Jacob Zuma on Monday said South Africa was becoming a “constitutional dictatorship” after the country’s highest court upheld its decision to jail him for contempt.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, and Niger from July 31 to August 6.

Three weeks after the KwaZulu-Natal violence, we as a country have yet to get a proper handle on why Zuma’s incarceration sparked the unrest that has cost all of us so much.

The decision of the African Union (AU) to accept Israel as an observer has been greeted with opposition from some member-states.

South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, Transnet, has declared force majeure after disruptions caused by a cyberattack last week.

The Pegasus spyware saga has embroiled several African governments and could prompt further diplomatic fallouts, experts have suggested.

Global economic prospects have diverged further in 2021 with vaccine access emerging as the principal fault line, says the International Monetary Fund.

qamar-javed-bajwaChief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Tuesday said Pakistan attached great value to its relations with South Africa.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on South Africa, as it has globally.

More than 70 people killed and 1,000 arrested over five days as authorities fail to stop spiralling violence and looting.

In a startling revelation that could potentially ring alarm bells on the African continent, the Indian Diaspora in South Africa has been subjected to horrifying and terrorising threats from a Pakistan-sponsored group. The threat message was received from a mobile number on November 27, 2020, categorically stating:

Protests against the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma spread from his hometown to the country’s main economic hub of Johannesburg Sunday.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has found former president Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months’ imprisonment.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is finally making good on a long-standing pledge to enact policy reforms, signaling the tide may be turning for the coronavirus-battered economy.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the Group of Seven countries to help finance the World Health Organization's programme to boost COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and vaccines, the presidency said on Sunday.

Africa’s two continental giants, South Africa and Nigeria, maintain a complex relationship that is often misunderstood, leading some in the public discourse to conclude that the relationship is messy, truculent and laced with enmity.

South Africa is pressing for urgent military intervention in Cabo Delgado, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters (21 May) in a telephone interview.

Zuma accuses lawyers of working ‘to bolster a narrative’ as trial begins over $2.5bn arms deal

President Emmanuel Macron arrived Friday in South Africa for a lightning trip to discuss COVID vaccine access for Africa, aides said.