August 25, 2011

• Libya: South Africa Wants Gaddafi Loyalists in Transitional Govt

  The South African government believes the way forward in the reconstruction of Libya must be an "all-inclusive process" incorporating elements of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime,... Read more »

August 24, 2011

• South Africa: Ruling Party Redrafts Controversial Information Bill

  The ANC on Monday made good on a promise to drastically restrict the application of the Protection of Information Bill, and also proposed narrowing the grounds for classifying... Read more »

August 23, 2011

• Libya: African Union Could Have Saved Lives, Says South Africa

  Many lives could have been saved if the African Union had been allowed to carry out its initiatives on Libya, President Jacob Zuma said in Cape Town on Tuesday. Read more »

August 19, 2011

• South Africa: Ruling Party Charges Youth Leader Malema For Botswana Comments

  ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has been charged with violating the ANC constitution, ANC national disciplinary committee chairman Derek Hanekom said on Friday. Read more »

August 17, 2011

• South Africa: Municipal Strike Continues to Falter

  The municipal workers' strike continued to falter on Wednesday, but cities across the country continued to be trashed by protesters. Read more »

• South Africa: Zuma Issues Warning Over Chief Justice Debate

  The debate on the country's new chief justice must not impugn the dignity of the judiciary or demean the integrity of the nominee, the Presidency said on Wednesday. Read more »

August 16, 2011

• South Africa: Two Aircraft Crash, Leaving No Survivors

  The search for two missing planes ended on Tuesday when the bodies of all 13 occupants were found among crash wreckage in a mountainous area north-east of Tzaneen. Read more »

• South Africa: Opposition Unhappy Over 'Controversial' Candidate for Chief Justice

  Only the ANC has so far come out in support of President Jacob Zuma's surprise nomination on Tuesday of Constitutional Court Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as new chief justice. Read more »

August 13, 2011

• South Africa: Ruling Party Youth Back Down on Botswana Threat

  The ANC Youth League has withdrawn its commitment to the establishment of a "Botswana Command Team", the league said on Saturday. Read more »

August 11, 2011

• Zimbabwe: 21 Children 'Smuggled' Into South Africa Taken Home

  A group of 21 children who were allegedly smuggled into South Africa from Zimbabwe on Wednesday have been taken home by the Department of Home Affairs. Read more »

August 08, 2011

• South Africa: Ruling Party May Act Against Youth League Over Botswana Statement

  The ANC has postponed its meeting with the ANC Youth League to separate the issue of meeting its new leadership from the possible disciplinary action to be taken about its comments... Read more »

• South Africa: Local Markets Will Survive U.S. Debt Downgrade - Govt

  South African markets are stable enough to function through the knock-on effects of the United States debt downgrade, the department of finance and the SA reserve bank (Sarb) said... Read more »

August 03, 2011

• Swaziland: South Africa Imposes Reform Conditions on Massive Bailout

  Treasury confirmed approving a five-year loan of R2.4 billion to crisis-hit Swaziland on Wednesday, on condition that the country implements certain political and governing... Read more »

August 02, 2011

• South Africa: Gold Strike Ends

  The strike in the gold industry ended on Tuesday after an agreement on wage increases, similar to the coal sector's, was reached, trade union Solidarity said. Read more »

May 05, 2011

• South Africa: Arms Deal Campaigner Asks Top Court to Order Probe

  An attempt to compel President Jacob Zuma to appoint a commission of inquiry into the controversial arms deal was postponed at the Constitutional Court on Thursday. Read more »