News: South Africa

We have started to collect the most important news related to South Africa in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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South Africa: news

TV channel defends Pistorius footage

Monday, July 7th 2014, 12:58

Footage showing South African athlete Oscar Pistorius re-enacting the killing of his girlfriend was not obtained illegally, a TV network says.
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VIDEO: Oscar Pistorius trial continues

Monday, July 7th 2014, 7:14

Coverage of murder trial of Oscar Pistorius in South Africa
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SA strike forces GM plant closure

Friday, July 4th 2014, 12:00

General Motors halts production at its South African operations because of the strike by the country's National Union of Metalworkers.
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Pistorius 'has disability anxiety'

Thursday, July 3rd 2014, 14:36

South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius has "significant stress and anxiety" because of his disability, a sports doctor tells his murder trial.
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VIDEO: Oscar Pistorius trial continues

Thursday, July 3rd 2014, 7:12

Coverage of murder trial of Oscar Pistorius resumes in South Africa
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Oscar Pistorius 'suicide risk'

Wednesday, July 2nd 2014, 16:36
related places: Pretoria

Oscar Pistorius has post-traumatic stress disorder and could be a suicide risk, according to a psychologist's report submitted at his murder trial.
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Power workers strike despite ruling

Wednesday, July 2nd 2014, 12:30

South Africa's largest union is going ahead with plans to picket the country's main energy supplier, despite a court order banning it from taking strike action.
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Pistorius 'became global icon'

Tuesday, July 1st 2014, 14:21

Oscar Pistorius became a "global icon" at the London Olympics and was set for further success, his manager tells his murder trial.
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Engineering strike hits South Africa

Tuesday, July 1st 2014, 13:15

Unions says more than 200,000 engineering and metal workers in South Africa have gone on strike, with marches taking place in six major cities across the country.
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Pistorius 'had no mental disorder'

Monday, June 30th 2014, 15:16

Oscar Pistorius did not have a mental disorder when he killed his girlfriend, a psychological report says as his murder trial resumes.
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South Africa 55-6 Scotland

Saturday, June 28th 2014, 16:49
related places: Port Elizabeth

Scotland slip to a crushing defeat in their final tour match against an inexperienced South Africa side in Port Elizabeth.
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South Africa match will be 'bruising'

Friday, June 27th 2014, 14:37
related countries: United Kingdom

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter says South Africa will be tough to contain, despite new faces in the Springboks squad.
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South Africa metal workers to strike

Thursday, June 26th 2014, 13:15

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has said its members will down tools on 1 July, days after platinum workers returned to work after a five-month stand off.
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South African miners return to work

Wednesday, June 25th 2014, 10:20

Thousands of miners at South Africa's biggest platinum mining firms return to work, a day after unions signed a deal to end a five-month strike.
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VIDEO: SA miners embrace on return to work

Wednesday, June 25th 2014, 9:59

Thousands of miners at South Africa's biggest platinum mining firms have returned to work, a day after unions signed a wage deal to end a five-month strike.
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South African miners agree wage deal

Tuesday, June 24th 2014, 15:03
related places: Union

South African platinum miners are to return to work after reaching a deal to end a five month strike.
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South Africa platinum strike 'over'

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 17:12

A five-month platinum strike in South Africa is "officially over", says the leader of the union behind the strike, as it accepts a wage deal.
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SA woman denies she was a 'gift'

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 10:55

A 23-year-old South African woman denies she was given as a bride to a top official of the country's public broadcaster.
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SA hunt for illegal miners' killers

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 10:41
related places: Johannesburg

South African police are hunting for the killers of eight illegal gold miners shot dead at an abandoned mine near Johannesburg over the weekend.
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VIDEO: Tombstone thefts cause for alarm

Monday, June 23rd 2014, 4:51

The demand for granite and marble in South Africa has seen a big increase in the theft of headstones from cemeteries.
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Williams apologetic, says Gatland

Saturday, June 21st 2014, 18:14
related countries: United Kingdom

Liam Williams has apologised to team-mates after Wales’ dramatic defeat by South Africa, says head coach Warren Gatland.
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South Africa 31-30 Wales

Saturday, June 21st 2014, 15:49

Wales are denied a first Test win in South Africa as the Springboks secure a late victory in an exhilarating second Test.
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SA probe into 'wife given as gift'

Thursday, June 19th 2014, 17:03

An investigation is launched in South Africa into allegations that the head of SABC, the country's public broadcaster, was given a wife as a gift.
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Lee replaces dropped Jones for Wales

Thursday, June 19th 2014, 12:05
related countries: United Kingdom

Wales replace Adam Jones with Samson Lee and Josh Turnbull is in the back-row for the second Test against South Africa.
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Pepper spray drones put on sale

Wednesday, June 18th 2014, 13:47

A South African company says it has received its first order for a drone that can fire pepper-spray bullets and features "blinding lasers".
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VIDEO: The riots that started in a classroom

Tuesday, June 17th 2014, 23:58

On 16 June 1976, students protested in Soweto against the introduction of Afrikaans in schools
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Adam Jones replaced, not injured

Saturday, June 14th 2014, 19:42
related countries: United Kingdom

Adam Jones was replaced early in the 38-16 defeat by South Africa and not injured, says Wales coach Warren Gatland.
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Fitch downgrades S Africa outlook

Friday, June 13th 2014, 8:51

Credit ratings agency Fitch gives South Africa a negative outlook following a five-month platinum strike in the country.
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VIDEO: Proposal to end SA platinum strike

Friday, June 13th 2014, 6:50

An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector has been put to striking miners
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The pioneering woman the world forgot

