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African Girl Is First Black Child Diagnosed With Aging Disease

JOHANNESBURG — The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself “the first lady” and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps,...

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South Africa Court Rules Against Black Anthem Calling It Hate Speech

JOHANNESBURG  – The black man who leads the youth wing of South Africa’s governing party has no right to sing a song some whites find offensive, a judge said Monday. The judge ruled that while such...

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South African Radio Host Rips Racism During Live F-Word Rant

Mark Esterhuysen, a South African talk radio host, is out of a job days after he unleashed a F-word-laden diatribe against racism and police brutality, live on the air Tuesday morning. “F— racism, f—...

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Congrats! 1st Class Graduates From Winfrey School In South Africa

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa — Mpumi Nobiva was raised by her grandmother in a neighborhood beset by poverty and crime after her mother died of AIDS. Now one of the first to graduate from Oprah...

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South African Lesbians Are Often Raped By Men Close To Them

JOHANNESBURG — South African lesbians are abused by even those closest to them, a reality that contrasts with the high ideals of the country’s constitution, Human Rights Watch said Monday. “Lesbians...

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South Africa’s ANC Party Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary

JOHANNESBURG — Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites...

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Emotions Mixed As ANC Turns 100

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as Africa’s oldest liberation movement celebrated...

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South Africa University Stampede Kills One

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Prospective students stampeded at the gate of a South African university Tuesday, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured, officials said. SEE ALSO: Jay-Z,...

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PBS Series “Have You Heard” Shows Global Fight Against Apartheid

A new PBS documentary series “Have You Heard From Johannesburg” will premiere tonight. The documentary is extensive in both its details and its understanding of the anti-apartheid movement in both...

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First Students Graduate From Oprah Winfrey School

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) — Johnson Mncube remembers the first day at Oprah Winfrey’s boarding school for underprivileged South African girls, when 11- and 12-year-olds were crying at the...

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South Africa Recalls 1.35 Million Defective Condoms

South African citizens are in a panic after free condoms handed out during the African National Congress political party’s 100-year anniversary celebration were found to be defective as reported by the...

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South African Bank Notes Will Feature Nelson Mandela

All South African bank notes will now feature former anti-apartheid leader and South African president, Nelson Mandela. The announcement was made to coincide with the 22nd anniversary of Mandela’s...

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South African Boys Taught “Blacks Most Barbaric Race”

Mpumalanga, which means the “land of the rising sun,” is a province that lies in southeast South Africa.  The popular tourist destination offers exhilarating wildlife, secluded mountain retreats,...

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Nelson Mandela’s Party Bans Youth Leader Over Racially Divisive Leanings

Julius Malema, the controversial youth leader of the African National Conference Youth League (ANCYL) has been official expelled from the party, the Christian Science Monitor reports. SEE ALSO:...

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South African Protesters Throw Rocks At Opposition Party

JOHANNESBURG — An opposition party march in Johannesburg turned violent Tuesday after union supporters hurled rocks at the leader of South Africa’s main opposition party. SEE ALSO: Skulls Buried In...

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Black Man Found Guilty In Killing Of South African Apartheid Racist

A South African court convicted Chris Mahlangu for the killing Eugene Terreblanche, who was the former apartheid nation’s most influential racist, the BBC reports. SEE ALSO: Sleepy Surgeons: New Study...

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South Africa Train Crash Kills At Least 24

JOHANNESBURG  — A cargo train loaded with coal collided with a truck carrying farm workers at a crossing in eastern South Africa Friday, killing at least 24 people and leaving bodies strewn across the...

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South African Drug Labs Raided

JOHANNESBURG– Police in South Africa say they have raided two upscale houses where illegal drugs were being manufactured SEE ALSO: More Punishment For Penn State, Please Police Col. Vish Naidoo said...

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South Africa’s ‘Baby Mokoena’ Dies

JOHANNESBURG — A South African doctor says a baby born with his brain outside his head has died after being alive for three weeks. SEE ALSO: Obama: ‘Common Sense’ Gun Control A doctor on duty when the...

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South Africa Begins Investigation Into Fatal Police Mine Shooting

JOHANNESBURG — Frantic wives searched for missing loved ones, President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit and some miners vowed a fight to the death Friday as police (pictured) finally...

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