Pompeo says South Africa land seizures would be ‘disastrous’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday asserted that South Africa’s plan to allow expropriatio...
Former UAW President Owen Bieber dies aged 90
Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry's dark days of the early 1980s to the prosperity of the mid-1990s, has died....
Not done: Caster Semenya runs again, says ‘I’m here to stay’
Caster Semenya ran her first public race in eight months and broke the national 300-meter record at a low-level meet at a South African university bef...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78
JOHANNESBURG — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, ...
Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid regime and instantly...
AP Was There: Nelson Mandela released from jail 30 years ago
JOHANNESBURG — EDITOR'S NOTE: To mark the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, a key event in ending South Africa's brutal aparth...
Federer tops Nadal in South Africa & 51,000 turn up to watch
Roger Federer wasn't going to lose this one to Rafael Nadal.
Baboon grooms little lion cub in South Africa’s Kruger park
JOHANNESBURG — A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa's Kruger National ...
South African court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Zuma
JOHANNESBURG — A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption...
Federer to play in South Africa, where his mother was born
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer shakes his head and sounds a bit embarrassed when he's asked why he's never played a tennis match in South Africa...
South Africa to strip refugees’ status for any political act
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, ac...
Ethiopia PM asks South Africa leader to help in dam dispute
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia's prime minister has asked South Africa's president to intervene in his country's dispute with Egypt over a massive dam projec...
Djokovic clinches Serbia’s win; Nadal’s Spain beats Georgia
BRISBANE, Australia — Novak Djokovic got more than he bargained for in his first competitive match of 2020 before fending off Kevin Anderson 7-6 (5),...
Black Friday frenzy goes global - and not everyone’s happy
PARIS — People don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in France, or Russia, or South Africa - but they do shop on Black Friday.
Southern Africa’s deadly drought leaving millions hungry
VOSBURG, South Africa — Residents call this drought-stricken community a “forgotten town.”
Special South African gin is infused with elephant dung
MOSSEL BAY, South Africa — The makers of a South African gin infused with elephant dung swear their use of the animal's excrement is no gimmick.
Siya’s Springboks are exactly what Mandela envisioned
SOMERSET WEST, South Africa — Black and white, they sat together on the edge of the dusty township street where Nelson Mandela once lived and watched ...
South African police arrest foreigners protesting at UN site
JOHANNESBURG — Police in the South African city of Cape Town used water cannons Wednesday while dispersing and arresting hundreds of foreigners, inclu...
Leader of South Africa’s leading opposition party resigns
JOHANNESBURG — The first black leader of South Africa's largest opposition party resigned Wednesday in a blow to efforts to shed the liberal party's i...