November 16

• South Africa: Lanseria Airport Sold

  Lanseria International Airport has been sold to a consortium of investors, it was announced on Thursday night. Read more »

• South Africa: Farm Worker Protests Continue

  Protesters looted shops and set buildings alight in Swellendam in the Hex River Valley in the Western Cape, police said on Friday. Read more »

• South Africa: Marikana Cop Did Not Hear Gunfire

  A crime scene analyst did not hear gunfire from the scene of a second shooting near Lonmin's Marikana mine on August 16, the Farlam Commission heard on Thursday. Read more »

November 15

• South Africa: Union Calls for Support for Farmworkers Strike

  Catering union Saccawu on Thursday called for support for farmworkers in the Western Cape, to strengthen the "fight for better wages". Read more »

• South Africa: Govt 'Not Doing Enough' - Survey

  South African youth feel government is not doing enough to manage labour unrest, according to a survey released by research company Pondering Panda on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa: Evidence of Marikana Miners 'Run Over'

  Evidence would be presented to indicate that some striking miners were run over by police vehicles at Marikana on August 16, the Farlam Commission heard on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa: Law to Protect Zuma Against Insults Disputed

  Calls for a law protecting President Jacob Zuma against insults would not be fair, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa/Zambia: Case Against Bus Stoners Withdrawn

  Two boys arrested after a Zambian soccer team bus was stoned in Soweto will not be prosecuted, police said on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa: Cape Town Best City in World - Poll

  Cape Town is the best city in the world, according to a United Kingdom poll. Read more »

• South Africa: Farmworkers Told to Suspend Protests - Union

  It would take a bit more time to inform all Western Cape farmworkers to suspend their strike, the provincial Congress of SA Trade Unions said on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa: Slain Western Cape Man Identified

  Tractor driver Michael Daniels was walking to buy groceries in Wolseley when he was shot and killed, allegedly by Western Cape police, the Cape Times reported on Thursday. Read more »

• South Africa/Zambia: Youths Stone Zambia Soccer Team Bus

  Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have been taken into police custody for allegedly pelting the Zambian soccer team's bus with stones, the SA Football Association (Safa) said on Thursday. Read more »

November 14

• South Africa: Police Fire Rubber Bullets to Disperse Striking Farmworkers

  Farmworkers continued protests in the Western Cape and burned tyres on Wednesday morning while police fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd. Read more »

• South Africa: Police Tied Hands of Marikana Wounded

  Police tied the hands of some wounded protesters after the shooting that left 34 miners dead near Marikana, North West, on August 16, a senior officer said on Wednesday. Read more »

• South Africa: Google Threatens Court Action Against SA Man

  Internet giant Google is threatening to sue a young entrepreneur from Middelburg in Mpumalanga because his website has a similar name, Beeld reported on Wednesday. Read more »

November 13

• South Africa: Body of Mozambican Miner Found At Amplats

  The body of a Mozambican miner was found in a veld at Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) Amandelbult mine after a number of other miners were assaulted, Limpopo police said on... Read more »

• South Africa: Electricity Hikes Is not Fair But Necessary - Minister

  The 16 percent electricity tariff hike every year for the next five years is unavoidable, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Mbeki Warns 'Predatory Elite' Over Diamonds

  Former president Thabo Mbeki has warned Zimbabwe's "predatory elite" to stop benefiting from the country's diamonds, Business Day reported on Tuesday. Read more »

November 12

• South Africa: Western Cape Woman Killed for Being Lesbian

  The killing of a 19-year-old woman in Cape Town's Samora Machel informal settlement, apparently because of her sexual orientation, was confirmed on Monday. Read more »

• South Africa: St Francis Bay Fire Damage Assessed

  It was too to early to ascertain how much damage was caused by a fire in St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape, an insurance underwriter said on Monday. Read more »

• South Africa: Killer Cape Town Mom Gets 20 Years

  A woman was jailed for 20 years on Monday by the Western Cape High Court for suffocating her two-year-old son. Read more »

• South Africa: Police Disperse North West Miners

  Rubber bullets were fired at protesting miners after they barricaded a road leading to the Extrata Kroondaal mine in Rustenburg, North West police said on Monday. Read more »

November 9

• South Africa: Opposition Parties Have No Confidence in Zuma

  Parliamentary Leader of the Opposition Lindiwe Mazibuko gave notice of a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon. Read more »

• South Africa: Cape Town Minstrel Feels 'Targeted'

  The head of a minstrels' association has accused the City of Cape Town of "targeting him". Read more »

• South Africa: Western Cape Farms Comply With Laws - Farming Body

  De Doorns farmers in the Western Cape comply with sectoral agreements and minimum wages, employer body Agri-Wes Cape said on Thursday. Read more »