White farmers in Zimbabwe get $64m in state compensationRobert Mugabe’s agrarian policy saw up to 4,000 farmers removed from their landFri May 17 2019 - 19:07
ANC has Ramaphosa to thank for minimising losses in South AfricaTime will tell if the president secured big enough victory to quell the factionalism in the ANCSat May 11 2019 - 01:00
Smaller parties claim South Africa’s general election was fixedOfficial outcome may be delayed while independent audit of results is carried outFri May 10 2019 - 20:33
ANC on course to suffer losses but win South Africa electionEarly election results indicate party’s worst performance since end of apartheidThu May 9 2019 - 18:21
Ramaphosa promises end to corruption in South AfricaPresident urges voters to return ANC to power, saying it has learned from its mistakesWed May 8 2019 - 18:25
ANC faces drop in support as South Africa goes to the pollsFormer liberation movement’s popularity among electorate on wane over Zuma scandalsTue May 7 2019 - 17:28
Evicted farmers in Zimbabwe to receive government compensationThe evictions were carried out under former president Mugabe’s land reform programmeMon May 6 2019 - 16:45
Magashule on a mission to win votes for ANCCan political grandstanding and free T-shirts make up for the corruption scandals?Sat May 4 2019 - 06:00
Rise in violent protests ahead of South African general electionProtesters say sanitation, endemic crime and high unemployment among grievancesFri Apr 26 2019 - 01:00
SA lawyers found unfit to hold office lacked ‘reliability and integrity’Report into numerous complaints made against the pair leaked to the mediaThu Apr 25 2019 - 17:32
ANC races to clean up its candidates list amid fear of losing votersParty says it will remove ‘delinquent’ nominees ahead of crucial South African electionMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
South Africa: Crime fighting ‘weakened’ by police corruption, inquiry hearsFormer head of police oversight body says ‘blue curtain’ stonewalled investigationsThu Apr 11 2019 - 19:26
Man accused of murdering Dubliner in Cape Town claims self-defenceCongolese cleaner alleges charity worker John Curran tried to rape him in his apartmentTue Apr 9 2019 - 13:47
ANC defends its secretary general after kickbacks claimsBook revelations about ‘Mr Ten Percent’ are a blow to ruling party’s re-election campaignMon Apr 1 2019 - 20:22
Jacob Zuma set up illegal unit to spy on opponents – reportFormer SA president accused of ‘serious breaches of constitution, policy and law’Mon Mar 11 2019 - 18:45
South African company accused of corruption placed into liquidationAfrican Global Operations, known as Bosasa, said scandal shut off access to bank servicesTue Feb 19 2019 - 05:07
Threats to doctors and lawyers who aided protesters in Zimbabwe condemnedZimbabwe’s president says search has begun for lawyers, doctors and nurses who assisted civilians during protests over the economyMon Feb 18 2019 - 21:10
South African corruption allegations threaten a historic upsetRuling ANC vows to act amid fears a growing scandal could end its 25-year dominanceMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:10
South Africa whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi charged with corruptionFormer Bosasa executive one of four people arrested over fraud in prison services sectorWed Feb 6 2019 - 18:15
Dublin-based firm drawn into South African corruption scandalOil and gas company Falcon is accused of offering contracts for changes to fracking lawThu Jan 31 2019 - 05:56
Former Bosasa executive says company paid cash bribes to Jacob ZumaCEO of firm accused of corruption allegedly hand-delivered bribe to former SA presidentMon Jan 28 2019 - 18:54
SA corruption whistleblower: Boss could tell former president Zuma ‘what to do’Angelo Agrizzi is set to continue his testimony at a public inquiry into political corruptionSun Jan 27 2019 - 16:27
Bail hearing for man accused of murdering John Curran postponedThe Irish charity worker (60) was found stabbed to death in Cape Town last NovemberWed Jan 23 2019 - 14:15
South Africa's senior ruling politicians publicly accused of taking regular bribesEnvironment minister received bribes for years, former Bosasa executive tells inquiryMon Jan 21 2019 - 21:49
Whistleblower claims ANC got vast bribes in South Africa inquiryAngelo Agrizzi alleges Bosasa firm laundered money for African National CongressFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:51
