South Africa's President Jacob Zuma sacked finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a major cabinet reshuffle after days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency, replacing him...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country’s markets and currency. Mr Gordhan will be replaced by Malusi...
There is an expiry date for everything on the face of the earth. Indeed, this whole earth is transient and will, one day, cease to exist in the form it is currently. It is because there is time for...
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Pretoria on Friday over fears that South Africa's welfare agency may be unable to make benefit payments to millions of poor people. The march was led by...
South Africa has revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the High Court said the move was unconstitutional. It had notified the UN of its intention to leave last...
South Africa has formally revoked its controversial decision to leave the International Criminal Court following last month's High Court ruling that such a move would be unconstitutional. Notice of...
The former chief executive of South Africa's state-owned power utility was sworn in as a member of parliament Thursday in a move that could deepen a power struggle within the ruling ANC party. Brian...
Local and international banks have been accused of rigging the price of South Africa's currency, the rand, by the country's competition watchdog. Global giants Barclays, JP Morgan and HSBC are among...
Punches have been thrown in South Africa’s parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma. Members of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters’...
Punches have been thrown in South Africa’s parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma. Members of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters’...
South Africans are divided over the country's decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last month, South Africa wrote to the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon,...
play videoThis the DA’s third attempt at unseating Zuma through a motion of this nature South Africa's national assembly is debating a motion to impeach president Jacob Zuma. The debate comes in...
South African opposition figure Julius Malema is challenging an apartheid-era law used to prosecute him over calls to occupy white-owned land. He is accused of urging his supporters to occupy...
South African President Jacob Zuma has traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe following the release of a state watchdog report indicating possible South African government corruption linked to him and some...
South African President Jacob Zuma has paid back more than $500,000 of public money spent on non-security improvements to his private home, according to his office, after a scandal over lavish...
A new mayor in South Africa has rejected a fleet of luxury cars he inherited from his predecessors. Solly Msimanga, from the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), said the vehicles would instead be...
Luxury car manufacturers do not have a friend in the new mayor of South Africa’s capital city. Solly Msimanga, the recently-elected mayor of Tshwane - which includes the capital Pretoria—has put...
South Africa's governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria.
With counting almost over, the DA has 43% of the...
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.
With 92% of the votes counted after Wednesday's municipal elections,...
