Jacob Zuma

Johannesburg policemen charged with murder of Macia appear before Benoni Magistrate's Court.

Nelson Mandela's wife Graca Machel warns of high level of violence sweeping country.

ANC condemns violence against women as findings reveal South Africa has worst rate in the world.

Suspects Jonathan Davids and Johannes Kana could be granted bail in South Africa.

IBTimes UK finds out whose names are on the door at this year's economic summit in the Swiss Alps.

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in Pretoria and is recovering at home.

Anti-apartheid icon being treated at Pretoria hospital for recurrent lung infection.

Mandela to undergo tests 'consistent with his age'.

Wage dispute which led to deaths of 45 strikers ends but industrial action continues in other South African mines.

Violence erupts at goldmine outside Johannesburg as flames of protest fanned by populist Julius Malema.

270 miners arrested after Marikana clashes will not now face murder charges for killing 34 of their colleagues.

Julius Malema, the politician who demanded that all white-owned land must be confiscated, has organised a memorial close to the site of the killings in Marikana.

Questions are being raised on the use of guns against the miners who were armed only with clubs and spears.

Police spokesman claims officers had no choice but to defend themselves against armed crowds.

Cathal Gilbert looks at 26-year reign of King Mswati III in Swaziland and asks what needs to happen for things to change.

South African president Jacob Zuma's attempt to have The Spear banned received a set-back after a judge said a ban would be difficult to implement.

A controversial painting of South African president Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out has been vandalised in Johannesburg.

Ngema is President Jacob Zuma's fourth current wife.

Tibetan exiles protest against Chinese president Hu Jintao at BRICS Summit in New Delhi.

The bank that will fund projects in developing countries will be modelled on the lines of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Nelson Mandela retired from the public life eight years ago and is said to be suffering from failing health.

How will the Protection of State Information Bill impact on the economy, media, and people of South Africa?

South African MPs have approved a controversial Protection of State Information Bill despite widespread criticism, prompting protesters to call the day "Black Tuesday", the darkest day for South African democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of bringing South Africa's ruling party into disrepute.

Libya's National Transitional Council might have successfully ousted Gaddafi following months of a conflict which culminated with the former leader's death, but in Syria, activists were still in the streets protesting against Assad, while Egypt and Tunisia are still reeling from the fall of their former dictatorship.

Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will continue to work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela in the Eastern Cape on Monday to wish him happy birthday, officials have confirmed.

A Russian newspaper said on Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was willing to give up power in exchange for security guarantees, citing a high-level Russian official.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for Colonel Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and his intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi for crimes against humanity. The court says there is evidences he ordered attacks on civilians during the recent uprising, in which more than 20,000 Libyans are thought to have died so far.

A spokesman says the opposition insists that the strongman cannot be involved in any future government, but it may allow him to live out his last years in Libya at an isolated location.