A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage early Tuesday. Mandla Ngema, spokesman for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social Development, said police don't know yet what sparked the blaze. Fire investigators from Pretoria are searching for clues, he said ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty are now looking for leadership that can tackle its economic problems. Mandela's release on February 11, 1990, after 27 years in apartheid-era jails, set in motion the country's transformation to democracy which culminated in ...

South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October. Analysts had argued that the love child revelations would have little impact because South African voters overwhelmingly supported Jacob Zuma in last year's ...