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, ...
AP names Torchia as bureau chief in South Africa
Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press bureau chief in Turkey who has reported from five continents, has been appointed chief of bureau for AP for ...
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 ...

South Africa: Mandela convalesces at home
South Africa's presidency says it has no updates on the condition of former leader Nelson Mandela, who is convalescing at home after a hospital stay ...

Asian toad stowaway gets new home in South Africa
They say cats have nine lives. Now a Chinese toad has joined that club of wily survivors. South Africans are marveling at the endurance of a toad that ...

Mandela battles lung infection, a chronic ailment
Military doctors are treating South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela for a recurring lung infection, an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid ...

S Africa worried as Mandela remains in hospital
South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela underwent more medical tests Monday in a military hospital as the public and journalists outside asked: ...

South Africa at crossroads as Mandela hospitalized
Inside a Catholic church that once served as a major rallying point for anti-apartheid activists, the image of a gray-suited Nelson Mandela appears ...

South African icon Nelson Mandela hospitalized
South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, though the nation's president told the ...

South Africa makes progress in HIV, AIDS fight
In the early '90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on ...
Report: Zimbabwe targets human rights activists
Zimbabwe uses laws and beatings by security forces to suppress human rights activists in the southern African nation ahead of elections planned for ...
South Africa: Police kill 7 suspected robbers
Police in South Africa say they shot dead seven suspected robbers and wounded nine others in a botched theft at an armored car company. Capt.
2 dead in violence at South Africa gold mine
A South African gold mining company says two of its workers have been killed and another injured in violence at one of its mines as unrest continues ...
3 arrested in South Africa for rhino poaching
Police in South Africa say they've arrested three men — including a game ranger — they suspect shot seven rhinoceros to death and dehorned them. Capt.