South African police have fired water cannons at angry youths and children protesting a court decision to grant bail to a hip-hop artist accused of killing four children in a drag race. After a tense three-day hearing in Johannesburg's Soweto township, a judge freed ...

FIFA has ordered a South African budget airline to pull an advert promoting its fares during the World Cup, citing trademark infringement, The Star newspaper reported on Friday. Kulula.com, known for funny and irreverent ads, was running a multimedia campaign calling itself the "Unofficial National Carrier of the You-Know-What", along with drawings of Cape Town's stadium, footballs, vuvuzela ...

South Africa's ruling party says it used its overwhelming majority in the nation's parliament to throw out a no confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma. The African National Congress says the opposition's no confidence motion was frivolous and baseless and the parliament reaffirmed its full confidence ...

South African President Jacob Zuma said his talks on Thursday with Zimbabwe's feuding leaders were "fruitful", but revealed no major breakthrough in resolving issues straining Harare's unity government. "I am very encouraged by the spirit of cooperation displayed by the leaders and all the parties," Zuma said after nearly three hours of round-table talks with Zimbabwe's long-ruling ...