South Africa's two biggest political parties are in an unhappy marriage, but neither side wants to file divorce papers as it ...

David Mabuza, who shrugged off a succession of graft scandals to become South Africa’s deputy president, has died. He was ...

For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, the ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority ...

The Democratic Alliance party stopped short of leaving the coalition government after President Cyril Ramaphosa fired one of ...

David Mabuza, who shrugged off a succession of graft scandals to become South Africa’s deputy president, has died. He was 64.

South African street vendor and widow Brenda Mtshali is furious that an automated message on her phone means she will have to skimp on food for her six children. She is one of an estimated 10 million ...

What’s really happening across Africa right now? From unexpected political twists and bold peacekeeping moves to ...

The Zambian government has filed court papers seeking to stop the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South ...

South Africa’s African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance will be taking each other on in next year’s local ...

The withdrawal from the 'national dialogue' by the Democratic Alliance (DA) is the latest instability to rock South Africa's ...

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is eyeing a seventh term after 39 years in power, raising fears of lifetime rule and no return to ...

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu ...