Soweto, South Africa News

The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development faces multiple lawsuits totalling more than R160 million for defaulting on rent and not honouring contracts with service providers.

Canada's Governor General David Johnston reviews the honour guard during the official welcoming ceremony in Cape Town May 21, 2013 with Table Mountain looming in the background.

The South African police cancelled a forced sale of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's possessions to pay off her debts on Tuesday because they were unable to gain access to her house.

The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphony Season has opened to a resounding start with conductor Daniel Boico leading the KZNPO in a symphonic illumination of the themes of love, life and death.

Power games: Vuyani Dance Theatre s Shawn Mothupi , Sizwe Mgqwanti , Roseline Keppler, Phumlani Mndebele, Lulu Mlangeni, and Sherwin Road in front of the Gauteng Legislature in the poster image of Luyanda Sidiya s Dominion.

A Soweto taxi driver was expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after allegedly punching a metro police officer over a fine on Monday.

The first thing 'Morning Lives' anchorman Vuyo Mbuli does when he walks into his holiday home on Port Alfred's luxurious marina, is to open the doors leading to the terrace nestling against the Kowie River and draw the curtains wide open.

Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.

The woman who hired two men to burn down her love rival's house was found guilty of murder and arson on Friday.

Miss USA Nana Meriwether is expected to visit a Soweto school this week before jetting home to the States on Thursday.

DIDCOT'S iconic cooling towers should live on as an adventure park and giant mural, according to a woman inspired by a redundant power plant in South Africa.

Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele has announced two high-profile additions to her staff - veteran journalist Thabo Leshilo and Absa banking executive Nkosinathi Solomon.

JOVIAL: Tyson Ngubeni from Diepkloof, Soweto, is the latest contestant to proceed to the next stage of Comedy Central s amateur stand-up comedy contest.

The Health Professional Council of South Africa has lodged a formal complaint against gay activist Mveleli Namgamso Gqwede, popularly known as Dr Love.

Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned to pay off debts she owes to a South African school.

To this day South Africa is dominated commercially by two languages, namely English and Afrikaans.

It's said that comedy acts as a mirror to a nation's key preoccupations, and nowhere is this more true than on the stand-up scene.

AMAJAJI amaNaledi Theatre Awards athi awangabazanga ngokuhlonipha umzwilili u Sibongile Khumalo , ngendondo yeLifetime Achievement Award ngoba ufake elikhulu igalelo emkhakheni weshashalazi Celebrated South African singer Sibongile Khumalo is to receive an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Arts from the University of Zululand tomorrow.

The award-winning South African musical show 'AFRICA UMOJA - The Spirit of Togetherness' is coming to the US for its first 8-City tour in North America, premiering at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California on June 19, 2013.

Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned to pay off debts she owes to a South African school.