South Africa News

January 23, 2019

S.African ‘jihad suspect’ dies in Mozambique hospital

A South African businessman held in Mozambique on suspicion of being a jihadist leader has died in hospital under mysterious circumstances, his wife and a medical source told AFP on Wednesday. Andre Mayer Hanekom, 61, was admitted to a hospital…

January 23, 2019

SAfrican president signs ‘transparent’ party funding bill

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill to regulate public and private funding of political parties as South Africa heads for May elections with the fight against corruption a key issue. The political funding bill, signed on Monday,…

January 22, 2019

Mnangagwa loses ‘reformist’ claims after new crackdown

After Zimbabwe’s authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was forced from power, his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the country had turned the page on repression. Today, such claims sound deeply hollow as Zimbabwe reels from its second crackdown on protest in less…

January 22, 2019

Zimbabwe president struggles to draw line under brutal crackdown

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Tuesday to investigate security forces over their deadly crackdown on protesters, as he returned to the country and scrambled to fend off a barrage of criticism. The crackdown has shattered Mnangagwa’s claims to have…

January 22, 2019

World can help Zimbabwe by lifting sanctions: S. Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday that lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe was the best way for the world to ease the crisis gripping the country. “It is no longer necessary to have sanctions against Zimbabwe right now, because they…

January 21, 2019

Zuma ally took monthly bribes from S.Africa company, inquiry hears

A South African former executive on Monday told a corruption probe that his old company had paid monthly bribes for years to a minister who served under scandal-tainted ex-president Jacob Zuma. Angelo Agrizzi, ex-chief operating officer of the Bosasa contracting…

January 21, 2019

Rwanda linked to suspects in dissident death: S.Africa prosecutor

South African prosecutors have claimed “close links” existed between the suspects in the murder of a Rwandan dissent and the regime of President Paul Kagame, according to a letter released by a Johannesburg court Monday. Patrick Karegeya, who was found…

January 21, 2019

South African, European demining experts killed in Yemen

Five demining experts killed in a weekend explosion in Yemen were from South Africa and several European countries, a Saudi-run organisation in charge of the project said Monday. The state-run King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) said two…

January 20, 2019

S.Africa urges ‘all parties’ to accept Tshisekedi DRC win

South Africa on Sunday congratulated Felix Tshisekedi on becoming president-elect of DR Congo following a Constitutional Court ruling, despite the African Union and EU warning of doubts over the country’s disputed election result. “President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Mr Felix…