South Africa road accident kills 11
A bus overturned on a road in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, killing 11 people including one child, the transportation ministry said Wednesday.
South Africa’s ANC re-opens Malema hearing after violence
JOHANNESBURG: Riot police sealed off South Africa’s ruling party HQ Wednesday to prevent a repeat of violence as the ANC held a second day of disciplinary hearings against its firebrand youth leader.
South Africa: Davies Says South Africa Is Not a Developed Country
South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, says South Africa is not a developed country.
South Africa’s ANC in tug-of-war over Malema
Riot police sealed off South Africa’s ruling party HQ Wednesday to prevent a repeat of violence as the ANC held a second day of disciplinary hearings against its firebrand youth leader.
South Africa: Journalists Attacked During ANC Protest
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by anti-press violence by supporters of Julius Malema, youth leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, and is relieved that the party leader has urged restraint.
Mandela museums booming in South Africa
Nelson Mandela covered most of South Africa during five decades fighting apartheid and five years as president, and it sometimes seems a museum has sprouted everywhere he set foot.
Pistorius helps South Africa to 4×400 relay final
Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius led off South Africa’s 4×400-meter relay team and helped it qualify for the world championship final.
South Africa: Police Clash With ANC Supporters
Police in South Africa have set off stun grenades and fired water canon at hundreds of stone-throwing supporters of the ruling party’s youth leader, Julius Malema.
Can South Africa Help Usher in a Continents Economic Renaissance?
South Africa occupies a unique position on a continent that is undergoing a boom. The country is an economic bridge that pairs Western investors with burgeoning business opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, and it is also a source of ideas for other developing countries eager to learn how a fledgling democracy can work in the wake of a trying past. Knowledge@Wharton spoke with South Africa’s …
South Africa Posts Its Biggest Trade Deficit in Six Months as Exports Drop
South Africa posted a 3.9 billion- rand ($555-million) trade deficit in July, the biggest in six months, as metal exports declined and fuel imports rose.
