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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

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FIFA demands millions from ex-officials charged with graft

World football's governing body says its reputation and business interests have been damaged by being implicated in sport's biggest corruption scandal.

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South Africa's Supreme court rules against Pretoria over Bashir

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir should have been arrested when he was in South Africa attending an African Union Summit last June. South

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South Africa: get in as long as prices are low

Euronews spoke at Berlin’s ITB to Sthembiso Dlamini, Acting CEO South African Tourism, about how South Africa can offer relatively cheap travel to

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Oscar Pistorius loses appeal against murder conviction

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has had his right to appeal against his murder conviction rejected by South Africa’s Constitutional Court. In December

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South Africa: Jacob Zuma survives two confidence votes in two months

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived a second confidence vote in as many months. Governing MPs defeated the motion by a big margin. It

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Zuma condemns unrest at South African universities

Some universities in South Africa have been forced to close down as disturbances continue to break out amid demonstrations

Sport

Pelle stuns Isner in Rio opener

Argentina’s unheralded Guido Pella created the shock of the opening round at the RIo Open on Monday after felling fourth seeded American John Isner

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South Africa: Zuma speech disrupted amid home upgrade scandal

It was always going to be a difficult day for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. But protests ahead of his state of the nation speech on Thursday

Sport

Hadlow retains King-of-the-Air Kitesurfing title

Some 13 thousand spectators lined the shores of Big Bay Beach in Cape Town, South Africa to watch the world’s best compete in the King-of-the-Air

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Zuma's legal battle latest stumble in error-filled second term

South African President Jacob Zuma’s legal headache is just the latest problem he has been backed into. His critics say that in the past this has

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S Africa: rally planned as Zuma court hearings begin

Thousands of South Africans are expected to march in Johannesburg on Tuesday as court hearings begin over President Jacob Zuma’s use of public money

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South Africa's "Virgin Scholarship" unconstitutional; human rights groups claim

A decision by Uthukela in KwaZulu -Natal municipality in South Africa to offer university scholarships to “virgins” has been denounced by feminists

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Oscar Pistorius to appeal murder conviction

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers have lodged papers at the Constitutional Court urging a review of his murder conviction. Pistorius

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"Good dog...!"

Dog lovers in Cape Town were given an early Christmas treat when the 5-Star Atfrits Dog Hotel and Daycare Centre opened its doors earlier this month

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Thousands of South Africans join nationwide march against Zuma

Thousands of South Africans nationwide join the #ZumaMustFall marches on Wednesday calling for the removal of South Africa's president Jacob Zuma from office.

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Oscar Pistorius granted bail on murder conviction

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been granted conditional bail following his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The bail

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Oscar Pistorius is guilty of murder

Paralympic Athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder by a court in South Africa. The hearing overturned an earlier verdict of

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South Africa lifts ban on domestic rhino horn trade

South Africa’s ban on the local rhino horn trade has been lifted. The country’s High Court has found the country did not follow the correct

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South African Supreme Court considering new Pistorius verdict

South Africa’s Supreme Court is considering whether to scale up Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius’ culpable homicide conviction to murder. The