‘Some of us searched for weapons and were ready to fight’Eyewitness initially thought Nairobi terror attack was a gas blast in nearby restaurantWed Jan 16 2019 - 21:26
Zimbabwe’s government ‘cuts internet access’ in wake of protestsFive reported killed in clashes on Monday during protests over rising fuel pricesTue Jan 15 2019 - 17:20
Wild Geese: Ian Kirk, South AfricaIreland and South Africa ‘are grappling with trying to ensure everyone is treated fairly’Thu Jan 3 2019 - 18:30
Deep divisions exposed in South Africa’s mining stand-offVillagers in Xolobeni opposed to mining say they have been attacked and intimidatedMon Dec 31 2018 - 01:00
Corruption allegations take the shine off South Africa’s ‘kingmakers’The leaders of the radical left-wing EFF party have been accused of receiving looted moneyTue Dec 18 2018 - 01:00
Jacob Zuma must repay taxpayer for funds spent on his legal defenceSouth African court rules Mbeki accord to pay fraud and corruption trial costs illegalThu Dec 13 2018 - 17:16
John Curran murder accused refuses to abandon bail applicationCourt hears the accused has been illegally residing in South Africa since 2015Mon Dec 3 2018 - 11:06
Man (24) appears in court over murder of John Curran in South AfricaDublin teacher was found dead in his apartment in Cape Town earlier this monthMon Nov 26 2018 - 13:11
Man (24) charged with murder of John Curran in South AfricaDublin teacher was found dead in his apartment in Cape Town earlier this monthSun Nov 25 2018 - 11:39
South Africa inquiry finds mounting evidence against Jacob ZumaMinister describes how former president helped plunder resources to benefit GuptasSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
S Africa damaged by top-level corruption - ex-ministerInquiry focusing on whether South Africa’s Gupta family illegally influenced political decisionsMon Nov 19 2018 - 19:49
John Curran was hit over the head before being stabbedSouth African police release CCTV images of suspect in effort to identify killerWed Nov 14 2018 - 15:29
Irish charity worker John Curran stabbed to death in South AfricaDublin man had been due to return home within the next two weeks when he was killed in Cape TownThu Nov 8 2018 - 21:12
Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-graft strategies seem to be paying offCape Town Letter: S Africa president playing political long game not purging Zuma factionTue Nov 6 2018 - 19:44
Zimbabwe in turmoil as it battles worst economic crisis in a decadeReviving country’s battered fortunes will be massive task for new presidentThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
Bankers, politicians and tribal royalty linked to VBS bank lootingInvestigation into South Africa’s failed VBS Mutual Bank claims 53 people stole €115mTue Oct 23 2018 - 01:04
South Africa’s president deftly defuses a political crisisCyril Ramaphosa moves swiftly after finance minister resigns over meetings with GuptasMon Oct 15 2018 - 06:00
SA finance minister claims he was fired for not signing nuclear dealNhlanhla Nene, who was dismissed by former president Jacob Zuma in 2015, gives evidence at corruption inquiryWed Oct 3 2018 - 21:51
Long and winding road of South Africa corruption inquiryHearings considering witness evidence on role and influence of Gupta family in stateTue Oct 2 2018 - 18:35
South Africa announces €24bn stimulus packagePlan includes infrastructure development drive to kick-start its stalled economyFri Sep 21 2018 - 14:33
South Africa decriminalises marijuana in landmark court rulingDrug may not be used in public, distributed or sold, or used by minorsTue Sep 18 2018 - 17:47
Mugabe says he now accepts Zimbabwe election resultsFormer leader, ousted from power in military takeover last year, says ‘Mnangagwa won’Fri Sep 7 2018 - 18:18
Court upholds Mnangagwa’s victory in Zimbabwe electionsOpposition failed to provide ‘credible evidence’ of vote-rigging in July presidential voteFri Aug 24 2018 - 19:11
Zimbabwean opposition bids to nullify elections claiming ‘massive cover-up’Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says there was ‘no skulduggery’ in compilation of votesWed Aug 22 2018 - 20:56
Protests, violence and uncertainty in powder keg of Zimbabwe’s historic electionIt’s been a turbulent political week in Zimbabwe, where the ruling Zanu-PF party retained power under questionable circumstancesSat Aug 4 2018 - 06:00