JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Wal-Mart is in talks to buy South Africa's Massmart, a $4 billion deal that would give the U.S. retailer a big presence in fast-growing Africa and boost its emerging markets strategy.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday he would ask his cabinet ministers to set their own performance targets that he would then monitor to try to improve the delivery of services to citizens.
Pretoria — South Africa has called on the international community to redouble its efforts in support of peace in the Sudan and to ensure that a schedule referendum in that country is held in a peaceful environment.
DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress has decided to press ahead with a media review tribunal that has been widely criticised as a move to muzzle the press reminiscent of apartheid-era censorship regulations.
DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC will investigate ways for the state to take greater control of the country's mining industry, a senior party official said on Friday.
DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress pressed on Wednesday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous news reporting that has been heavily criticised as a plan to muzzle the media.
JOHANNESBURG/DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC elects a new leader in 2012 but positioning for the country's top job has already begun with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe seen as favourite.
President Jacob Zuma closed the door on new economic policy discussions when he delivered his political report yesterday, instructing delegates to the African National Congress's (ANC's) review gathering to confine discussion to the examination of the party's performance and not the introduction of new policies.
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has condemned the in-house fighting among the leadership of the ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) and stressed for unity within the party. He called for a return to "revolutionary discipline" in the ANC at a gathering of thousands of party delegates in Durban.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A crowded minibus taxi collided head-on with a truck early on Saturday in South Africa, killing 22 Malawians who were travelling back to their home country, the South African Press Association said.
The chief lawyer of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor at the crimes trial is visiting South Africa, a defense team spokesperson said on Thursday.
South African farmers have received new land offers to grow crops across Africa, bringing the total number of countries offering farming opportunities to 22, a major farmers' group said on Friday.
Leaders of the ruling ANC are unlikely to bow to pressure from unions and within the party by agreeing to nationalise South Africa's mines during a policy review conference next week.
The State Security Ministry has made some adjustments to the proposed Protection of Information Bill. National interest can no longer be used to withhold information. The Bill has caused furious debate with critics arguing that information could be classified indefinitely. They further contend that it will compromise free access to information.
South Africa's ruling African National Congress next week holds one of its most important meeting in years that could determine the president's political future and influence economic policy.
Johannesburg — Cabinet has rubber stamped a controversial law that will enhance the power the South African Police Service (SAPS) has in using lethal force when arresting suspected criminals.
Growing demand for the expulsion of one of the contestants of the ever popular continental reality show Big Brother Africa for punching a female housemate is gaining high proportion. Reports say women's rights activists have strongly criticized producers of the show and pushing for immediate sanctions.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African Reserve Bank on Tuesday called for the public to nominate people to join the bank as independent non-executives.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Local currency rather than dollar-denominated African debt should be on the menu for yield-seeking investors, especially in oil-rich countries where the currency risk is minimal, Insparo Asset Management says.
