White South African households earned six times as much as their black counterparts as of 2011.
Killing rats has emerged as a popular sport, especially among children.
AngloGold and Gold Fields are the latest companies to resort to mass firings after weeks of crippling labor unrest.
The Allied armies lost 13,500 in casualties at El Alamein, about one-third Axis casualties.
Zimbabwe plans to turn President Robert Mugabe's old home in Harare's Highfield neighborhood into a tourist attraction.
Labor strife in South Africa entered a dangerous phase this week after negotiations between strikers and mining companies broke down.
The South African rhino population is approaching a mathematical brink that could eventually spell the end of a species.
Tendulkar is widely regarded as the second-greatest batsman in history behind Sir Donald Bradman (an Australian).
Minnie was fined 1,500 South African rand, or $1,701, for “having more people in a car than it was designed to carry."
Search giant Google has turned its Street View coverage more comprehensive than before with the launch of its biggest ever update that doubled special collections and updated over 250,000 miles of roads around the world.
Thousands of miners on strike in South Africa were fired Friday by Anglo American Platinum Ltd., the world’s largest platinum producer.
Charlize Theron's childhood home might be haunted now that a murder took place there for a second time.
Royal Dutch Shell, the world's fourth-largest energy company, says South African strikes are making it impossible to deliver fuel.
South Africa's wildcat strikes have shut mines and halted truck shipments and now idled a car factory.
A new trailer for the Steven Spielberg film "Lincoln" aired after the first presidential debate.
Famed ballet dancer and teacher Yvonne Mounsey has died.
South African poultry farmers charge that Brazil is exporting too many chicken into the country, threatening jobs and their livelihood.
Zuma is trying to get away with using nearly $25 million in taxpayer money to upgrade his house. This raised a few eyebrows.
Questions surround the mysterious disappearing financier of the Broadway production of "Rebecca." Producer Ben Sprecher said he never met the man, who died suddenly of malaria in the summer.
Kenya is not the first place that comes to mind when thinking of mobile apps. Yet it's an unlikely digital success story, exporting its products across Africa -- and far beyond.
Julius Malema, a fierce critic of the current South African President Jacob Zuma, is said to have received an arrest warrant for corruption, fraud and money laundering.
Labor unrest spreads in South Africa as miners began striking at AngloGold's Kopanang gold mine.
