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SAfrica: H7N1 bird flu found in ostrich farm
South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people in ...
SAfricans: Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?
Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel ...
Madonna leaves Malawi after visits to schools
Madonna has left Malawi after visiting the projects she has helped support through her Raising Malawi charity. The pop diva and her four children ...
South Africans give thanks for Mandela improvement
Some South Africans have given thanks in Sunday prayers for the improvement in the health of Nelson Mandela, the former president who was discharged ...
SAfrica: Balloonist flies from old Mandela jail
A man has strapped himself to large balloons filled with helium and floated from the island where Nelson Mandela was kept prisoner to the shores 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 ...
Madonna visits children's ward in Malawi
Pop diva Madonna, spending her fourth day in the southern African country of Malawi on Thursday, picked up ailing children and joked with them when ...
South African military to withdraw troops in CAR
South Africa's military said Thursday it will withdraw its troops from Central African Republic, where 13 South African soldiers died in a battle with ...
South African president visits Mandela in hospital
South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela is responding well to treatment for pneumonia in a hospital. A statement from President Jacob Zuma's ...
Pistorius runs again on blades at Pretoria track
Oscar Pistorius has been running on his blades again and his return to regular training is imminent, his agent says. It is the first time it has been ...
Zimbabwe groups: election intimidation building
Elections in Zimbabwe are still months away, but already President Robert Mugabe's party is intimidating its opponents and threatening violence, human ...
Agent: Pistorius says he wants to train again
Oscar Pistorius wants to train again and recently went back to visit his regular track in South Africa's capital, the double-amputee athlete's agent ...
SAfrica: Balloonist to fly from old Mandela jail
The power of ideas nourished Nelson Mandela during his confinement on Robben Island, but even this visionary might not have imagined the surreal scene ...
Madonna opens Malawi school project
Schoolchildren joined by hundreds of villagers danced around pop diva Madonna and serenaded her with praise songs on Tuesday as she inspected school ...
South Africa: Mandela still in hospital
Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains in a hospital, where he is being treated for pneumonia for a sixth day. Presidential spokesman ...
C. African Republic coup leader adds to his roles
Central African Republic's coup leader solidified his hold on the government Monday after announcing that he will serve as both president and defense ...
Opposition: SAfrican troops must withdraw from CAR
South Africa's leading opposition party on Monday urged President Jacob Zuma to withdraw troops from Central African Republic, where 13 South African ...
Mandela has family visitors in 5th day in hospital
South Africa's presidential spokesman says former President Nelson Mandela spent Monday with family members in the hospital where he is being treated ...
South Africa: Mandela in hospital on Easter
Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of ...
South Africa: 5 killed in helicopter crash
Five South African air force members died in the weekend crash of a helicopter that was patrolling in an anti-rhino poaching operation, the South ...