Russia Today
| May 8, 2013
South Africa's OppiKoppi music festival has found a peaceful -- though potentially still somewhat explosive -- new use for drones. In a trial program, concertgoers will be able to have beers delivered by a guided "beer drone" that will drop its pa...
Euronews
| Apr 6, 2013
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital in Pretoria after a nine-day stay for treatment of pneumonia and is now resting at home. It was the third time that he had been taken to hospital since December.
eNews Channel Africa
| Apr 4, 2013
South Africa is bringing all its soldiers home from the Central African Republic, saying they do not belong in a country that is no longer democratic. At least 13 South African troops died in a firefight late last month as rebels entered the capit...
Euronews
| Mar 29, 2013
Messages of support for Nelson Mandela poured in from well-wishers including President Obama as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon remained in hospital. Doctors say Mandela, who is being treated for a recurring lung infection, is frail but is res...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Mar 28, 2013
A South African judge has eased the bail conditions imposed on Oscar Pistorius, clearing the way for the athlete to travel abroad and possibly compete in this summer's world championships in Moscow. The runner faces a murder trial over the shootin...
Associated Press
| Mar 28, 2013
Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency said Thursday.
Sky News
| Mar 26, 2013
A great white shark smashed his head into a diving cage off South Africa as panicked onlookers screamed. One of the divers, a newlywed on his honeymoon, moved fast to avoid the massive jaws rushing toward him before the big fish got frustrated and...
CNN
| Mar 5, 2013
Despite South Africa's adulation of its Olympic sports hero Oscar Pistorius, friends reveal the "Bladerunner" charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend has a hair-trigger temper, can be frighteningly jealous, and was known to frequently pa...
Channel 4 News
| Mar 3, 2013
In the last year, South Africa's lucrative mining industry has been hit heavily by strikes, job cuts and violent protests. Many still seek to support themselves through mining, but the only viable option they have are mines operating illegally, wi...
— Nov 7, 2012 at 11:32 am
...Namibia, like South Africa, backed the formation of a Free Trade Area bringing together the East African Community, Southern African Development...
— Nov 10, 2012 at 06:37 am
...two years to pursue a global development agenda with a view to contribute to the reduction of insecurity in Africa and in the World. South Afric...
— Nov 10, 2012 at 07:07 am
...hurt when a ... South Africa kicked off the Africa Cup of Nations Week celebrations at ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggreg...
— Nov 10, 2012 at 07:46 pm
...counter-attack that ended with a poor chip kick from Keith Earls. Just 10 minutes into the game and South Africa had conceded four cheap penalti...
— Nov 11, 2012 at 06:33 am
...of the ruptured Achilles tendon injury he suffered during warming down on day one. After South Africa resumed after lunch 3-357, two key wickets...
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometres of coastline. To the north lie the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory. South Africa is the 25th largest country in the world by area and the 24th most populous country with over 51 million people.
South Africa is a multi-ethnic nation and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.
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