
South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson ...
South Africa: Winnie Mandela's items to be sold
Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she ...
South Africa: Mandela grandchildren speak out
The family of Nelson Mandela sought on Thursday to present a united front in a dispute with longtime associates of the former South African president ...
Rift over Mandela companies deepens
A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has harshly criticized a longtime associate of the former president and anti-apartheid leader, in an escalation of ...

South Africa: Mandela discharged from the hospital
Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday following treatment for pneumonia, the presidency said in news that cheered ...

SAfrica: Mandela responds positively to treatment
Nelson Mandela was back in the hospital for the third time in four months Thursday, and the 94-year-old former South African president was reported ...

S.Africa: Nigerian 2010 bomb suspect gets 24 years
A South African court sentenced a Nigerian to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty of masterminding twin car bombings in Nigeria.
SAfrica investigates second dragged man case
A South African police officer has been arrested for allegedly dragging a man from a police vehicle in the second such incident in recent weeks.

South Africa police denied bail in dragging case
Nine South African police officers charged with murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle have been denied bail.

South Africa holds bail hearing for charged police
A Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged from a South African police vehicle died from lack of oxygen and also suffered extensive head lacerations, ...

Relief in South Africa as Mandela leaves hospital
The building that houses South Africa's highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his ...

South Africa: Mandela in hospital for tests
Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up ...

SAfrican police go to court in man dragged case
One of nine South African police officers charged with murdering a taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle testified Friday that the man ...
SAfrica: apartheid hit squad leader dies
Dirk Coetzee, a former commander of a covert police unit in apartheid-era South Africa who confessed to involvement in the extra-judicial killings of ...

SAfrica: Memorial held for man dragged by police
The wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday attended a memorial service for the man who died in police custody after being ...

Catholics ponder future with new pope
Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next ...

On video: SAfrican police drag man, who later dies
They bound his hands to the rear of a van, and then sped off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in ...

South Africans called to action on raped teenager
The chime sounds every four minutes on the radio station, reminding listeners that statistically yet another child or woman in South Africa is being ...

S. Africa: Nigerian suspect in 2010 bombing guilty
A South African court on Monday said a Nigerian terror suspect was guilty of masterminding twin car bombings during a celebration in Nigeria.
US Embassy employee murdered in South Africa
An official in South Africa says a woman suspected of murdering an American Embassy employee over the weekend will appear in court Tuesday. The U.S.
South Africa mine stays shut because of unrest
A South African gold mining company says one of its mines will stay closed for now because of labor unrest. Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said Monday ...

South Africa: Nelson Mandela's recovery is good
South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones, ...
South Africa: Mandela rests at home
South Africa's presidency says former leader Nelson Mandela is progressing with his recuperation from illness and doctors are closely monitoring his ...

South Africa: Mandela convalesces, legacy secure
South Africa's agonizing past swept over Alex McLaren, who stepped into sunlight with tears in his eyes after a tour of the Apartheid Museum, an ...