March 10, 2014
South Africa: Pretoria-Kigali Ties Plunge to New Low
South African intelligence officials are accusing the Rwandan Embassy in Pretoria of involvement in an attempt to assassinate an exiled Rwandan general living in Johannesburg, a… Read more »
February 18, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
February 19, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
February 18, 2014
South Africa: South African Singer Wins Seacrest Contest
YouTube sensation Filipa Carmo da Silva has won RyanSeacrest.com's cover song competition for her rendition of One Direction's hit song Story of my Life. Read more »
February 08, 2014
South Africa: Ford Foundation Pledges Support for 'Visionaries' Tackling Inequality
In 2004, a decade into South Africa's extraordinary experiment with democratic government, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us that we could "kiss reconciliation and forgiveness… Read more »
January 30, 2014
Africa: Opposition Rolls the Dice in South Africa
For months now, the focus of political attention in South Africa has been on the left and on the politics of populism. Read more »
January 27, 2014
Malawi: Former Justice Minister Arrested
Former Malawian Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara and a senior civil servant were arrested on money-laundering charges on Monday, report the country's newspapers. Read more »
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo Win Fourth Grammy
Traditional acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have won the Grammy Award for Best World Album for Live: Singing for Peace around the World - sharing the award with the… Read more »
January 22, 2014
South Africa: Fabled Mine Produces New Vivid Blue Diamond
A fabled mine near Pretoria has produced another rare blue diamond potentially worth millions of dollars. Read more »
December 12, 2013
Africa: We Must Continue the Long Walk - Ambassador
An address delivered by Ebrahim Rasool, South African ambassador to the United States, to a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC: Read more »
December 17, 2013
South Africa: Not to Praise Zuma, But to Bury Him
Every single word that President Jacob Zuma has uttered in praise of Nelson Mandela in recent days is rendered hollow and meaningless by his treatment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read more »
December 15, 2013
South Africa: South Africa Buries Mandela - and Apartheid
Today, South Africa buries Nelson Mandela and, with him, once and for all, apartheid, too. Racial conflict is no longer the distinguishing characteristic of South African society. Read more »
December 12, 2013
South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial
Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »
December 15, 2013
Malawi: President Joyce Banda's Speech at Mandela's Burial in Qunu
Your Excellency Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Madam Graca Machel; Mama Winnie Madikizela- Mandela; The Mandela Family; Your Excellencies, Heads of… Read more »
December 14, 2013
South Africa: Tutu to Qunu for Mandela Funeral
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will attend Nelson Mandela's state funeral in Qunu, South Africa Sunday, following popular protests - many using the Twitter hashtag #Tutu2Qunu - demanding… Read more »
December 10, 2013
South Africa: Boos & Cheers Greet Leaders At Mandela Service
The world was treated to a display at the official memorial service for Nelson Mandela of how South Africa was freed from apartheid and became a democracy: a feisty, even… Read more »
South Africa: President Obama's Full Speech at Mandela Memorial
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a powerful speech at former South African president Nelson Mandela's memorial service: Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: African Leaders Coming for Mandela Memorial
The 37 African heads of state and government, as listed by South Africa's foreign ministry, who are scheduled to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg… Read more »
December 06, 2013
South Africa: Nelson Mandela - Leader, Icon, Friend
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. Read more »
December 05, 2013
South Africa: Desmond Tutu Pays Tribute to Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is mourned by South Africans, Africans and the international community today as the leader of our generation who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries… Read more »
South Africa: Nelson Mandela Dies Peacefully
Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, on Thursday night, President Jacob Zuma announced in a live broadcast to the nation. Read more »
November 30, 2013
Namibia: No Survivors in Mozambique Airlines Crash
Namibian officials searching for a missing Mozambique Airlines plane have located the wreckage but found no survivors. Most of the 27 passengers were Mozambicans and Angolans… Read more »
November 29, 2013
South Africa: The Gangster Who Fought Back, With the Law
He's a convicted murderer with no legal training who in 2010 added "escapee" to his criminal resume. Read more »
November 28, 2013
Zimbabwe: Former British PM Denies Zimbabwe Coup Plot Claim
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has released a statement denying that he put pressure on South Africa while he was in office to help remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe… Read more »