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Africa: South Africa

Former president Zuma was forced out of office in 2018 under a cloud of corruption allegations.  By GIANLUIGI GUERCIA AFPFile

S.Africa's ex-president Zuma barred from May election

4 hours ago | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's electoral officials said on Thursday they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from May elections, fu ...

Mar 27, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africans will go to polls on Friday 29 May to elect a new National Assembly, which will then choose the next presi ...

Mar 22, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

Moscow is vying for greater influence in Niger as the military junta moves to push out the United States, Russia's lates ...

Mar 20, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

A South African bank on Wednesday announced a partial freeze on accounts of ex-president Jacob Zuma, two months ahead of ...

Mar 20, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's top diplomat on Tuesday accused Israel of setting a precedent for leaders to defy the top UN court, as sh ...

Mar 19, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

On a windy Cape Town morning, a small group of activists hands out flyers calling for secession. South Africa cannot ...

Mar 14, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's biggest opposition party has triggered a furious row by appearing to call into question the country's har ...

Mar 13, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

Anger is mounting in some Johannesburg districts left without water for more than a week, fewer than three months before ...

Mar 10, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's opposition Inkatha Freedom Party gathered a huge crowd of supporters for the spectacular launch of its ge ...

Mar 8, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's Grammy-winning artist Tyla has cancelled her much-anticipated world tour just weeks before it was start d ...

Mar 8, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

South Africa's Grammy-winning artist Tyla has cancelled her much-anticipated world tour just weeks before it was start d ...

Mar 8, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

A group of South African Jewish women held an International Women's Day march on Friday to denounce their government's s ...

Mar 6, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

A violent stand-off between local residents and squatters that invaded a field outside Bloemfontein starkly underlines t ...

Mar 4, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

A former Johannesburg mayor who calls himself proudly xenophobic is eyeing victory in South Africa's upcoming vote as a ...

Feb 29, 2024 | Africa: South Africa

At a South African farm, hundreds of ostriches stretch their slender necks and shake their black feathers under the sett ...