20120403 AFP Once feared as a gangster's paradise, downtown Johannesburg's restored buildings, flowing fountains and sidewalk art are attracting an unusual breed of tourist -- local pedestrians.
20120402 AFP In a shell of a building, occupied by squatters for six years with no water or electricity, Johannesburg property developer Renney Plit sees nothing but opportunity.
20120402 AFP The body of the last of six amateur rugby players who drowned last weekend has been recovered, as mourners began burying the dead in the southern city of Port Elizabeth, local media said Sunday.
20120402 AFP Embattled South African youth leader Julius Malema accused President Jacob Zuma of "dictatorship" as jockeying intensifies ahead of a key ANC elective conference, local media said Saturday.
20120326 AFP Firebrand South African youth leader Julius Malema said Sunday he would legally challenge his expulsion from the ANC if his appeal with ruling party fails.
20120326 AFP Centuries from Alviro Petersen and JP Duminy gave South Africa an iron grip on the weather-affected third Test against New Zealand on Sunday in Wellington.
20120322 AFP South Sudan on Thursday invited its "brother", Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, to an April summit to resolve outstanding issues that have pushed the two countries to the brink of war.
20120321 AFP South African appeals judges cleared the way Tuesday for a court challenge of the state's decision three years ago to drop graft charges against President Jacob Zuma on the eve of taking office.
20120319 AFP Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned.
20120314 AFP South Africa on Tuesday honoured an 80-year-old driver as a "sterling example" for going 62 years without a single traffic fine, in a nation where 40 people are killed on the roads every day.
20120313 AFP South Africa's department of mines will not recover the bodies of at least 20 illegal miners presumed dead after a disused gold mine collapsed on them last week, an official said Monday.
20120310 AFP A South African court approved on Friday Wal-Mart's $2.2 billion takeover of local chain Massmart, giving the world's biggest retailer its first foothold in Africa.
20120307 AFP South Africa's powerful Cosatu labour federation vowed Tuesday to rally more than 100,000 protesters against new toll roads around Johannesburg that have angered workers and businesses.
20120306 AFP South Africa's Impala Platinum on Monday resumed production at its Rustenburg mine after a six-week strike that halted work at the world's largest mine and left three people dead, the company said.
20120304 AFP The provocative leader of South Africa's ruling party's youth league vowed Saturday to stay in the party, despite his expulsion this week.
20120229 AFP South Africa's economy grew 3.1 percent in 2011, up from 2.9 percent the year before, officials said Tuesday -- welcome news for President Jacob Zuma but well short of the seven percent he is chasing.
20120229 AFP A South African minibus taxi driver was sentenced Tuesday to an effective 20 years in prison for killing 10 school pupils in a train smash after he ignored a lowered safety boom at a railroad crossing.
20120228 AFP Nelson Mandela was recovering at home in Johannesburg on Monday after being discharged from hospital with a clean bill of health, easing fears over the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle.
20120228 AFP The sacked chief editor of the Swazi Observer newspaper said Monday that he has fled to South Africa in fear of his life after receiving a tip-off that police wanted to arrest him on terror charges.
