South Africa

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to leave prison Thursday to attend his brother’s funeral.Zuma will be permitted to wear civilian clothes at the funeral and afterwards will return to the Estcourt prison in eastern South...

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared on a video link from prison to attend a corruption trial.Mr Zuma faces charges of fraud and racketeering dating back to the 1990s.This is the first time he’s been seen since...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday his government would not allow “anarchy and mayhem” to prevail in South Africa after violence this week which he suggested had been deliberately provoked.Ramaphosa made the remarks when he visited Ethekwini Municipality, which...

Baby Melokuhle was filmed being thrown down a building set ablaze by a mob of looters by her mother Ms Naledi Manyoni in Durban South Africa.  The baby was rescued by complete strangers who later reunited her with her mother. Narrating...

The death toll from rioting in South Africa rose to 45 on Tuesday, including 10 people trampled to death during looting at a mall, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt...

Six people have been killed and 219 arrested amid escalating violence during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma, police said Monday.Footage showed people looting shops and buildings set on fire.Unrest began...

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court.He was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.Police had warned...

Hundreds of supporters of Jacob Zuma marched alongside the former South African president in his hometown of Nkandla on Saturday, a show of force against a court decision to jail him for 15 months for failing to appear at...

South Africa's top court on Tuesday handed former president Jacob Zuma a 15-month jail term for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before graft investigators."The Constitutional Court can do nothing but conclude that Mr Zuma is guilty...

Nearly 700 patients evacuated early Saturday from Johannesburg Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, where a fire blazed overnight through parts of the facility in South Africa’s largest city.No injuries or casualties have been reported. The fire has been contained but the...