GOMA: Two South African peacekeepers were wounded in a rebel ambush near the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, their UN mission said on Tuesday. The attack…
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 she was accused of whipping a woman with…
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 from his own party. Zuma announced he had…
JOHANNESBURG: Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, reluctantly heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an end to his nine scandal-plagued years in power.…
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 trip to raise funds to buy sanitary…
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 publications issued apologies to its readers on Thursday,…
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 children and an Afghan have been killed…
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 37 Tests for South Africa with his…
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 on Wednesday – and that may be their…
The majority of the country stands to miss seeing the South African cricket team in action from Friday because the SABC and Cricket South Africa have failed to agree broadcasting terms. The…
A man stole a marked police car at a police station in the South African capital Pretoria on Thursday after an officer left the keys in the ignition while he rushed to…
Powerful South African football boss Bobby Motaung and two others appeared in court on Thursday for 2010 World Cup tender fraud amid claims of political assassinations to cover up the dirt, media…
South African opening batsmen Graeme Smith and Jacques Rudolph resisted some hostile bowling before a second rain stoppage on the fourth day of the second Test against England at Headingley on Sunday.…
Former South African fast bowling great Allan Donald compared Kevin Pietersen to West Indian legend Brian Lara after the England batsman hit his team back into the game with a spectacular century…
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 by the odd goal from nine. If Pakistan…
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 playing for Yorkshire, whose headquarters are at…
South African 800m runner Caster Semenya said on Wednesday her controversial victory in the 2009 outdoor world championships was behind her and she was solely focussed on adding Olympic gold. The 21-year-old…
