South Africa looks to courts to end bitter mine strikeIndustrial action by 70,000 workers has halted nearly 40 per cent of normal production in world’s top platinum-producing countryFri May 23 2014 - 01:10
Malawian election looks to be a four-horse raceEncumbent Joyce Banda will have to fight to retain the presidencyMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
ANC wins election but not by enough for constitutional reformSouth African election hailed as most competitive since end of apartheidSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
South African election passes off relatively peacefullyFirst election for seven-million-strong generation born post-apartheidWed May 7 2014 - 19:30
Zuma defends security upgrades saying his wife was rapedTiming of revelation two days before South African election questioned by criticsTue May 6 2014 - 01:00
Economic Freedom Fighters on rise in South AfricaMalema’s new party is set to make a real impact in the May general electionThu May 1 2014 - 01:00
Cape crusade for key South African electoral battlegroundWestern Cape is the only opposition-run province, and the ANC wants it backMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:01
‘White’ party lures disaffected black South African votersDemocratic Alliance is confident it can win provinces from the ANCFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
ANC faces election backlash by disillusioned South AfricansParty losing support amid corruption scandals and economic stagnationSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Jacob Zuma refuses to reimburse taxpayers for upgrade to homeSouth African president claims he did not ask for €16.8m makeoverTue Apr 1 2014 - 01:00
President Zuma ‘benefited unduly’ from €16m security upgrades to homeInvestigation paints damning picture weeks before South African general electionThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Second witness describes sounds of fighting at Pistorius homeEvidence of Estelle van der Merwe a further blow to athlete’s defenceWed Mar 5 2014 - 01:00
Witness tells of blood-curdling screams as Pistorius trial beginsParalympian pleads not guilty to murder of his girlfriend Reeva SteenkampTue Mar 4 2014 - 01:00
Pistorius thanks supporters ahead of start of murder trialStar’s family calls for end to commentary as he prepares to face Steenkamp’s motherMon Mar 3 2014 - 01:00
A shot heard around the worldOscar Pistorius goes on trial for murder on Monday, with a 24-hour TV channel, a live Twitter feed and the world’s media on standby for the court spectacleSat Mar 1 2014 - 01:00
Court documents outline state’s case against PistoriusTrial of South African Paralympian charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp scheduled to begin on March 3rdSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Wild Geese: Conor Fox, director and co-founder of Hestian, MalawiCooking up projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Recognition sought for women claimed to be Mandela’s daughtersLawyers say families not claiming funds from estate of former SA leaderTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Mandela’s €3.05m estate divided among family, staff and collegesGraca Machel, wife for former South African president, likely to waive rights to half of estateTue Feb 4 2014 - 01:00
South African activist scraps plan to run for presidencyPact between Mamphela Ramphele and rival opposition party lasted just five daysMon Feb 3 2014 - 17:50
Mamphela Ramphele to stand against ZumaOpposition party hoping to attract black South Africans in presidential pollTue Jan 28 2014 - 23:49
Vitamin-rich crop to help stave off life-threatening diseases in AfricaResearchers at NUIG have identified lines of maize that contain eight times the amount of vitamin A found in traditional maize seedsMon Jan 20 2014 - 01:08
Success of microfinance project sees women benefiting as Malawi economy stabilisesDifficulties have eased for NGOs but political corruption still a threatFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Little evidence of Malawian middle class beyond confines of expat communityPoverty and limited educational chances are more pervasive than any affluenceWed Jan 8 2014 - 01:00
Former Miss Venezuela and ex-husband killed in robberyDepartment of Foreign Affairs investigating after local media reported husband was IrishTue Jan 7 2014 - 17:13
Black middle class drives South Africa’s economic growth as new tensions ariseThe black middle class has expanded rapidly but attitudes remain ingrainedMon Jan 6 2014 - 09:13
Many bid farewell in private rather than at public gatheringsVenues with big screens far from packed to capacity writes Bill Corcoran in Cape TownMon Dec 16 2013 - 08:50
‘We kept going because of Nimrod,’ Dunnes group tell activist’s familySouth African union leader Nimrod Sejake was a huge support to the Dublin strikers during their protestFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
South African union hails ‘inspirational’ Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikersThree former Dunnes workers presented at press conference in JohannesburgWed Dec 11 2013 - 18:26
Obama recalls Mandela’s greatness as Zuma jeeredScenes at memorial event witnessed by 100 dignitaries in stadium and global audience of billionsWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Irish workers’ apartheid fight finds fitting closureThe sight of South Africans paying respects to Nelson Mandela evoked strong emotions in the Dunnes strikersWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Hostility to Zuma sparks ANC election concernsSouth African president linked to series of scandals in recent yearsWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Robben Island guards recall Mandela’s acts of kindnessJailers tell how they were won over by future president’s advice and humilityTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
Dunnes strikers to address South African trade union press conferenceMary Manning, Karen Gearon and Liz Deasy invited to talk about their part in fight against apartheidTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
Higgins, Gilmore in SA for Mandela serviceOfficial Irish delegation to include one of the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strikersMon Dec 9 2013 - 17:48
Nelson Mandela ‘was breathing on his own, free of life support’ before he diedGrandson Mandla was there to share his last momentsMon Dec 9 2013 - 01:00
Dozens of world leaders to attend Mandela memorial service or funeralTransport strategy for 2010 World Cup to be implemented to ferry public to stadiumMon Dec 9 2013 - 01:00
Mandela being prepared to lie in state in PretoriaEvents also to include national day of prayer, official memorial service and state funeralSat Dec 7 2013 - 19:43
South Africa mourns ‘great unifier’ as world pays tribute‘Pillar of family is gone’ but will always be ‘in our hearts and souls’, spokesman saysSat Dec 7 2013 - 15:46
Ten days of national mourning for the father of the Rainbow NationSouth African president Jacob Zuma promises a fitting farewell for ‘outstanding son of our country’Sat Dec 7 2013 - 01:00
Kenmare taxes in Mozambique queriedNGO report claims company pays just 1 cent in taxes for every dollar earnedThu Dec 5 2013 - 00:47
Calls for Zuma to repay cost of home upgradesInvestigation finds South African president benefited personally from security upgradesFri Nov 29 2013 - 20:49
Third of Africans have paid bribe in last year, survey findsGovernment not doing enough to fight corruption, respondents tell AfrobarometerFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:02
Universities head to Africa in a bid to attract studentsSix institutes are participating in a trade mission to South Africa and NigeriaMon Nov 11 2013 - 08:41
Amnesty accuses Shell of wrongly reporting cause of oil spills in NigeriaAgency says oil spills caused by poor maintenance and equipment failureThu Nov 7 2013 - 01:00
Independent statistics show crime in South Africa at 15-year lowViolent offences have dropped by 40 per cent in the past decade, according to study by international information firm IHSSun Nov 3 2013 - 22:25