SA President Leaves Commonwealth Summit Early Amid Protests
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his attendance at the Commonwealth summit in London to deal with violent ...
Tag: African National Congress (ANC)
Jacob Zuma To Face Trial For Corruption
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption relating to a multi-billion-dollar arms ...
Jacob Zuma To Face Trial For Corruption
South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption, Chief Prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has ...
Ramaphosa Reshuffles Cabinet
New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making substantial changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Nhlanhla Nene ...
Ramaphosa Promises To ‘follow Mandela’s Footsteps’
New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to continue the “long walk” Nelson Mandela began in a State ...
Akufo-Addo Lauds Jacob Zuma For Resigning
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended Jacob Zuma for showing “patriotism and statesmanship” for resigning as president of South ...
South Africa: Gupta Family Home Raided By Police
South Africa’s elite police unit have raided the home of the controversial Gupta family as the investigation into so-called state ...
South Africa: ANC ‘decides Zuma Must Go’
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will formally ask for President Jacob Zuma to resign after he refused to ...
South Africa: ANC Leaders Expected To Ask President Zuma To Resign
Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are meeting to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive ...
Fake News, Torture, Cover-Ups
Police brutality, "fake news" propaganda and official cover-ups at the height of apartheid have been laid bare in a South ...
South Africa Ex-Finance Minister Calls For Zuma To Go
South Africa's respected former finance minister Pravin Gordhan called Tuesday for President Jacob Zuma to resign, stepping up pressure on ...
South African ‘political’ Murderer In Parole Limbo
Inside South Africa's maximum security Groenpunt prison, hawk-eyed guards stroll between rows of wooden benches, watching inmates closely as they ...
S.Africa’s Zuma Tries To Quell High-Risk Succession Battle
South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday sought to calm an increasingly fractious battle to succeed him that is threatening ...
S.Africa’s Zuma Admits ANC Damaged By Corruption
South African President Jacob Zuma admitted Friday the ruling ANC party is beset by corruption and divisions that could threaten ...
South Africa Confronts Apartheid-Era Custody Deaths
The brutal death of anti-apartheid campaigner Ahmed Timol was allowed to go quietly unsolved in the interests of South Africa's ...
Top S.Africa Court Okays Secret Ballots In Zuma No-Confidence Vote
South Africa's highest court on Thursday ruled that lawmakers can cast secret ballots in a no-confidence vote in President Jacob ...
Joel Joffe, Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies Aged 85
Tributes were paid Tuesday to Joel Joffe, the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela in the trial that saw the anti-apartheid ...
Viewpoint: Africa-Cuba Solidarity Reaffirmed At Namibia Conference
Close bonds between the people of the African continent and the Caribbean island-nation of Cuba have been centuries in the ...
S.Africa’s Zille Punished Over Colonialism Tweet
South Africa's main opposition party Tuesday removed former leader Helen Zille from all party leadership roles after a disciplinary hearing ...
Moody’s Downgrades Top S.African Banks, Insurers, Councils
Credit ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday said it had downgraded a slew of top South African banks, insurers and local ...