Eugene Terreblanche was a nasty thug. He was determined to keep South Africa a white supremacist state at all costs. He didn’t give a jot for anyone who wasn’t white, but his murder raises concerns about the future of South Africa. Is is estimated more than 3000 white farmers have been killed since the end of apartheid in 1994. South Africa’s political leadership has failed to ad...

It's a very obvious overstatement to say that South Africa is becoming more like its delinquent neighbor, Zimbabwe. Nonetheless, an incident reported in South Africa's Business Today gave reason for the comparison: Last weekend, a mob overran a fruit and sugar cane farm, allegedly in frustration for the slow pace of long-promised land reform. It sparked memories of the public outcry in Z...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's long-dominant governing party was racing against itself Friday, leaving its opponents far behind and closing in on its goal of doing as well or better than in the last elections....

Labour's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP, speaks to the University of South Africa. Check against delivery. This is my first visit to South Africa as Foreign Secretary and I’m delighted to be here at the University of South Africa. The...

So David Cameron was another one who took the Strategy Network International shilling, was he? SNI was a front organisation for the apartheid regime in South Africa, supported by various mining, finance and defence interests in Southern Africa and specialised in inviting MPs and others on all-first-class expenses paid trips to the tribal homelands, where then South African government saw fit to du...

You know, the way that it’s all done over the internet from Australia? PICS PLEASE New dinosaur discovered in South Africa Scientists in South Africa have hailed the discovery of a huge new dinosaur, Aardonyx celestae, that predates the giants of the Jurassic period. Hmm, still a few teething problems, eh?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president Wednesday, celebrating the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherd who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa's economic powerhouse....

remember those world maps you had at school where Greenland was bigger than Africa? Well, Africa is quite a big place. Look at this, hat-tip Norman Geras.

The United States and South Africa struck a deal last night to allow the release of $1.5bn in frozen Libyan funds, giving the Transitional National Council (TNC) a financial boost as it looks to post-Gaddafi rule.

The third game of the series between Alex and me, then (its rules explained here), and it's my turn with choice of country and first player. Time for the South African contest. Here are our two teams in the order...