CAPE TOWN – South Africa will push for global financial reforms and a stronger voice for Africa and the developing world at the upcoming Group of 20 meeting, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. We will ...make our voice heard on a number of issues that we feel strongly about, Zuma said via satellite from Canada ahead of the G20 summit, gathering the world's leading developed and emergi
DELFT, SOUTH AFRICA Both ended up in Blikkiesdorp, a settlement of corrugated iron shacks ringed by a concrete fence, home to hundreds of evicted families.Many residents say there is only one reason why they reside in this bleak place, which in Afrikaans means tin can town. The World Cup, declared Fisher, 41, without hesitation.Human rights campaigners say South African authorities have forcibl
NICE, France – France and Africa opened new venues for cooperation on Tuesday to reshape global diplomacy, boost trade, battle climate change and fight pirates.At a two-day summit in the Riviera city of Nice, France shifted its focus away from its traditional west African allies and engaged with the continent as a whole, reaching out to economic powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria. This s
NICE, France – France and Africa opened new venues for cooperation on Tuesday to reshape global diplomacy, boost trade, battle climate change and fight pirates.At a two-day summit in the Riviera city of Nice, France shifted its focus away from its traditional west African allies and engaged with the continent as a whole, reaching out to economic powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria. This s
Outspoken South African politician Julius Malema has been forced to make a public apology and been told to undergo anger management by the ruling ANC.Officials found Mr Malema had brought the party into disrepute by criticising President Jacob Zuma, the ANC's leader.Mr Malema, the ANC's youth leader, had criticised Mr Zuma for rebuking him over comments he had made publicly backing Zimbabwe leade
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's governing party says the fiery leader of its youth wing needs anger-management courses.In a statement late Tuesday following a disciplinary hearing for Julius Malema, the African National Congress said he had pleaded guilty to sowing division between the ANC and its Youth League.His punishment includes attending programs on effective leadership communication a
NDULINDE, South Africa – South Africa's renewed commitment to combat AIDS has drawn praise, but in the worst-hit province in the worst-hit country in the world, life — and death — hasn't changed much because of stigma and a lack of resources.After years of official denial and delay, South Africa's government last year embarked on an anti-AIDS drive that will stretch its human an