South Africa News

South Africa is set to begin harnessing its legendary sunshine in a substantial way following the announcement on Monday of the go-head for a 115 million U.S. dollars plant to manufacture thin-film solar panels.

Freed from African jail, U.K. plotter threatens revenge In this image made from video, Simon Mann smiles after thanking court officials following his pardon in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

This Oct. 28, 2009 photo from a derelict cottage, shows leafy oak trees surrounding the graves of 217 members of the Native Military Corps, a black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa.

Congress of South African Trade Unions secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday urged the government to transform the economy, saying the market-driven polices of the past were to blame for poor delivery and, in part, the recession.

While most people are well aware of the years of civil unrest which led to the demise of Apartheid in 1994, not as many know about the secret talks that simultaneously transpired for almost a decade between the South African government and the African National Congress , the political party spearheading the independence movement.

By Khanyisa Tabata 06 November 2009 The Government says there has been no word yet on the return to South Africa of four mercenaries pardoned this week by the government of Equatorial Guinea.

South Africa's relations with China are conducive to the country's plan to halve unemployment by 2014, the labor minister said on Saturday.

By Clayton Barnes Terminal 2010, the multimillion-rand central terminal building under construction at Cape Town International Airport, is to be opened on November 7 - months before schedule, the Airports Company of South Africa says.

A 36-year-old man was arrested in Mamelodi after police caught him with a bag full of dagga worth R10 000, Pretoria police said on Saturday.

By Sharika Regchand Pietermaritzburg Bureau A Pietermaritzburg woman who allegedly killed her two young children last week will be sent for psychological assessment.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has commended government's decision to cancel an order for military aircraft, his office said today.

A soldier will take on beauty contest duties after the original Miss England relinquished her crown following her arrest over an apparent nightclub brawl.

Two members of the South African National Defence Force have died in a parachute incident, the Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans said.

The ANC Youth League said Nedbank had committed itself to sponsoring sports development in South Africa, following a meeting over transformation concerns.

Africa is rarely thought of as a destination for gay travelers. Now, one company is setting out to change that - 2Afrika.

Eskom's "obscene" price hikes meant foreign visitors would be the only people able to afford tickets to 2010 soccer World Cup events, the United Transport and Allied Trade Union said on Thursday.

Airbus planes under construction of the type A319 at the Airbus factory on February 6, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.

South Africa's Athletics chief Leonard Chuene has been suspended for his role in the poor handling of the Caster Semenya gender row.

Four South Africans pardoned by Equatorial Guinea for a failed coup in 2004 will not face local criminal charges when they return home, the justice ministry said.

Eskom chief executive officer Jacob Maroga has resigned, chairperson Bobby Godsell told staff on Thursday.