A judge dismissed the corruption indictment against South Africa’s former Deputy President Jacob Zuma today after the prosecution said it was not ready to proceed.

A South African court in Pietermaritzburg gave prosecutors until early September to make their case for more time to prepare corruption charges against Jacob Zuma after lawyers for the would-be-president argued the most explosive case since apartheid should be thrown out.

The corruption trial of would-be South African president Jacob Zuma was postponed today until September, and prosecutors may request for an even longer delay.

Would-be South African president Jacob Zuma, riding high on a wave of support, arrived at the Pietermaritzburg High Court today for the start of a corruption trial that could spell the end of his ambitions for the top job.

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Ireland Under-19s face the daunting task of meeting host nation South Africa in the IRB World Cup in Pietermaritzburg this afternoon.

ARCHBISHOP Denis Hurley, OMI, who died suddenly in Durban, South Africa, last February, was well known in Ireland.

South Africa are preparing to unleash electric-fast flying winger Sibusiso Zuma on the World Cup this summer.

An 80-year-old grandmother is alleged to have driven at more than 100 miles per hour past South African policemen and then ignored their demands to stop.