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Confusion rises over Nelson Mandela's location
South Africa's presidency declined to directly address reports Thursday that anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was being treated at a different ...
South Africa deputy president in race to lead ANC
South Africa's soft-spoken Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will compete next week against President Jacob Zuma to lead the country's ruling party, ...
Mandela's fading presence worries South Africa
As South Africa's governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country's moral compass.
New inquiry in '86 crash killing Mozambique leader
South African police have opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambique's Marxist president and more than 20 others, ...
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 military plane crashes, killing 11
A South African military aircraft on an unknown mission to an area near former President Nelson Mandela's village crashed in a mountain range, killing ...
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 ...
S. Africa deputy president cagey on leading ANC
South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, the man some have begun to nominate to take over the nation's governing African National Congress ...
Court: S. Africa official delayed Dalai Lama visa
A South African court ruled Thursday that officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a planned 2011 ...
Jakes Gerwel, friend and aide to Mandela, dies
Jakes Gerwel, who advocated for the end of apartheid in South Africa and became a longtime friend and trusted aide to former President Nelson Mandela, ...
Ad with cartoon president rejected in South Africa
South Africa's national broadcaster rejected an advertisement featuring a cartoon version of President Jacob Zuma enjoying a bargain fast-food dinner ...
South Africa spent $3 billion on 2010 World Cup
South Africa spent more than $3 billion on the 2010 World Cup, and in return gained an "intangible legacy" from the first world soccer showpiece in ...
SAfrica opposition submits no confidence motion
Opposition parties on Thursday submitted a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma saying that corruption and unemployment have risen, ...
South Africa banknotes launched with Mandela image
New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation. Reserve Bank ...
SAfrica: Deputy president urged to challenge Zuma
South Africa's deputy president is being urged to challenge President Jacob Zuma for the leadership of the ruling African National Congress — a ...
South African prez tells media to respect privacy
Freedom of expression needs to be balanced to give the right to dignity and privacy to all South Africans, President Jacob Zuma said Monday, after he ...
SAfrica's finance minister decries inequality
South Africa's finance minister says the government wants to improve the living conditions of every South African. In a budget speech that made ...
SAfrican photographer who depicted apartheid dies
Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure ...
Zuma under fire for costly upgrade of his home
New security fences. A medical clinic. Fire-fighting services added for a helipad. Plus other upgrades, all for South African President Jacob Zuma's ...
South Africa's review board OKs Zuma painting
South Africa's Film and Publication Board Wednesday declassified a painting showing the genitals of President Jacob Zuma. The board's spokesman, ...
Striking SAfrican miners find strength in numbers
Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers' hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had ...
AP Interview: SA pres: Mine issue to be negotiated
South Africa's president said Wednesday the mining unrest in his country that captured international attention following the police killing of 34 ...