South Africa: Foreign Minister Meets With Colin Powell

Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began "a comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations Wednesday. The bilateral… Read more »

South Africa: Drug Giants May be Ready to Drop Case and Settle

It was meant to be a landmark court case about expensive patented drugs versus cheaper generic alternatives. But the case in the High Court in Pretoria, brought by 39 of the… Read more »

South Africa: Talks Underway To Reevaluate U.S - South Africa Link

Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been at the U.S. State Department this morning for a "comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations with U.S. Secretary of… Read more »

South Africa: Battle Against Pharmaceutical Giants Continues

On Wednesday morning, a landmark court case is set to resume in the South African capital, Pretoria, that could make legal history. The case pits the South African government… Read more »

South Africa: Government Orders Full Enquiry Into Soccer Tragedy

The South African government and soccer chiefs have ordered a full judicial enquiry to investigate and establish how and why 43 people were killed in a stampede at a football match… Read more »

South Africa: Dozens Crushed, Killed in Johannesburg Soccer Stadium

Up to fifty people were crushed to death in a stampede Wednesday night, at a major national league soccer match at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Dozens, including women… Read more »

South Africa: White Anxiety About Zimbabwe Reveals Race Prejudice, Says Mbeki

In a toughly-worded letter published Friday in the African National Congress online journal, ANC Today, South African President Thabo Mbeki blasted whites agitated by the land… Read more »

South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute

As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »

South Africa: How to Rock the Boat Without Tipping it Over - The Challenge for Women

On the occasion of International Women's Day, South Africa's ambassador to Washington D.C., Sheila Sisulu, granted allAfrica.com an interview about the progress - or otherwise - of… Read more »

South Africa: Drug Companies Refused to Talk to Us, Says Ambassador

According to Sheila Sisulu, South African Ambassador to the United States, her government has always been willing to talk with pharmaceutical companies opposed to 1997 legislation… Read more »

South Africa: Marchers Protest International Pharmaceutical Giants As Drug Companies Go To Court

As several thousand AIDS activists took to the streets of Pretoria carrying signs that said "Lives before profits," global drug giants went to court seeking to prevent the South… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Taps Top IT Execs to Battle Digital Divide

In an initiative designed to overcome the global digital divide, South African President Thabo Mbeki has reached out to leading technology figures, including five from the United… Read more »

Africa: Regional Leaders Hail Democratic Transition

African leaders present for the swearing-in of Ghana’s new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, have praised Ghana for its transition, for the first time, from one elected president,… Read more »

Eswatini: Workers Plan Blockade To Achieve Democracy

The Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) is consolidating plans for an economic blockade next week, to try to force King Mswati III and the government to agree to democratic… Read more »

South Africa: Journalists Honored In U.S.

Mpumalanga journalists Justin Arenstein and Sharon Hammond received the prestigious Knight International Press Fellowship Award this week for their contributions to international… Read more »

Africa: Athletes Scoop Up Seven Medals

Africa again had a clean sweep in a long-distance race Saturday, when her runners took all three medals in the men's 5,000m race. Her athletes won two medals in the women's 10,000m… Read more »

Africa: Runners' Teams Join Relay Finals

Three Nigerian relay teams have joined long-distance runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Algeria and Morocco, and a high jumper from South Africa, in the athletics finals' festival at… Read more »

Africa: Long-distance Runners Gear Up For Finals

Nouria Merah-Benida of Algeria and Kutre Dulecha of Ethiopia on Thursday qualified for Saturday's finals of the women's 1500m race, setting up an absorbing day of athletics for… Read more »

Africa: Long-distance Runners Move To Finals

Athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco and Algeria dominated the long-distance athletic heats at the Olympics on Wednesday. Read more »

Africa: Africans Win Four Medals, Silver For Alozie

In a storybook tale of triumph over hardship, Nigerian athlete Gloria Alozie has won a silver medal in the women's 100-metre hurdles - three weeks after her fiance, Hyginus Anugo… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Medal Tally Lags

Africa's tally of Olympics medals is growing, but there's a long way to go to beat the total of 34 won in Atlanta in 1996. Read more »

Africa: Athletes Break Through to 400m Finals

The eyes of Africa will be on her athletes at the Sydney Olympic Games on Monday. Read more »

Africa: Two More Medals For Africa

African athletes won two more Olympic medals on Sunday, giving Kenya and Algeria their first wins at the Sydney games. Read more »

Africa: Runners Break Through To 800-metre Semifinals

African runners achieved their best results in long-distance events at the Olympics on Saturday. Read more »

Africa: Women Dominate Long-distance Heats

Athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya dominated the first round of the women's 5000-metre heats in Sydney on Friday. They took five of the 12 top places to move ahead to the next round,… Read more »