South Africa

Latest Stories

South Africa’s Ramaphosa starts crackdown on corruption

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 4, 2019, file photo, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a cast member in the upcoming film &quot;Terminator: Dark Fate,&quot; discusses the film during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2019, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Arnold Schwarzenegger dropkicked from behind during South African sports event

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

An African National Congress party (ANC) supporter gestures at a gathering at the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg , South Africa, Sunday May 12, 2019 to celebrate their party's victory in South Africa's general election. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address the rally. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa chief vows to purge ANC of ‘deviant tendencies’

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

The United States team celebrates after a goal by midfielder Samantha Mewis (3) in the first half of an international friendly soccer match against South Africa in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, May 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Samantha Mewis scores twice to lead US past South Africa 3-0

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

A young girl carries her dog as she crosses the main road, with headline from a newspaper and election posters on the streets of Soweto, South Africa, Friday, May 10, 2019. The ruling African National Congress is coasting to a comfortable lead in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections with 80% of the vote counted, but the ongoing tally shows the party getting less support than in the previous poll five years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s ruling ANC marks weakest election victory

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Mmusi Maimane, leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is greeted by a supporter as he visits the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, May 9, 2019. South Africans voted Wednesday in a national election and preliminary results show that the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) has an early lead in the national elections but has seen its share of the vote drop significantly. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa’s ruling ANC coasting to win in national vote

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 8, 2019, vote counting begins at a polling station in Cape Town, South Africa. Vote counting continued Thursday May 9, 2019 after South Africans voted Wednesday in a national election that pits President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling African National Congress against top opposition parties Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters, 25 years after the end of apartheid. (AP Photo/Nasief Manie)

South Africa’s ruling ANC holds onto lead in national vote

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

South Africans queue in the early morning cold to cast their votes in the mining settlement of Bekkersdal, west of Johannesburg, in South Africa Wednesday, May 8, 2019. South Africans are voting Wednesday in a national election that pits President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling African National Congress against top opposition parties Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters, 25 years after the end of apartheid. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa votes with corruption, jobs as big issues

By ANDREW MELDRUM and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Elderly voters queue to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections, near Durban, South Africa on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment. It is 25 years after the end of apartheid, but despite the demise of the system of racial discrimination the country remains divided by economic inequality. (AP Photo/Mlungisi Mbele)

The Latest: Polls closing in South Africa’s election

Associated Press

An electoral worker walks past polling booths readied ahead of Wednesday's election, at a polling station in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The upcoming elections will take place 25 years after the end of apartheid and are the country's sixth all-race polls. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa to vote amid graft scandals, high unemployment

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

In this May 4, 2019, photo, a woman makes her way toward Johannesburg suburb of Sandton, background, on a pedestrian bridge that connects it to the black township of Alexandra. Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, the neighboring suburbs are a stark example of how inequality is still on display in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Post-apartheid South Africa is world’s most unequal country

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party arrive for their election rally at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, May 5, 2019, ahead of South Africa's election on May 8. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Corruption hot topic in South Africa’s last election rallies

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2019, photo, Abetse Mashigo, left, and her father Thamsanqa pose for a photograph in their home near Johannesburg. Abetse Mashigo, 24, was born a year after South Africa’s brutal apartheid system was dismantled, yet she still feels frustrated by what she sees as continued economic inequality for its people. Thamsanqa shares many of her beliefs but has a more cautious approach, saying he is still undecided which party will get his vote May 8 to elect a president and parliament. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Young voters eager for change in South Africa’s election

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Democratic Alliance supporters on motorcycles cheer their leader Mmusi Maimane as he arrives at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday May 4, 2019, ahead of South Africa's election on May 8. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa sweeps into final election campaign weekend

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 18,2019 file photo, South Africa's runner Caster Semenya, current 800-meter Olympic gold medalist and world champion, arrives for the first day of her hearing at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Caster Semenya will find out Wednesday, May 1, 2019 if she has won her appeal against IAAF rules to curb female runners' high natural levels of testosterone. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

Caster Semenya loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

People attend Freedom Day celebrations in Kwa-Thema Township, near Johannesburg, Saturday April 27, 2019. The country celebrates the day which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the end of apartheid. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa marks Freedom Day, apartheid ended 25 years ago

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 1994, file photo, people queue at a primary school to cast their votes at a polling station in Soweto, South Africa, as the country went to the polls in the country's first all race elections. Africa National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela went on to become the country's first black president after his party won the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell. File)

AP Was There: Black South Africans get the vote

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI - Associated Press

South Africa rally to beat Fiji 20-19 at Singapore Sevens

Associated Press

Singapore Sevens results

Associated Press

Rhino poacher killed by elephant and eaten by lions

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press