20120227 AFP Nelson Mandela's health scares send Twitter into overdrive, but South African officials made savvier use of social media to keep the world informed on the global icon's latest medical woe.
20120227 AFP Nelson Mandela was given a clean bill of health and left hospital Sunday after a minor diagnostic procedure, soothing fears over the beloved South African nonagenarian's health.
20120227 AP JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital Sunday after an overnight stay for minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, a spokesman for the country's current leader said.
20120226 AFP Nelson Mandela underwent hospital tests Saturday but officials and a grand-daughter reassured an anxious public that the 93-year-old anti-apartheid icon was not in danger and could leave within two days.
20120226 AP JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued about the 93-year-old beloved anti-apartheid icon.
20120225 AFP South African police have found a badly beaten corpse near the strike-hit Impala Rustenburg platinum mine, parent company Implats said Friday, the third death since violence broke out there last week.
20120221 AFP A miner was killed in clashes with police at the strike-hit Impala Platinum mine in South Africa, the second death since violence broke out last week, police said on Monday.
20120220 AFP South Africa will deploy hundreds more soldiers to its borders to crack down on international syndicates blamed for a surge in rhino poaching, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said Sunday.
20120220 AFP Police arrested at least 350 people after deadly violence during an illegal strike at the world's largest platinum mine run by South Africa's Impala Platinum, a senior officer said Sunday.
20120214 AFP South African President Jacob Zuma, who has repeatedly butted heads with the judiciary, said in an interview published Monday he wants to review the powers of the country's highest court.
20120213 AFP PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The embattled youth leader of South Africa's governing party who claims to speak for a frustrated generation used what he said could be his farewell address Friday to press calls for nationalizing South Africa's economy, a populist stance that has worried potential foreign investors.
20120213 AFP Impala Platinum, the world's number two producer, has agreed to take back 17,200 workers in South Africa who were fired for going on strike, their union said on Sunday.
20120213 AFP Madagascar must meet a regional deadline to finalise amnesty laws by the end of the month allowing the return of exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana, a top South African diplomat said on Sunday.
20120213 AFP Southern African countries have vowed to lobby hard for South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who on Sunday was again backed as the region's candidate for African Union chief after a recent polls deadlock.
20120212 AFP Southern African foreign ministers met Saturday to discuss the recent deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the regional bloc's strategy for the next vote.
20120212 AFP South Africa launched a new line of bank notes on Saturday bearing the image of its first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela on the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.
20120209 Reuters JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A study submitted to South Africa's ruling ANC to reform its vital mining sector proposes a 50 percent tax on profits and rejects nationalisation as an "unmitigated disaster" for Africa's largest economy.
20120209 Reuters CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A review of a global scheme to monitor blood diamonds could bring changes to the Kimberley Process, under fire over its damaging loopholes, but the United States on Tuesday dampened hopes of a swift and comprehensive overhaul.
20120208 AFP South Africa on Tuesday ruled out nationalising its key mining industry in a reassurance to jittery investors and a blow to those in the ruling ANC calling for a state takeover.
20120207 AFP Nationalising South Africa's mines is not a viable option for the country's key sector and has been ruled out by the ruling party, according to Mining Minister Susan Shabangu.
