JOHANNESBURG, April 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's two biggest political parties, the African National Congress and the pro-business Democratic Alliance were yet to reach agreement to pass the ...

The word was first introduced into South Africa by English-speaking immigrants from India, according to the OED, "but it made its way into South African English via Afrikaans". It is related to ...

The Blue Train was established when the moneyed elite from around the world descended on South Africa in search of gold and needed a way to get from the Cape harbor to the mines near Johannesburg.

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday.

A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers of all ages, the book explores what it was ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered criminal activities ... the suspects were allegedly responsible for over 30 blue-light hijackings, ...

This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others seriously injured. The flight ...

At 100 megawatts, Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Power Project is the largest wind farm in Africa. It can provide clean energy to a million homes. In South Africa, solar PV projects are expanding ...

Msukaligwa Local Municipality’s Executive Mayor, Mapulane Precious Nkosi, was involved in an accident The mayor, along with two of her bodyguards, were rushed to Mediclinic Nelspruit for treatment ...

Since its inception in 2018, the Africa Business Forum has promoted dialogue between governments, investors, service providers, project promotors and other stakeholders on challenges, opportunities, ...

Relations are at an all-time low - South Africa's ambassador to the US was expelled last month. The official ruling - that Albert Luthuli died in an accident in 1967, has long been queried by his ...