South Africa has closed one of its busiest border crossings with Mozambique following violent post-electoral protests in the neighbouring country.
The protests have led to deadly clashes in several cities following last month's disputed presidential (...)
The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back after not being invited to the UK government's International Investment Summit.
He was not invited due to his social media posts during last month's riots, the BBC understands.
"I don't think (...)
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is free to run in May's general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy.
Last month the electoral commission barred him over a contempt of court conviction.
It argued the (...)
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but was unhurt.
A drunk driver collided with his "official armored state vehicle" on Thursday evening, police have said.
But a leading member of his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) (...)
Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa's Limpopo province on Thursday.
The crash claimed the lives of 45 people and one is seriously injured, the country's transport department said (...)
Former President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in South Africa's general election in May.
The country's electoral commission has not given a reason.
However, his 2021 conviction, and jailing, for contempt of court would appear to (...)
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, was released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world.
A parole board granted (...)
Award-winning South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country's culture minister announced.
She had been in hospital, reportedly with liver complications, and the government had been assisting the (...)
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country's most prominent anti-migrant (...)
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma was returned to prison on Friday to comply with a ruling that his release on ill health was unlawful – but was freed after just an hour under a remission process to address overcrowding in jail.
The (...)
The peace of a normally tranquil suburban road near South Africa's capital, Pretoria, is being shattered by the sound of drilling.
These are not prospectors looking for a new source of the country's mineral wealth, but workers digging for an (...)
Russia fired missiles on Kyiv this morning, according to Ukrainian authorities, just as a delegation of African leaders arrived to promote a peace plan.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that at least one explosion had been heard in the capital. (...)
South Africa plans to change its law so that it has the power to decide whether or not to arrest a leader wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister has told the BBC.
Obed Bapela's remarks come amid intense speculation over (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 13 tons and 848 kilograms of food baskets to the neediest groups in Konteng Governorate, in the Republic of South Africa, benefiting 2,400 people from 400 families, as part of (...)
Disgraced South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole, the lawyer for Reeva Steenkamp's parents told CNN Friday.
"I can confirm that the parole board has made the decision, parole has been denied and they will be (...)
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) inaugurated yesterday the Ramadan Food Basket project in South Africa for the year 2023, in the presence of the Saudi Ambassador to South Africa Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Anqari, the (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, represented by the Religious Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in the Republic of South Africa, has launched the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Gift Program for Iftar Banquets for Muslims of (...)
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance inaugurated today at the Kingdom's Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' gift program for distributing dates and Iftar for those fasting in Ramadan for the year 1444 (...)
A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son.
Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for Bosasa, a company implicated in numerous government contract scandals.
He also worked as a (...)
Ethiopia's Tigray rebels announced the start of handing over heavy weapons, a key part of a peace agreement signed more than two months ago to end a deadly conflict in northern Ethiopia.
The spokesman for the rebel Tigrayan forces in northern (...)
Ethiopia's Tigray rebels announced the start of handing over heavy weapons, a key part of a peace agreement signed more than two months ago to end a deadly conflict in northern Ethiopia.
The spokesman for the rebel Tigrayan forces in northern (...)
South Africa's scandal-hit President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected the governing ANC's leader to wild cheers from his supporters.
He defeated his rival Zweli Mkhize by 2,476 votes to 1,897.
Ramaphosa won despite being dogged by allegations of (...)
A special sitting of South Africa's parliament is due to vote on whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The president is accused of covering up the theft of a large sum of foreign currency from his farm in 2020, (...)
One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century begins its construction phase on Monday. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope in the world when completed in 2028.
Split across South Africa and Australia, with (...)
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman said.
The row centers on claims he kept large sums of cash on his property then covered up its theft. A panel of legal experts (...)
