Mogoeng Mogoeng ordered to walk back 2020 remark in which he said country was depriving itself of opportunity to be ‘game-changer’ in conflict due to pro-Palestinian stance

A man accused of starting a fire in South Africa's parliament, who also faces charges of terrorism, has confessed, media reported.

Private military corporations, in their modern form, appeared fairly recently. They proliferated in the post-Cold War environment, taking advantage of the privatization and outsourcing of functions previously undertaken by governments across the globe.

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Africa’s most industrialised nation – is characterised by the juxtapositioning of “First World” and “Third World” realities, the latter illustrated by the fact that 75 percent of the population (mostly black) still suffer the effects of 47 years of legally sanctioned racism and segregation.

Oracle this week announced the launch of Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region, the first Oracle Cloud region for the African continent.

Ukraine’s ambassador is dismayed by Pretoria’s lack of response to fears about a Russian invasion.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has extended South Africa’s national state of disaster by a further month.

The South African man charged with arson for burning down large parts of the country's historic parliament buildings has also been charged with terrorism.

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the annual 8 January statement at the ANC’s birthday celebrations, outlining several key regulatory changes which the ruling party plans to push through in 2022.

South African authorities deported a total of 9,171 Mozambicans in 2021, mostly due to illegal immigration and stay, a source from the National Migration Service (Senami) told AFP.

The governing party marks its 110th anniversary while engulfed in bitter factional rivalries and corruption allegations.

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A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma's tenure in the first part of its report published on Tuesday, after more than three years of investigations involving more than 300 witnesses.

South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist has died at the age of 90.

South Africa’s ex-leader will spend Christmas at home after the court allows him to appeal the order to end his parole.

The South African High Court renewed on Wednesday former President Jacob Zuma’s prison sentence, annulling a previous decision that granted him medical parole. Zuma’s charitable foundation said that it considers the new ruling a death sentence.

New York’s assistant adjutant general for the Army National Guard and South Africa’s new defense attache’ met at the historic Harlem Armory on Dec.

Thousands of South Africans, including Indigenous communities, mobilized in a national protest last Sunday against Shell’s planned seismic survey in search for oil and gas reserves off the country’s eastern Wild Coast – with more protests planned this weekend.

South African president is self-isolating in Cape Town and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, presidency says.

Cyril Ramaphosa says travel restrictions ‘scientifically unjustified’ as more countries report cases of new, highly mutated variant.

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown.