There are a lot of similarities between the Somali pirates and South African society.

Police say 13 officers have been arrested on charges of aiding the escape of eight prisoners from a court in South Africa’s commercial capital.

Hours after Mozambique’s government announced renewed subsidies to quell deadly food riots, street vendor Nortencia Manica was still angry about the cost of life in the southern African country. “This doesn’t help,” the...

The deaths of nine school children on Wednesday were due to a “reckless” driver who overtook several cars to get across a railway crossing, Western Cape Transport MEC Robin Carlisle said. “I am devastated that young people lost their...

BUSINESS leaders yesterday entered the press freedom debate, unequivocally rejecting the idea of a media appeals tribunal. In what signifies the assumption of a more assertive tone on important but contentious issues, Business Leadership SA (BLSA) - an...

South African journalists have launched a campaign to fight what they say is an attempt to curtail media freedoms in a nation known for one of Africa’s freest and most open constitutions. In a declaration published in all main Sunday newspapers,...

South African residents have attacked migrants from African countries in a Johannesburg township, injuring at least five people and increasing concerns of a wave of xenophobia after the soccer World Cup. Local media said four of those injured at Kya...

South African world 800m champion Caster Semenya is set to return to competition at the Lappeenranta Games in Finland on 15 July. The 19-year-old has been out of the sport for almost a year after undergoing gender tests.

Maybe it was too early in the morning. Or perhaps their hearts just weren’t in it. Whatever the case, a rally called by Togo ’s opposition leaders for early Tuesday — meant to voice full-throated outrage over the March 4 election they say was...

South African President Jacob Zuma has allegedly fathered a child with friend and powerful soccer businessman Irvin Khoza’s daughter Sonono Khoza, according to a report in South Africa’s Sunday Times. The paper reports that the child was...