The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

NEW DELHI: Fine all-round show by skipper Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sunil Ramesh helped India beat South Africa by 207 runs in the first semifinal of the third edition of the T20 World Cup for the Blind on Thursday played at the Samprasiddhi Sports Estadio Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru.

President Cyril Ramaphosa came to the helm of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) in 2017 on an anti-corruption, or anti-state capture, platform. The ANC’s 54th elective conference gave him a mandate of renewing the party, and simultaneously reversing the state capture phenomenon that had characterised much…

More than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the country’s leading liberation movement, and released its leader, Nelson Mandela, from prison. This launched four fraught years of negotiations and violence that led to South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections.

For a multitude of reasons, Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s resignation is a huge setback for the state-owned power utility and South Africa. It comes at a time when the utility, which produces 95% of the electricity used in the country, needs stable leadership.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to win reelection as leader of his party this weekend, after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate" involving millions of dollars found stashed in the sofas at his private farm.

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma became India's full-time captain in February this year after Virat Kohli stepped down from the position of Test captain, following India's series loss to South Africa in January. Rohit had taken over as white ball captain in December last year.

The president of South Africa is fighting for his political future in a dramatic reversal of fortunes for an anti-apartheid icon once admired for tackling the problems of Africa’s most developed economy

Tough economic conditions meant that 2022 was a rough year for people everywhere in the world. South Africa was no exception. But this year’s crop of problems came on top of a legacy of poor economic performance.

South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in a crisis. Having dominated the country’s politics since democracy in 1994, it has been losing voter support in the last three national elections. Since the 2016 local elections, the party has also been losing some of its strongholds.

South Africa interim coach Malibongwe Maketa says taking twenty wickets is key for the side as the call on whether to play five bowlers in the first Test looms.

Usman Khawaja says the ball-tampering saga has not been discussed in camp ahead of Australia's first Test against South Africa since the infamous 2018 scandal.