South Africa is not “falling apart” and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) can run the continent’s biggest economy, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday, as he sought to dispel the concerns of rating agencies and investors about sluggish growth.

Graphic video footage of South African police shooting dead 34 protesting mine strikers left the victims’ widows weeping inconsolably when it was shown to an official inquest.

SOUTH AFRICANS yesterday celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid’s death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.

South Africans today celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid’s death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.

Talks to end weeks of post-election violence in Kenya resumed today on difficult political issues, a day after rivals agreed on humanitarian aid and a leading mediator left the team because of government opposition.

The Kenyan government has rejected South African Cyril Ramaphosa as the chief mediator in talks to end the post-election crisis, former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said today.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the embattled ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, staged yet another political comeback today when she was re-elected to the top flight of South Africa’s ruling party.

Ulster Unionist leader, David Trimble tonight held wide ranging talks in South Africa with an African National Congress official who was a former weapons inspector in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein are today meeting Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid to study policing plans which could help decide the fate of the peace process.

South Africa’s top law enforcement official has accused three of the countries most powerful businessmen of plotting to oust President Thabo Mbeki.