South Africa

South Africa

Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 85 saying he wants 'assisted death'

The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner is backing assisted dying for terminally ill people, which is opposed by his own Anglican church.

07/10/2016

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South African police clash with student protesters

South African police have fired rubber bullets and set off stun grenades to disperse student protesters on a Johannesburg university campus.

05/10/2016

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Protests escalate into violence in South Africa as police and students clash

Protesters and police clash as demonstrations over tuition fee increases at Wits University escalate.

04/10/2016

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South African police fire rubber bullets at students protesting tuition costs at Rhodes University

Tensions were running high at South Africa’s Rhodes University on Wednesday (September 28) as police and students scuffled during a demonstration over tuition…

30/09/2016

South Africa

Surge in elephant and rhino poaching looms over UN wildlife summit

A surge in elephant and rhino poaching in Africa is the backdrop to the latest meeting of CITES – the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in…

24/09/2016

South Africa

South Africa: emergency service work to save illegal workers trapped in mine

Rescuers are working to recover a group of illegal miners who became trapped in a South African gold mine last Wednesday (September 7).

12/09/2016

South Africa

South Africa court rejects appeal to increase Pistorius sentence

A South African court has dismissed an appeal to increase Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence by state prosecutors.

26/08/2016

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One in four women raped in South African mining areas, report

A report released on Tuesday by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says one in four women living in South Africa's platinum belt have suffered from rape.

16/08/2016

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius taken to hospital for 'wrist injuries'

Prison officials say the former track star denied he tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists.

07/08/2016

South Africa

South Africa's ANC loses control of Pretoria in yet another election setback

Matters have gone from bad to worse for the African National Congress.

07/08/2016

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South Africa: ANC loses control of key municipality Nelson Mandela Bay

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has been dealt a huge blow in municipal elections.

05/08/2016

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South Africa's ANC appears poised to lose its grip on power

South Africa’s ruling ANC party seems on track for its worst electoral performance in two decades at the helm.

05/08/2016

South Africa

South Africa election threatens ANC's grip on power

South African are voting with the ruling African National Congress party in fear of losing power for the first time since apartheid ended 22 years ago.

03/08/2016

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South Africa: riots hit Pretoria after ANC imposes local mayor candidate

Protesters in South Africa burned buses and trucks, barricaded roads and looted shops in townships in an impoverished district of Pretoria, in a dispute over the ruling party’s candidate for local…

22/06/2016

South Africa

Pistorius removes prosthetic legs in court

Seen by many as a desperate last bid for leniency for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has removed his prosthetic legs and hobbled in…

15/06/2016

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The 1976 Soweto Uprising [2] - Apartheid Bantu education policy

Bantu was an educational system designed in 1948 (same year the first white elections were held) primarily to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly evolving apartheid society.

15/06/2016

South Africa

Pistorius must pay for Reeva's death - father

Barry Steenkamp has told the paralympian's murder sentencing hearing in Pretoria that his daughter's death has devastated the family

14/06/2016

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius 'broken' South African court hears

A psychologist has said South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is a ‘‘broken’‘ man who should be hospitalised rather than go to jail.

13/06/2016

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The army of feathered farmers

A vineyard in Stellenbosch, South Africa is using an army of 1,000 Indian Runner ducks to help control snails and pests that are attacking…

27/05/2016

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Fighting amid parliamentary protest over Jacob Zuma

Punches were thrown as opposition MPs staged a parliamentary protest against President Jacob Zuma. Members of the ultra-left Economic Freedom

18/05/2016

South Africa

Up to 500,000 South Africa gold miners to launch lung disease class action suits

Up to half a million gold miners have been given the go-ahead to launch class action lawsuits after contracting fatal lung diseases underground. The

13/05/2016

South Africa

Circus lions rescued in South America arrive in new African home

More than 30 lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia have been flown back Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary

03/05/2016

South Africa

South African court paves way for Zuma to face renewed corruption charges

South Africa’s High Court has ordered a review of a decision in 2009 to drop nearly 800 corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, saying the move that

29/04/2016

Sport

Coetzee named Springboks coach

Allister Coetzee has been appointed the new head coach of South Africa’s national rugby team. At the helm, the 52-year old succeeds Heyneke Meyer

12/04/2016

South Africa

ANC rallies to save Zuma from impeachment in South Africa

South Africa's scandal-ridden President Jacob Zuma has survived an impeachment vote

05/04/2016

South Africa

Payback time for Jacob Zuma as court rules on home improvement row

South African President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to pay back some of the milions he spent in state cash upgrading his private home. In a stinging

31/03/2016