Thousands of South African prisoners set to be freed Thousands of South African prisoners will taste freedom from next week after benefiting from an amnesty by President Jacob Zuma. ...
Ethiopia: WEF honours leading African entrepreneurs The World Economic Forum (WEF) has honoured five African innovators in its roll of Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2012 ??Klaus Schwab, founder ... and executive Chairman of the WEF, presented the award to the five on Wednesday, the opening day of the summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Zimbabwe officials lambast South African court over torture ruling Officials in Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF have dismissed a South African court ruling ordering authorities in the neighbouring ... country to investigate them for rights abuses as irrelevant.
Young Global Leaders: Cream of the crop at the World Economic Forum Each year the World Economic Forum selects around 200 'Young Global Leaders', the YGLs. ...
Film Releases: Best African Picks from Berlinale War Witch (Rebelle), Man on Ground?, Espoir Voyage, and Sons of the Clouds, ?The Last Colony were among a number of African films featured at ... the The 2012 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).
Host Cities for Afcon/CAN 2013 in South Africa named South Africa on Friday finally announced the five host cities for the 2013 soccer Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon/CAN). ...
South African farmers hit gold in Congo Despite having been in agriculture for generations, some South African farmers have had to leave their country as they felt their skills were ... not fully appreciated in their home country.
South Africa’s e-tolling blocked It is back to the drawing board for the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and the country's transport department after the North Gauteng ... High Court interdicted the government from implementing the multi-billion rand e-tolling road payment system.
ANC talks policy in June The African National Congress (ANC) will gather for its policy conference in June, where the hierarchy will debate issues such as unemployment, ... land reform, the Constitutional Court and HIV/AIDS.
Debate: How to fix South Africa? South Africa embodied so much hope in 1994. Nearly 20 years later, day-to-day politics are dominated by stories of crony capitalism, an ... increasingly...