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Jan 17
Mozambique president sworn in as post-election protest deaths rise
MAPUTO -Daniel Chapo of Mozambique's long-ruling Frelimo party was sworn in as president on Wednesday at a sparsely attended ceremony, as...


Jan 17
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in...


Jan 17
Footage shows trapped miners, dead bodies underground after South Africa raid
JOHANNESBURG -At least 400 illegal miners remained trapped underground in South Africa two months after a police raid, a group working on...


Nov 26, 2024
Facts-Cricket-South Africa vs Sri Lanka test series
Following are facts and figures ahead of the two-match test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka, which begins on Wednesday:...


Nov 17, 2024
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
JOHANNESBURG - South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a...


Nov 5, 2024
UK's Prince William begins climate-focused trip to South Africa
CAPE TOWN - Britain's Prince William began a four-day trip to South Africa on Monday by meeting young environmentalists and playing rugby...


Sep 26, 2024
Cape Town's 'bicycle mayor' helps township girls embrace cycling
CAPE TOWN - As Sindile Mavundla guided young girls on their bikes through a street in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township, he said he had...


Sep 24, 2024
Factbox-The racial divide in South Africa's economy
JOHANNESBURG - Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate...


Sep 14, 2024
South Africa's coalition government sees first real friction over education bill
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said he would sign into law a disputed education bill, prompting the...


Aug 16, 2024
Boost for South Africa's Zuma as prominent leftist politician joins his party
JOHANNESBURG - The deputy leader of South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Thursday he was resigning...


Aug 8, 2024
South African slap fighter wants rule book for little-known sport
JOHANNESBURG - He started out as a boxer, then switched to the wrestling ring. Now, South Africa's Danie "Pitbull" van Heerden wants...


Aug 3, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-Douglass takes 200m breaststroke gold, Smith bows out with silver
PARIS - Kate Douglass underlined her remarkable versatility with gold in the women's 200 metres breaststroke at the Paris Olympics on...


Jul 30, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-South Africa's Smith wins 100m breaststroke gold
PARIS - Tatjana Smith took South Africa's first gold of the Paris Olympics on Monday and added the 100 metres breaststroke title to the...


Jul 25, 2024
South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too...


Jul 2, 2024
New South African government inspires hope and fear
South Africa's new unity government inspired cautious optimism on Monday from industry and financial markets but many citizens and...


Jul 1, 2024
South Africa's Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former opposition leader John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture on...


Jun 28, 2024
S.Africa's DA committed to cabinet negotiations, ANC says talks 'almost done'
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) is committed to working out a deal over posts in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet,...


Jun 27, 2024
S.Africa says cases against EU citrus measures progressing at WTO
South Africa expects the World Trade Organisation to set up adjudication panels in July to examine its two cases against the European...
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