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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: Mandela name pulled into politics
Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what ...
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 ...
SAfrica: officials suspended over wedding scandal
Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from ...
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, FIFA agree on match-fixing investigation
Three years after the first World Cup in Africa, the South African government will investigate allegations of match-fixing leading to the showcase ...
SAfrican official: Mandela better from pneumonia
Nelson Mandela is breathing "without difficulty" after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area that was caused by pneumonia, the spokesman ...
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.
Pistorius brothers both have court dates next week
Oscar Pistorius' appeal against his bail conditions will be heard on the same day his older brother Carl is due in another South African court to ...
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 African desert to host speed record bid
Toiling with shovels, wheelbarrows and bare hands, about 300 workers removed 6,000 tons of stones and other debris from a vast stretch of desert in ...
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.
Some SAfrican Catholics want reforms from new pope
Some South African Catholics say they hope a new pope will reform their church to allow them to help prevent the spread of AIDS, deal with pregnancies ...
Oscar Pistorius "not suicidal" says his family
Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, charged with the Valentine's Day murder of his girlfriend, is not suicidal, his family announced Monday.
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: former Pistorius detective quits force
The former lead detective in South Africa's investigation of the murder case against Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has resigned from the police ...
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 ...