South Africa News

Latest South African News

South Africa: Struggles intensify as election draws closer …

As South African President Jacob Zuma, last Friday, announced that the country's next general elections will be held on May 7, this year, his...

You’re to blame for lack of services, Malema tells residents –...

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema told residents of Stofel Park in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, that they were to blame for the lack...

EFF and DA a tough sell on campus

Abednego Mathole of the University of Johannesburg's (UJ's) EFF branch told the Mail & Guardian it is important to "fight this perception that we...

South African Protests Target Broken Promises

... against apartheid, the target of protest has shifted to what people in hardscrabble squatter camps and townships see as the broken promises of...

Lesson for South Africa from Down Under

He is driving this agenda in Australia because the biggest mining investment boom in history has ended (South Africa saw practically nothing of this,...

Partying, sex at the office ‘all ANC knows’ – Julius Malema...

The fact that ANC-deployed officials and councillors prioritise having sex in their offices over service delivery does not justify burning down government buildings, Economic...

R 800 million missing from East London Municipality

South Africa - The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) cannot produce adequate documents to account for at least R 781 million spent during the...

Fiery protest ends in meeting pledge | The Herald

The voice of Nelson Mandela Bay and its surrounds - News from Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Despatch, Jeffreys Bay, Port Alfred and Knysna

Demands for service end in violence – Crime | looklocal ...

Five people appeared before the Mankweng magistrate`s court last Friday after they were arrested for public violence on Wednesday evening following a violent protest...

South Africa urgently needs a credible, non-racial alternative to the ANC

William Gumede: The collapse of the opposition alliance underscores the need for a strong, modern opposition that appeals to both black and white

Lindiwe Mazibuko: ‘The insults are a signal that we’re having a...

Lindiwe Mazibuko, parliamentary leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance, tells David Smith she has experienced every kind sexism...

Jacob Zuma’s son investigated over woman’s death in crash

South African police say woman died and two people were injured when Duduzane Zuma's Porsche collided with minibus. The political opposition has alleged that...