South Africa

Ziggy Marley plays music for motorheads in mountains

2013-05-11 06:00:00

A week after the Rolling Stones played a semi-secret club date as a musical publicity stunt, reggae scion Ziggy Marley did the same -- performing a short set of his father's standards and his own originals Friday afternoon at a remote roadside cafe on the...

Did dinosaur ancestors benefit from worst extinction on Earth?

2013-04-30 15:08:00

Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about� 65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela

2013-04-30 09:21:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...

Margaret Thatcher: Global reactions to passing of 'Iron Lady'

2013-04-08 09:05:00

Political leaders past and present reacted Monday to the death of Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Britain, by spotlighting different parts of her global legacy. For some, their careful or brazen words reflected the sharp disagreements...

'Ernest Cole: Photographer' opens at Fowler Museum

2013-04-07 06:43:00

Long before Ernest Cole became one of South Africa's first black photojournalists, he had dreams of becoming a doctor, a bold aspiration for a young man coming of age during apartheid rule in the 1950s and 1960s. In an unpublished biography from late...

Good fences make safe lions

2013-04-25 00:00:00

During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...

In Mali, scribe keeps an ancient calling alive

2013-04-16 00:00:00

BAMAKO, Mali — Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He sits thoughtfully before a blank...

Google adds 350,000 more miles of roads, 50th country to Street View

2013-04-23 11:31:00

Google has just added its 49th and 50th country to its popular Street View feature, enabling Web browsers to check out locations like the Hungarian Parliament building, the European country's Chain bridge or the largest medicinal bath in Europe, the...

Friend says Oscar Pistorius is on the verge of suicide

2013-03-11 08:21:00

Mike Azzie, a longtime friend of Oscar Pistorius, says the Olympic star is "on the verge of suicide" after being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. "I would say that, just speaking to him, that he is a broken man and that I would...

Oscar Pistorius is granted bail by South African magistrate

2013-02-22 06:43:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- After a roller-coaster four-day bail hearing, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday ahead of his murder trial after Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair ruled there was no risk he would flee to escape justice....

Police commissioner replaces investigator in Oscar Pistorius case

2013-02-21 08:36:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega moved swiftly Thursday to replace the lead detective in the Oscar Pistorius murder case after embarrassing revelations that the officer is facing attempted murder charges....

South Africa officers plead not guilty to murder in dragging case

2013-03-08 13:02:00

Nine South African police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of killing a man who died after being dragged behind their van, according to news reports. The police officer driving the vehicle said he was unaware of what was happening to the...

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" brings together the puppet masters (South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company) and director (Tom Morris) of the sensational "War Horse," which stunned audiences in London, Broadway and is now on tour.

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Visitors take in the scenery from a wilderness viewpoint on the Garden Route in Western Cape Province, South Africa.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

A man walks in front of a transparent window bearing the image of South African former President Nelson Mandela at the Nelson Mandela museum in Qunu, South Africa on April 5.

2013-04-05 00:00:00