SOUTH-AFRICA

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 years of age to prove she was female, the South African middle-distance runner said in an interview. Semenya, 31, burst onto the…

South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts. The new increase in COVID cases is coming as the country enters the Southern Hemisphere's colder winter months,…

A team of agri-business investors from South Africa has said it will invest in farming, processing and export of exotic crops and perishables in Plateau State. The Managing Director of the Plateau Investment and Property Development…

South Africa may be facing a fifth COVID wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days that seems to be driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, health officials and scientists said on…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has faced fierce criticism for refusing to condemn Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, on Thursday said he had talked with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ramaphosa announced on…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in South Africa. This comes a week after terrible floods left at least 443 people dead in the Durban area on the east coast. "The cabinet met in special session last…

South African judge Raymond Zondo was appointed head of the constitutional court, the country's highest court. Justice Zondo was previously in charge of South Africa's inquiry into state corruption under President Jacob Zuma who ruled the…

A South African corruption inquiry said on Tuesday it had referred former President Jacob Zuma and current Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe for investigation by law enforcement with a view to establishing potential graft charges.…

South Africa’s economic hub Gauteng is offering grocery vouchers to people in their 50s who have not yet received covid 19 vaccination as a way of encouraging them to take the jab. “Are you 50+ and yet to vaccinate? Get vaccinated now…

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a man of"extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid". Tutu's death was announced by…