Church of England bars Desmond Tutu’s daughter from officiating at funeral
Church says same-sex marriage means Mpho Tutu van Furth cannot preside over godfather’s service The daughter of the late Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu has been...
Category : South Africa
Ban Bain & Co from US government contracts, Joe Biden is urged
Exclusive: Labour peer calls on US president to follow UK in banning firm over misconduct in South Africa Joe Biden should follow the UK in...
Angola’s young voters prepare to call for change in ‘existential’ election
A new generation could end decades of MPLA rule this week and serve notice on Africa’s veteran leaders in polls seen as test of democracy...
South African police arrest more than 120 after gang-rape of eight women
Dozens of zama-zamas – illegal miners from other countries – now being held in crime crackdown following music video shoot attack Dozens of men detained...
Over 80 men accused of raping eight women appear in South African court
Crew filming music video at abandoned mine in Krugersdorp was attacked by armed men, police say More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes...
Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow
Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign...
Traces of methanol found in teenagers who died at South African nightclub
Cause of death of 21 young people at Enyobeni tavern last month still yet to be determined Investigators have found traces of the toxic chemical...
Calls for crackdown on gangs in South Africa after spate of gun attacks
Attack on tavern near Johannesburg in which 15 were killed was one of several similar incidents over the weekend Campaigners in South Africa have called...
South Africa bar shootings: four killed in KwaZulu-Natal on same night as 15 die in Soweto
Police investigating if attacks linked, citing similarities as gunmen in both cases said to have fired at people ‘randomly’ Four people have been killed and...
South Africa: 15 dead after gunmen open fire at bar in Soweto township
South African police investigate reports group of men arrived in taxi and opened fire on patrons A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto...
