The US retail giant Wal-Mart is gearing up for a major expansion across Africa after both Namibia and South Africa approved the company’s entry into their markets, Press TV reports.
Fri Mar 9, 2012 1:36PM
Activists in Johannesburg are concluding a week of programs highlighting the similarities between the Apartheid regime in South Africa and that of Israel.
Wed Mar 7, 2012 1:56PM
Thousands of South African trade unionists have marched in a day of protest over the new tolls on roads linking Johannesburg to the administrative capital Pretoria.
Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:0PM
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been released from hospital after minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of a long-standing abdominal complaint.
Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:39AM
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized for a diagnostic procedure to determine what is behind his abdominal pains.
Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:54PM
South African President Jacob Zuma has censured the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for mishandling the crisis in Libya which ended with the killing of the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Mon Jan 9, 2012 2:34AM
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has wrapped up a weekend of celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the liberation movement that helped end the apartheid in the country.
Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:53PM
The high rate of crime in South Africa has turned into a major concern as the country is generally regarded as a highly violent nation, Press TV reports.
Wed Dec 7, 2011 3:34AM
South African President Jacob Zuma has called on governments to take decisive action as they search for an agreement at the United Nations climate talks in Durban.
Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:30AM
The South African finance minister says the burgeoning debt crisis in the eurozone is jeopardizing South Africa's economy as the European bloc constitutes Africa's major trading partner.
Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:15PM
South Africa plans to reopen an investigation involving claims of bribery in its largest military contract, the presidential office says.
Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:21PM
South African police have clashed with supporters of the controversial head of the ruling party's youth league, Julius Malema ahead of his disciplinary hearing.
Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:15AM
South Africans and the rest of the world are celebrating Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday.
Wed Jul 6, 2011 3:15PM
Hundreds of people in South Africa have staged a protest in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, demanding an end to the NATO bombings in Libya.
Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:11AM
Nine people have been killed and several others injured in two separate road accidents in Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa.
Fri Jun 3, 2011 6:20PM
Angry protesters in South Africa have gathered outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy to condemn the Riyadh-backed crackdown on protesters in Bahrain.
Fri May 20, 2011 9:39AM
The family of South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who went missing in Libya six weeks ago, say the freelance reporter has been killed by forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Fri May 20, 2011 2:3AM
Two commuter trains in the South African suburb of Soweto in Johannesburg have collided with each other, leaving at least 300 people injured.
Wed May 18, 2011 5:23PM
Millions of South Africans are voting in local elections that are viewed as a test for the popularity of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:38AM
A court in South Africa has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 195 years in prison after he was found guilty on multiple counts of rape, robbery, and murder.
Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:52AM
Clashes between South African police and poor protesters demanding basic government services in two townships have left at least three people dead.
Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:35PM
At least eight people have lost their lives and another is feared dead following a plane crash in the ocean off South Africa's southern coast.
Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:33PM
South Africa's anti-apartheid hero and former president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital in Johannesburg, where he spent two nights under intensive care.
Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:32AM
The death toll from recent floods triggered by heavy torrential rain in South Africa has reached 70, with 8,000 other displaced by the disaster.
Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:37AM
At least 40 people have been killed as a result of floods in South Africa, which have also wrecked thousands of homes in neighboring Mozambique, officials say.
Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:52AM
A total of 151 people have been treated for food poisoning in the South African city of Cape Town over the weekend, an official says.
Sat Jan 1, 2011 4:9PM
At least ten people have died during New Year festivities in South Africa in a stampede at a crowded township bar, Johannesburg police say.
Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:42PM
Sixteen people have been killed and nine others injured after two vehicles collided head-on in eastern South Africa.
