June 13

• South Africa: Mandela Statue Planned in Cape Town

  A statue of former president Nelson Mandela may be erected in front of the Cape Town city hall where he delivered his first speech after being released from prison, the Cape Times... Read more »

• South Africa: SA Agrees On Libyan Assets

  An agreement has been reached on the repatriation of Libyan funds and assets from South Africa, the Treasury said on Thursday. Read more »

June 12

• South Africa: Madiba Responding to Treatment - Zuma

  Former president Nelson Mandela is responding well to the treatment he is receiving, President Jacob Zuma told MPs on Wednesday. Read more »

• South Africa: Zenani Visits Mandela in Hospital

  Former president Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter Zenani Mandela-Dlamini arrived at the Pretoria hospital on Wednesday where the elderly statesman is believed to be receiving... Read more »

• South Africa: Is Controversial Expelled ANC Youth Leader Starting His Own Party?

  Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has sent out an email announcing he needs money to start a new political platform, Beeld newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more »

June 11

• South Africa: Eskom Denies 'Load Shedding' Has Started

  Eskom denied on Tuesday morning that "load shedding" has started, according to an interview broadcast on SAfm. Read more »

• South Africa: Zuma Consulted Mandela Drs - Presidency

  President Jacob Zuma met with the doctors treating former president Nelson Mandela, the presidency said on Tuesday. Read more »

• South Africa: Cops Confirm Madiba Hospital

  National police confirmed on Tuesday that ailing former president Nelson Mandela was being treated at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria. Read more »

• South Africa: SA Lobola Film Scoops Us Award - Report

  The South African film "Fanie Fourie's Lobola" has won an award at the largest film festival in the United States, the SABC reported on Tuesday. Read more »

June 10

• South Africa: ANC Unaware of Mandela Visitors Ban

  The ANC does not know about ruling party officials reportedly being banned from visiting former president Nelson Mandela in hospital, a spokesman said on Monday. Read more »

• South Africa: Mandela's Condition 'Unchanged' - Presidency

  Former president Nelson Mandela's condition was "unchanged" on Monday morning, the presidency said in a statement. Read more »

• South Africa: SA Needs Skills - Economist

  South Africa needs to build its skills to be effective within the Brics group, an economist said on Sunday. Read more »

• South Africa: Malema's Farm Sold for R2.5 Million - Report

  Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's cabbage and tomato farm in Limpopo was on Monday auctioned for R2.5 million, the SABC reported. Read more »

• South Africa: Media Speculate Amid Silence On Madiba's Health

  Newspapers speculated on the health of former president Nelson Mandela on Monday morning, more than two days since the last update on his condition was made public. Read more »

June 08

• South Africa: Mandela 'Serious' After Overnight Hospital Admission

  Former President Nelson Mandela is in a "serious but stable" condition after being admitted to a Pretoria hospital early on Saturday morning due to a recurring lung infection, the... Read more »

June 06

• South Africa: SA Human Rights Council Disagrees With Cape Town Toilet Plan

  The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will not support the call by Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille to educate residents about portable flush toilets, the Cape Times reported on... Read more »

• South Africa: ANC YL 'Thugs' - De Lille

  The City of Cape Town will not be distracted from delivering sanitation services by "thugs" within the ANCYL, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Wednesday. Read more »

June 05

• South Africa: Faeces Thrown At Zille's Bus

  A group of people in Khayelitsha threw human waste at a bus on which Western Cape premier Helen Zille and others had travelled to a green economy event on Tuesday, her spokesman... Read more »

• South Africa: Cronin Anxious for Explanation On "Outrageous" Nkandla Bill

  Deputy Public Works Minister Jeremy Cronin is anxious for an explanation on the "clearly outrageous" cost of the R206 million upgrade to President Jacob Zuma's private home in... Read more »

• South Africa: Cop Appears for Sasolburg Robbery

  A police captain arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit heist appeared in the Sasolburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, the Hawks said. Read more »

• Africa: Sanco Concerned About 'African-On-African' Violence

  The SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) is concerned about the low intensity war against foreigners, it said on Tuesday. Read more »

June 04

• South Africa: Marikana Calm After Shooting

  No incidents of violence were reported overnight at Lonmin's Marikana mine following a shooting at Wonderkop hostel, North West police said on Tuesday. Read more »

• South Africa: Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Has Case Postponed

  Oscar Pistorius kissed his family and they all walked out of the Pretoria Magistrate's Court together on Tuesday morning after his case for the alleged murder of his girlfriend... Read more »

June 03

• South Africa: TV Producer Defends Mugabe Interview

  "People of the South" presenter Dali Tambo on Monday defended his interview with Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe after it was called a "public relations exercise" by a... Read more »

• South Africa: Cape Town Cold Front Continues

  The cold front in the Western Cape is expected to remain until Tuesday, the SA Weather Service said. Read more »