Thursday, June 12th 2014, 23:07

Why the world forgot a teacher who helped shape South Africa
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SA platinum strike: Deal on table

Thursday, June 12th 2014, 16:11
related places: Deal

An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector is put to striking miners
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Man found eating love rival's heart

Thursday, June 12th 2014, 9:19
related places: Cape Town

South African police find a man using a knife and fork to eat the heart of his ex-girlfriend's new lover near Cape Town.
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Revealing SA protest over toilets

Wednesday, June 11th 2014, 17:59

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who bared their rears during a protest over a lack of proper toilets in South Africa.
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Zulu - the film which inspired UK and South Africa

Tuesday, June 10th 2014, 12:55
related countries: United Kingdom

The film which brought pride to both South Africa and the UK
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S African MPs 'catering making us fat'

Tuesday, June 10th 2014, 8:35

South African MPs say the food at the parliamentary canteen is too unhealthy
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SA platinum strike talks fail again

Monday, June 9th 2014, 21:02

The South African government has pulled out as mediator, as talks between platinum miners and striking workers fail again.
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VIDEO: What S Africa World Cup left behind

Monday, June 9th 2014, 5:53

The BBC's Andrew Harding reports from South Africa, the hosts of the 2010 World Cup, where many people feel betrayed by the organisers of the event.
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Jacob Zuma in hospital for tests

Saturday, June 7th 2014, 12:14

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is admitted to hospital for tests after doctors told him to to rest following "a demanding election".
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Ex-tennis star charged with rape

Friday, June 6th 2014, 15:32

Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been charged with rape and sexual assault of minors at a court in South Africa, his lawyer says.
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VIDEO: Helmet camera captures bike robbery

Thursday, June 5th 2014, 18:41

A South African mountain biker captured the moment he was held at gunpoint by thieves who made off with his bike and other valuables.
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SA 'torturer' slits wrists over bail

Thursday, June 5th 2014, 15:35

A South African man, who allegedly held his wife and five children captive in their home for several years, slit his wrists after he was denied bail, police say.
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SA shock at 'worst maths ranking'

Tuesday, June 3rd 2014, 16:09

South Africa's ranking as worst in the world for its maths and science education is "a state of emergency", the main opposition says.
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Amla named South Africa Test skipper

Tuesday, June 3rd 2014, 13:05
related places: March

South Africa name Hashim Amla as their Test captain in succession to Graeme Smith, who retired in March.
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SA man 'chained children for years'

Tuesday, June 3rd 2014, 11:14

A South African man accused of keeping his children chained in a hostel room for eight years has been remanded in police custody until his bail hearing.
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Monaco's royal couple expecting baby

Friday, May 30th 2014, 16:36
related countries: Monaco

Monaco's Prince Albert II and his South African wife Princess Charlene have announced that they are expecting their first child.
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Portraying a mass murderer on stage

Thursday, May 29th 2014, 1:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Cast of a London play visit South African state killer in prison
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Etzebeth doubtful for June Tests

Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 9:19
related countries: United Kingdom

Lock Eben Etzebeth is unlikely to be available for South Africa's Tests against Wales and Scotland because of injury.
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Marikana : Hunger, fear and defiance

Wednesday, May 28th 2014, 0:37

The cost of South Africa's protracted miners' strike
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Mandela opera axed after three shows

Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 12:03
related places: Pretoria

An opera based on the life of Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, South Africa, is cancelled after three performances due to a lack of funds.
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Mining slump hits South African GDP

Tuesday, May 27th 2014, 11:39

South Africa's economy shrank by 0.6% in the first three months of the year, the worst quarterly performance in five years, official data shows.
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Pistorius begins psychiatric tests

Monday, May 26th 2014, 9:33
related places: Pretoria

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius visits a psychiatric hospital in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, for the start of his mental evaluation.
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New SA MPs dress as maids and miners

Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 14:27

South Africa's new left-wing MPs attend their first parliamentary session dressed as maids and miners to show they intend to represent the interest of workers.
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Pistorius sent for psychiatric tests

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 10:18

A judge orders South African athlete Oscar Pistorius to begin daily tests as an outpatient to establish his mental state when he killed his girlfriend.
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SA challenges Zuma home report

Thursday, May 15th 2014, 17:08
related places: Zuma

South Africa's government seeks a judicial review into a report saying President Zuma should repay some of the $23m (£14m) used to upgrade his home.
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Pistorius to face psychiatric tests

Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 12:36

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial orders that the South African Paralympic athlete should undergo a mental evaluation.
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Mental tests for Pistorius requested

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 15:18

The prosecution in the trial of South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius formally requests that he undergo a mental observation.
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Pistorius has 'anxiety disorder'

Monday, May 12th 2014, 16:06

The trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius hears he has an anxiety disorder and prosecutors say he should be put under psychiatric observation.
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VIDEO: Pistorius has 'anxiety disorder'

Monday, May 12th 2014, 11:37

Oscar Pistorius has had an anxiety disorder since childhood and was "anxious" about violent crime, a psychiatrist has told his murder trial in South Africa.
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South Africa opposition denies rift

Monday, May 12th 2014, 11:28

South African opposition leader Helen Zille denied that her party's most senior black leader in parliament has quit because of differences between them.
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VIDEO: Was hosting World Cup 2010 worth it?

Monday, May 12th 2014, 1:39

BBC Brasil's Joao Fellet travels around South Africa to hear people's views on the long-term benefits and disadvantages of hosting the 2010 World Cup tournament.
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ANC wins huge South Africa victory

Friday, May 9th 2014, 21:42

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory, gaining 62% of the vote, the electoral commission says.
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