South African

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South African unemployment rate, already the highest in the world, rose to 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official government figures released. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey reported that the number of unemployed…

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Thousands of South Africans have gathered in the capital to show support for the country’s biggest opposition party as it prepares for a much-anticipated national election in which it hopes to wrest control of the government from the ruling…

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The leader of South Africa's third largest political party has addressed a packed 56,000-capacity Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday. Julius Malema who launched the EFF's election manifesto renewed his commitment towards the…

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his annual State of the Nation address using it as a platform to list the ruling African National Congress’ achievements over the past 30 years. The party, which has been in power since…

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In South Africa, the national executive committee of the ruling ANC announced it had decided to “summarily suspend Jacob Zuma as a member”. Citing the committee’s sources, that the former president will be hauled before the party’s…

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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole after serving nearly nine years in prison for killing his girlfriend and is now at home, South Africa´s Department of Corrections said. The department gave no…

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has swiftly distanced itself from alarming statements made by a former commander, Sylvester Mangolele, who recently surfaced in a video circulating widely on social media. In the video, Mr…

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Peter Magubane was the eye behind the lens which captured the 1960 Sharpeville massacre or the trial of Nelson Mandela in 1964. The South African photographer passed away on Monday aged 91. The nation's Editors' Forum said it had been…

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Flash floods have killed at least twenty-one people in Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province, South African officials said. “As of Friday, 29 December 2023, a total of 21 bodies have been recovered,” said police spokesperson Colonel Robert…

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The family of a South African held hostage in Libya and then Mali for more than six years thanked the Algerian authorities for their role in his release in mid-December. Gerco Van Deventer, 48, was freed on 17th December on the border…