Marks had been in Pretoria only since November 2019, her arrival delayed by Trump’s failure to nominate an ambassador, and then a protracted Senate confirmation process.

A group supporting victims of crime in South Africa says it will legally challenge a controversial Foreign Ministry decision to grant immunity to Grace Mugabe, a move which allowed the wife of Zimbabwe’s president to leave the country without standing trial for an alleged assault on a young model.

Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe is a "massive flight risk" and must be arrested over allegations that she attacked a model in Johannesburg, South Africa's main opposition party says.

Nelson Mandela has made "dramatic progress," and may be going home "anytime soon," said his daughter Zindzi on the eve of his 95th birthday.

The South African presidency says the former President Nelson Mandela remains in a critical, stable condition contradicting earlier reports that he lay in a vegetative state.

South Africa's government says Nelson Mandela "continues to make steady improvement" as he spends a 7th day in a hospital being treated for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia.

A South African government official says two prisoners were killed and 65 injured when a fight broke out between two gangs.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has left hospital after almost three weeks to receive further care at his home in Johannesburg, presidential spokesman says.

South African gold miners have ended their strike after signing a pay deal, which has arranged for increase in their salaries.

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Southern African leaders opened their annual summit Friday discussing ways to end a three-year political crisis in Madagascar, one of several crises likely to eclipse the official focus on infrastructure development.

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Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina arrived Tuesday in the Seychelles where he joins Marc Ravalomanana, the president he ousted three years ago, for a second round of talks, officials said.

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South African prosecutors are investigating Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana for crimes against humanity, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

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Madagascar's exiled former president Marc Ravalomanana was served with a summons Tuesday over a $23 million lawsuit filed by victims of 2009 unrest that led to his ouster, his lawyer said.

JOHANNESBURG, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The South African government is launching an intensive operation against rampant corruption to promote the social sustainable development, local media reported on Saturday.

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Madagascar's exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana was back where he started on Saturday after a plane flying him home was ordered to turn around mid-flight and returned to Johannesburg's main international airport.

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Congo's main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, is in South Africa meeting senior African National Congress officials and businessmen to drum up support ahead of polls due at the end of the November, his spokesman said on Monday.

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PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa has agreed to a 2.5 billion rand bailout for Swaziland to help it through a budget crunch that had prompted unprecedented protests against Africa's last absolute monarch, officials said on Wednesday.