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Cape Town's 'bicycle mayor' helps township girls embrace cycling
CAPE TOWN - As Sindile Mavundla guided young girls on their bikes through a street in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township, he said he had...
Sep 26, 20242 min read


South Africa's coalition government sees first real friction over education bill
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said he would sign into law a disputed education bill, prompting the...
Sep 14, 20242 min read


New South African government inspires hope and fear
South Africa's new unity government inspired cautious optimism on Monday from industry and financial markets but many citizens and...
Jul 2, 20242 min read


S.Africa's DA committed to cabinet negotiations, ANC says talks 'almost done'
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) is committed to working out a deal over posts in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet,...
Jun 28, 20242 min read


Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins
LONDON - Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that...
Jun 21, 20244 min read


South Africa's Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins
PRETORIA -A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to...
Jun 20, 20242 min read


South Africa unity government to include ANC and pro-business DA
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on...
Jun 14, 20243 min read


Zuma's MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
JOHANNESBURG -Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court to block...
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Analysis-South Africa's unity government must harmonise wildly different visions
JOHANNESBURG - Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as...
Jun 11, 20244 min read


South Africa's ANC will seek to form government of national unity
JOHANNESBURG -South Africa's African National Congress will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its...
Jun 7, 20243 min read


South Africa's ANC leans towards unity government but meets resistance
JOHANNESBURG -The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a government of national unity for South Africa, it said...
Jun 6, 20244 min read


South Africa heads for coalition as ANC set for big fall
MIDRAND, South Africa - South African political parties geared up for coalition talks on Friday as the governing African National...
May 31, 20242 min read
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