South Africa

The World Health Organization has announced that some 16 African countries are exposed to the deadly listeriosis outbreak which is linked to contaminated meat food in South Africa.

A judge ordered a provincial government in South Africa to pay $15 million in damages to families of at least 144 psychiatric patients who he said died of negligence after being moved to unregistered facilities in early 2016.

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that the country's former president Jacob Zuma would be facing corruption charges and stand trial subsequently.

A South African mother has reportedly beaten her own seven-month-old baby to death in an attempt to exorcise demons from the child.

A handful of South Africans on Wednesday staged a protest on the streets of Johannesburg against what they call "false prophets".

Namibia has reportedly recorded its first case of listeriosis, with a 41-year-old man said to be fighting for his life in a hospital in Windhoek.

A second cyclist has died during the Cape Town Cycle Tour after succumbing to a suspected heart attack earlier on Sunday.

Zambian authorities deported controversial South African dancer Zodwa Wabantu on Saturday after authorities vowed she would not be allowed to perform because she dances without underwear, the dancer's promoter said.

Indian tax inspectors raided on Tuesday premises of the Gupta family at the centre of a corruption scandal involving South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on suspicion they were bringing money into their native country, an official said.

South Africans were told on Sunday not to consume ready-to-eat processed meat as the government identified the source of a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people as a cold meat product made by the country’s biggest consumer foods group.