Tag: South African
Rebels ambush South African peacekeepers in Congo Ebola zone
GOMA: Two South African peacekeepers were wounded in a rebel ambush near the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
South African court overturns immunity for Grace Mugabe in assault case
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's High Court on Monday overturned a decision by the government to grant Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity after...
Zuma’s exit ushers in new South African president
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa prepared to welcome wealthy former businessman Cyril Ramaphosa as its new president Thursday after scandal-tainted Jacob Zuma resigned under intense pressure...
Jacob Zuma resigns as South African president
JOHANNESBURG: Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, reluctantly heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an...
South African rally driver Gugu Zulu dies on Kilimanjaro
South African rally driver Gugu Zulu has died while attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Mr Zulu, 38, was on a Nelson Mandela-linked charity...
Kenyan, South African papers apologise for running Charlie Hebdo cover
Uproar was triggered among Muslim readers when Kenya’s The Star and South Africa’s The Citizen reprinted the controversial new cover of Charlie Hebdo. Both...
Kabul police chief quits after Taliban kill South African aid chief,...
Taliban claim responsibility for targeting 'secret Christian missionary group', ‘hitting meeting of Australian visitors’
The South African head of an international aid group, his two...
Harris announces retirement
Paul Harris, the South African spinner, is to retire at the end of the season, bringing to an end a 14-year first-class career.
Harris played...
New Zealand face South African mountain to climb
New Zealand have done absolutely nothing to suggest they can upset South Africa in the first test of the two-match series beginning at Newlands...
Cricket blackout on SABC for SA matches
The majority of the country stands to miss seeing the South African cricket team in action from Friday because the SABC and Cricket South...
South African police car stolen as officer rushes to the toilet
A man stole a marked police car at a police station in the South African capital Pretoria on Thursday after an officer left the...
SA football boss charged with World Cup fraud
Powerful South African football boss Bobby Motaung and two others appeared in court on Thursday for 2010 World Cup tender fraud amid claims of...
Smith, Rudolph resist England bowlers
South African opening batsmen Graeme Smith and Jacques Rudolph resisted some hostile bowling before a second rain stoppage on the fourth day of the...
Pietersen batted like Lara – Donald
Former South African fast bowling great Allan Donald compared Kevin Pietersen to West Indian legend Brian Lara after the England batsman hit his team...
Pakistan survive the South African scare
It was a goal-fest from the word go and it stayed that way till the very fag end, with the winner and loser separated...
Batsmen can prosper at Headingley, Rudolph says
South African batsman Jacques Rudolph says batsmen can prosper at Headingley, where the second Test against England starts on Thursday.
Rudolph, who spent five years...
World title controversy behind me: Semenya
South African 800m runner Caster Semenya said on Wednesday her controversial victory in the 2009 outdoor world championships was behind her and she was...
