A QURAN – neatly handwritten more than 200 years ago by an Indonesian imam who had been banished to the…
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THE man who murdered South Africa’s former first lady Marike de Klerk is set to be released on parole at…
A MANHUNT has been launched in South Africa after a mass shooting in which six people died, police say. Four…
SOUTH Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been spared from returning to prison, with officials saying this is to ease…
FIVE people have died in violent protests relating to a taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa, officials say. The…
DESPITE starting off on a largely disappointing note, African teams made history at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Three of…
A BODY was found in central Johannesburg early Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a busy street at rush…
HUNDREDS of homes have been destroyed by a fire in a poor neighbourhood of the South African port city of…
SOUTH Africa’s former Minister in the Presidency and anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad has died at the age of 84, according…
A SUSPECTED nitrate oxide gas leak in South Africa has led to the deaths of 16 people, local officials say.…
SOUTH Africa’s Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini is being treated in hospital for suspected poisoning, his traditional prime minister has said.…
SOUTH African police are investigating the death of Tina Joemat-Pettersson, an MP for the governing African National Congress (ANC) who…
THE peace of a normally tranquil suburban road near South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, is being shattered by the sound of…
A BLUNDER by Morocco goalkeeper Munir el Kajoui led to a 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying defeat in South…
ONE of four remaining fugitives from the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been captured, UN prosecutors say. Fulgence Kayishema was arrested…
SOUTH Africa could become a “failed state” but has yet to reach that point, a senior official of the ruling…
AN outbreak of cholera has killed at least 10 people in South Africa’s most populous province of Gauteng, health authorities…
EIGHT out of 10 South African school children struggle to read by the age of ten, an international study has…
SOUTH Africans were left angry and baffled on Friday after the US accused their country of secretly shipping arms to…
SOUTH Africa slammed remarks Thursday by the US ambassador in Pretoria, who accused the country of having covertly provided arms…