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Cape Town residents collect water from public springs as supplies dwindle

South Africa declares drought a 'national disaster'

South Africa has declared a "national disaster" over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water.

South Africa • 13 Feb 18

Jacob Zuma has been South Africa's most controversial president since the end of white-minority rule in 1994

ANC to remove Zuma as South African head of state

South Africa's African National Congress party executive committee has decided to "recall," or remove, President Jacob Zuma as head of state, but said no deadline had been set for him to resign.

World • 13 Feb 18

Jacob Zuma has not said whether he will resign voluntarily before his second term as president ends next year

ANC to meet as pressure mounts on Zuma

South Africa's ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa has said the party's executive body would meet tomorrow to finalise discussions on the future of President Jacob Zuma.

World • 11 Feb 18

The city has enforced strict waste controls on water

Cape Town: A city running out of water

Residents of drought-stricken Cape Town received rare good news today when city officials said they now face losing piped water to their homes a month later than previously forecast.

News Lens • 05 Feb 18

A bus transports some of the miners who were trapped in the Beatrix mine since Wednesday

955 workers trapped in South African mine rescued

All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut, have resurfaced unharmed.

World • 02 Feb 18

Residents queue for water at a natural spring

Tension flares at Cape Town spring as 'Day Zero' looms

Tension is mounting at a natural spring in Cape Town that is popular with residents forced to contend with water restrictions due to severe drought, the city council said.

World • 31 Jan 18

Cyril Ramaphosa said that he will crack down on corruption in South Africa

New ANC leader says South Africa 'open for investment'

South Africa wants to attract foreign investors to help it kick-start economic growth and eradicate poverty and will crack down on corruption, the new leader of the ruling African National Congress has said.

World • 13 Jan 18

Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend but claimed he thought she was an intruder

Pistorius challenges length of sentence

Former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has filed papers to South Africa's Constitutional Court appealing against his 13-year jail term for shooting dead his girlfriend, according to a lawyer for the victim's family.

World • 19 Dec 17

Cyril Ramaphosa (C) is the new leader of South Africa's ANC party

South Africa's Ramaphosa wins election as ANC leader

South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as leader of the ruling ANC party, winning a bruising race that exposed deep rifts within the organisation that led the struggle against apartheid.

South Africa • 18 Dec 17

Jacob Zuma speaks during the ANC conference in Johannesburg, South Africa

Zuma calls for unity as ANC meets to elect new leader

South Africa's Jacob Zuma gave his last speech as African National Congress head today, as the only party in power since the end of apartheid prepared to pick its next leader, and likely future president, in a vote that was too close to call.

News • 16 Dec 17

CRH's chief executive Albert Manifold has said the company would focus on deals in North America

CRH won't make a bid for South Africa's PPC

CRH, the world's third-largest building materials supplier by market value, has decided not to bid for rival PPC the South African company said today.

Business • 07 Dec 17

CRH set to take on Afrisam and LafargeHolcim for South Africa's PPC

CRH joins battle for South African cement maker PPC

Building materials firm CRH has made a cash bid for cement maker PPC, taking on South African rival Afrisam and Switzerland's LafargeHolcim.

Business • 13 Nov 17

The Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg (Pic: Google Maps)

One dead, eight injured in Sth Africa theatre shooting

One person has been killed and eight others injured after a gunman opened fire in a packed theatre in South Africa yesterday.

News • 28 Aug 17

Theo Jackson (L) and Willem Oosthuizen (R) were also found guilty of kidnapping

S African farmers who forced man into coffin convicted

A South African judge has found two white farmers guilty of attempted murder after they filmed themselves forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to burn him alive.

World • 25 Aug 17

Grace Mugabe is accused of assaulting a model in a Johannesburg hotel

South Africa 'to grant Mugabe diplomatic immunity'

South Africa is reportedly planning to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe, allowing her to avoid prosecution for an alleged assault on a 20-year-old woman.

World • 18 Aug 17

South African President Jacob Zuma said that the ANC party was united

South African leader survives no confidence vote

South African President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence motion against him in parliament by garnering 198 votes to the opposition's 177 votes as African National Congress MPs rallied to his support.

South Africa • 08 Aug 17

The cause of the stampede at South Africa's FNB Stadium is being investigated

Two killed in stampede at South African football match

Two people have been killed and several injured in a stampede at South Africa's FNB Stadium during a football match between Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, Johannesburg city officials said today.

World • 29 Jul 17

The South African Weather Service has warned the storm could trigger waves up to 12m high

Eight killed, thousands evacuated in Cape Town storm

Up to 10,000 people in the South African coastal resort of Knysna have been evacuated as wildfires fanned by strong winds ripped through the town, destroying homes and other properties, officials said.

World • 09 Jun 17

Johannesburg is South Africa's largest city, and key to its economy

ANC loses control of Johannesburg council

South Africa's ruling ANC has lost control of the economic hub of Johannesburg for the first time since the end of apartheid, after local government councillors elected an opposition candidate as mayor.

News • 23 Aug 16

Scandals around President Jacob Zuma costing ruling ANC party

ANC faces worst election losses since apartheid

South Africa's ANC is on track for its worst electoral performance since the end of apartheid as voters vented anger about high unemployment and corruption in local elections.

News • 05 Aug 16

Johannesburg was singled out as being one of the areas most at risk

US warns of terror threat in South Africa

The US government has received information that terrorist groups are planning to carry out attacks against places where its citizens congregate in shopping areas in South Africa, its embassy said this afternoon.

News • 04 Jun 16

Former mine worker Vuyani Twadube (centre) celebrates as he leaves Johannesburg High Court after the judgement

S Africa allows class action against gold firms

South Africa gave the green light today for class action suits seeking damages from gold companies for up to half a million miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis.

News • 13 May 16

AB Foods first announced its intentions in February to buy the rest of Illovo Sugar

AB Foods to buy remaining stake of Illovo Sugar

Associated British Foods, the biggest shareholder in Illovo Sugar, has reached an agreement to buy the rest of the South African sugar producer.

Business • 08 Apr 16

John and Lynette Rodgers on their wedding day last week (Pic: Caroline Smyth)

Families in shock after death of NI newlyweds

The families of a newly-wed couple from Northern Ireland who drowned while on honeymoon in South Africa have spoken of their shock and sorrow at the tragedy.

News • 25 Oct 15

Starbucks to open stores in South Africa

The Starbucks coffee chain will venture into sub-Saharan Africa for the first time by opening a cafe in Johannesburg, the company said today.

Business • 14 Jul 15