The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

On a stretch of grass doubling as a parking lot in an impoverished Johannesburg township, a group of party activists chanted "we need new leaders!"

As South Africa heads toward general elections set for 29 May, the country's dominant political party, the African National Congress (ANC), finds itself dogged by allegations of deep-rooted corruption.

Botswana alone is home to a third of the entire African elephant population – more than any other country in the world.

The Bulls coach Jake White has left 13 regular starters in South Africa for the Champions Cup quarter-final against Northampton

The sand sculpture depicting a stingray is one of the earliest examples of humans carving images of images of other animals

Former President Jacob Zuma hopes to run for office for the opposition uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) in May elections.

South Africa's electoral commission said Friday that it had appealed to the country's highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May.

Adorable video from South Africa shows the mother lion calling in her six missing cubs while the prey nervously look on.

A court in South Africa has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma can stand in next month's general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities to bar him over a criminal conviction.

Ahead of key elections, hundreds of thousands in need of homes in opposition-run Western Cape languish on waiting lists.

In tonight's edition: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma wins a court bid to run in May's general election, as judges overturn an earlier decision to ban him over a contempt of court conviction. Also, three Tanzanian troops are killed in mortar attacks in DR Congo as Kinshasa struggles to…