South Africa

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma may soon return to government in South Africa after she handed over reigns of the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship.

South Africa's top court on Wednesday blamed Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini for a "crisis" that could jeopardise the payment of welfare benefits to 17 million people, saying she had failed to resolve a service-provider dispute.

The mother of the baby whose alleged abduction sparked a national manhunt in South Africa has been arrested.

Zimbabwe is negotiationg a new deal to continue importing power from South African utility Eskom to make up for shortfalls in generating capacity at its Kariba hydropower station, the energy minister said on Monday.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will no longer take place in Durban, South Africa, the BBC understands. Durban was awarded the Games in 2015 as the...

Years of allegedly underhanded police and politician tactics involving some of the country's most notorious criminals have led up to a mammoth case expected to proceed in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) needs to end corruption and party divisions, and deliver on promises to tackle poverty if it is to halt declining voter support, a new policy document said on Sunday.

Sixteen banks accused of colluding to rig South Africa's rand currency could go before the Competition Tribunal to conclude the case in July, after...

South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of the late president Nelson Mandela, is "absolutely fine" after being admitted to hospital for observation, her...

South African taxi drivers on Friday blocked roads to Johannesburg's airport, holding up thousands of travellers in the latest protest against ride-hailing app Uber.