined a record US$5.2 billion by the communications regulator...
South Africa’s ruling party has resolved to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said on Sunday, as the Jacob Zuma administration faces...
South Africa is fighting to retain duty-free access for exports to the United States worth as much as US$1.7 billion a year in a dispute that...
South African fixed-line operator Telkom, has been ordered to abandon plans to retrench thousands of workers. The order by the Johannesburg Labor Court was hailed as...
By Thebe Mabanga The 7th Summit of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) member states – the five major emerging national economies –...
MTN Group Ltd., has revealed that Ahmad Farroukh, the chief executive officer of the wireless carrier’s South African unit, has resigned amid labor unrest and declining...
The emerging market BRICS nations will have their own development bank by the end of the year, South Africa has said. “The New Development Bank is...
South African fixed-line operator Telkom plans to slash 4,400 jobs, or more than 24 percent of its staff, to contain costs, its spokeswoman said on Tuesday....
South Africa is considering either partially privatizing state-owned utility Eskom or putting up some of its assets for sale in order to secure funding for the...
It is not usual to associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to...
South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said it voted Mmusi Maimane as leader on Sunday, making him the first black person to head...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is expected to receive a frosty reception when he opens parliament on Thursday, with opponents set to disrupt his nationally-televised state...
Andre Russell’s late blitz capped a superb fightback from the West Indies to beat South Africa by one wicket in a tense fourth one-day international at...
The West Indies trail South Africa after they finished on 275 for nine on day four of the second test against the hosts (South Africa) on...
The second part of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography will be published next year. The best selling autobiography, “The Long Walk to Freedom,” depicts...
A new development bank launched by emerging economies will help all nations in distress to return to health, South African President Jacob Zuma said earlier this...
An earthquake shook buildings in Johannesburg and surrounding areas in South Africa’s most populous province – Gauteng on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least...
South Africa’s NUMSA manufacturing union will continue a 3-week work stoppage after its regional branches accepted a wage offer from employers but rejected conditions relating to...
South Africa’s biggest employers’ group in the metals and engineering industries agreed to offer a 10 percent pay increase to low-level earners over three years to...
South African platinum miners at work. PHOTO/File World number-one platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (AMPLATS) is to sell a swathe of its most labor-intensive South African...
Labor unions representing striking South African metalworkers have submitted a lower wage demand to employers, union representatives said on Sunday, to try to end the stoppage...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said it would relax its demands and agree on a two-year pay deal with employers as the...
South African Workers at vehicle assembly plant. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa Nissan Motor Corporation has joined auto makers including Toyota Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Corporation in...
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging giants are expected to sign a deal next week to open their own development...
South African Workers at vehicle assembly plant. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa South Africa’s labor minister will meet with striking metalworkers and industry employers on Friday in an...
South African Workers at vehicle assembly plant. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa More than 220,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s...
Differences over possible job cuts in South Africa’s platinum mines emerged on Tuesday as mining union Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) prepared to sign...
Thousands of miners at a mass rally called by South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) mining union were given a program on Monday...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File South African President Jacob Zuma will be delivering the first State of the Nation address of his second term on...
Four African countries participating in the 2014 World Cup which started in Brazil on Thursday, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana, have the potential to generate a...
Kenya and Nigeria traditionally steal the spotlight regarding African innovation centers, but South Africa quietly leads the continent with the highest number of such facilities. The...
African economic superpowers, Nigeria and South Africa exploring collaborative ventures to develop artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Nigeria. Although, South Africa is featured as the...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was on Saturday admitted to a Pretoria hospital for tests following a bout of exhaustion,...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was today admitted to hospital for tests following a bout of exhaustion, his office said. “Doctors are satisfied with his condition,” his...
MTN Group, Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator, plans to spend around 120 billion CFA francs ($250 million) upgrading its network. The Group’s head of Ivory Coast said...
The rand held steady against the dollar on Thursday as investors expected the European Central Bank to ease monetary policy. To try to boost the European...
As the cement market continues to get more competitive, Lafarge Group has decided to merge its South African business with its publicly traded Nigerian unit, Lafarge...
South Africa has a well-administered VAT system that is in line with international norms, according to a Pricewaterhouse Coopers report. “The Value Added Tax (VAT) rate...
A South African labor court has thrown out an urgent application the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to stop platinum firms communicating directly with...
Several agriculture projects in Tanzania have been awarded grants worth almost 650,000 US dollars by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT). “The AFT has granted two...
South Africa’s economy is not heading into recession, despite contracting in the first quarter, new Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said in a newspaper interview published on...
South Africa’s Reserve Bank is caught in a dilemma between rising interest rates in a shrinking economy or leaving it on hold for a while, or...
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura believes that the province’s rapid urbanization needs to be understood before any issues can be dealt with. With 97 percent of its...
New mines minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Wednesday that the deadlock in the country’s crippling platinum strike would soon be broken. This is as movement has...
The rapid growth rates experienced in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s – which defied expectations and proved resilient through the financial crisis are not sustainable going...
South Africa’s economy shrank 0.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of this year. This was as a massive decline in output from the...
About 5,500 sugar workers in South Africa plan to strike tomorrow demanding an 11 percent increase in pay, in the first industry-wide stoppage since 1997. Employers including Illovo...
South African President Jacob Zuma has replaced well -respected Finance minister, Pravin Gordhan and promoted his deputy, Nhlanhla Nene to the key post in a surprise...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday economic growth in the continent’s most advanced economy would be the focus. Zuma said this as he was...
South Africa’s Telkom SA has offered to buy Business Connexion in an expansion bid. The 2.67 billion rand ($256 million) offer will see Telkom SA expand its...
Utilizing advanced manufacturing has become a necessity for South Africa. “The reality is that for us to even debate whether we should be considering developing capability...
f South African mobile operator group MTN plans to spend more than $3 billion to improve its network infrastructure in Nigeria, the Business Day newspaper has reported....
There’s no end to the four month long strike action in the platinum belt in the North West province, South Africa. This is despite Lonmin’s desperate ultimatum...
South Africa’s rand went up in gains to a 2014 high of 10.2725 against the dollar on Tuesday. The currency broke through a 10.3000 technical level...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) won this year’s election, guaranteeing it another five years at the helm of Africa’s most advanced nation, but the...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress was headed for a comfortable win as vote-counting in South Africa’s elections drew to a close Friday while key...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party led its rivals in early election results on Thursday after a campaign in which the opposition tried to...
Most of South Africa’s close to 23,000 polling stations opened early in the morning, as the southern African country holds its fifth elections since the end...
South Africa’s electoral commission on Tuesday said it all is now set for the country’s fifth democratic elections set for Wednesday. An estimated 25, 23 million...
South African President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a bust of Nelson Mandela, a day after the 20th anniversary of the first post-apartheid elections. Zuma said on...
South Africa marked 2 decades of multi-racial democracy on Sunday, still feeling the loss of Nelson Mandela and in sombre mood just 10 days before elections...
Investment in infrastructure and natural resources will continue to underpin economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa. However, capital outflows sparked by tighter global financial conditions pose a...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File Twenty years after the euphoria of South Africa’s first democratic elections swept liberation hero Nelson Mandela to power, the governing...
South Africa and Malaysia have joined forces to combat modern warfare with a new research and development center scheduled to open in 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, DefenceWeb reports. Electronic...
