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A far-left South African politician renowned for his anti-West rhetoric has accused U.K. authorities of denying him a visa to speak at an event at Cambridge University for political reasons

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.

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Animal welfare officers faced the grisly task of euthanizing more than 350,000 chickens by hand after they were left starving and cannibalizing each other

South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new labor law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries

South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, with an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 animals.

Kagiso Rabada will be free to claim his 50th Australian Test wicket at next month's World Test Championship in London after completing a one-month drug ban.

Poachers in South Africa have killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year

The South Africa seamer was placed under a provisional suspension on 1 April after testing positive for a recreational drug

Corruption in South Africa’s public institutions has been a pressing issue for the past two decades. From national government offices to local municipalities, stories of officials enriching themselves at the expense of the public have become all too familiar.