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Opposition files complaint against Zuma over corruption INTERNATIONAL

Opposition files complaint against Zuma over corruption

South Africa's main opposition party filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday accusing President Jacob Zuma of corruption after a report this month by an anti-graft agency listed allegations of influence-peddling in his government.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
S.Africa opposition files complaint against Gupta family INTERNATIONAL

S.Africa opposition files complaint against Gupta family

A South African opposition party on Sunday filed a criminal complaint against the controversial Gupta brothers who stand accused of wielding undue influence over President Jacob Zuma.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
BRICS development bank to lend $2.5 bn next year INTERNATIONAL

BRICS development bank to lend $2.5 bn next year

The development bank set up by the BRICS group of emerging economies will ramp up lending to $2.5 billion next year after making its first loans to back green projects, its president KV Kamath told Reuters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
ANC backs release of graft report into Zuma's friends INTERNATIONAL

ANC backs release of graft report into Zuma's friends

South Africa's ruling party said it supported the release of findings of an anti-corruption investigation into claims of political interference by friends of President Jacob Zuma, despite a court bid by Zuma to block the report.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South African finance minister to be prosecuted for fraud INTERNATIONAL

South African finance minister to be prosecuted for fraud

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will be prosecuted for fraud, officials said Tuesday, in a move that sent the rand tumbling over concerns about political rivalry and the country's fragile economy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South Africa students, police clash in campus battle INTERNATIONAL

South Africa students, police clash in campus battle

South African police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and teargas at student protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday as authorities tried to re-open the prestigious Wits University ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Violence escalates in South African student protest INTERNATIONAL

Violence escalates in South African student protest

Protesters at South Africa's Wits University attacked police vehicles with rocks and overturned another on Tuesday, as violence in nationwide demonstrations over high tuition fees escalated.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
'Shark boy' swims for Paralympic glory -- and saving sharks CULTURE

'Shark boy' swims for Paralympic glory -- and saving sharks

When South African Achmat Hassiem competes in the Paralympic swimming pool he motivates himself by imagining a shark just behind -- the shark that bit off half his leg a decade ago.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Illegal miners trapped in disused South Africa gold mine INTERNATIONAL

Illegal miners trapped in disused South Africa gold mine

Emergency workers Sunday were striving to rescue illegal miners trapped underground in Johannesburg's oldest gold mine, a spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar, South Africa eye stronger ties in food, retail ECONOMY

Qatar, South Africa eye stronger ties in food, retail

Discussions are being held between South Africa and several Qatari organisations in the food and retail industry due to growing demand for South African livestock and other consumer products, ambassador Sa’ad Cachalia said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South African woman jailed for kidnapping newborn in 1997 INTERNATIONAL

South African woman jailed for kidnapping newborn in 1997

A South African court handed down a 10-year prison term to a woman who kidnapped a newborn baby and raised her for 17 years before an astonishing coincidence reunited the girl with her biological family.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pistorius in hospital with cuts to wrists, denies suicide attempt INTERNATIONAL

Pistorius in hospital with cuts to wrists, denies suicide attempt

Oscar Pistorius was treated in hospital for wrist injuries on Saturday, a prison service spokesman said, adding the jailed South African track star had denied trying to kill himself.

4:45 AM November 25 2016