JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans voting for a new national parliament on May 8 will have 48 parties to choose from -- more than at any election since the end of white minority rule in 1994.

Despair is not an option, former president Kgalema Motlanthe told attendees at the end of his foundation’s weekend Inclusive Growth Forum, held at the foot of the scenic Drakensberg range, more than ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC may call an early general election to try to undermine plans by former party officials to form a breakaway group to challenge the party, a local ...

South Africa, known as the Rainbow Nation, was coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to symbolize unity and diversity ...

South Africa's 27 million registered voters go to the polls for general elections on May 29, in what is expected to be the closest vote in three decades of democracy. More than 50 parties are vying to ...

"This book traces the development of theory and practice in the country since 1994. Dramatic changes in legislation followed and South Africa's isolation ended. This manifested in a far more ...