JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

South Africa seal 10-wicket win in the second Test to win the series 2-0 despite Pakistan’s late fightback in Cape Town. South Africa seal their place in World Test Championship final with a two ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

South Africa 615 (Rickelton, Bavuma 106, Verreynne 100, Abbas 3-94) and 61 for no loss (Bedingham 47*) beat Pakistan 194 (Babar 58, Rabada 3-55) and 478 (Masood 145, Babar 81, Rabada 3-115 ...

Journal Editorial Report: Hits of the Year by Kim Strassel, Jason Riley, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot Photo: Saul Loebmandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images When people think of South Africa ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

Government-led plans to expand energy access with ambitious targets. Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering Africa, transforming economies, and reaching people ...

Multilateral development banks and commercial banks represented at the summit will use the country's commitments to persuade their clients to invest in Africa's energy sectors, said World Bank ...

Many of them are poor people in rural areas of Africa without easy access to treatment. Venomous snakes bite millions of people worldwide each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor ...

France has also expanded ties beyond francophone Africa. Its two biggest trading partners, for example, are Nigeria and South Africa. But analyst Vircoulon predicts France’s long-term influence ...

This year the g20 will hold its first summit on the continent, in South Africa. All of this progress augurs well for the world’s youngest and liveliest continent. And not since prehistory has ...