South Africa’s Democratic Alliance took aim at the country’s Black economic empowerment laws, setting up a clash with the African National Congress with which it serves in an uneasy governing coalition.

Five athletes are becoming the first from South Africa to compete in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston as part of a crew comprised of all people of color.

The South African rand was subdued in early trade on Tuesday ahead of the release of local central bank data that will shed light on the country's economic outlook.

Carnage descends upon the finish line at the International Canoe Federation’s world championships in Durban, South Africa.

South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March

In April, state prosecutor Elona Sombulula was killed with a single shot to the head in the town of Ncobo in the Eastern Cape Province. And in July, Tracy Brown, another prosecutor, died in a hail of bullets in front of her partner and child in the southern port city of Gqeberha.

The rand gained on Monday, as investors looked to inflation data this week and the possible removal of South Africa from the Financial Action Taskforce's "grey" list.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — World test champion South Africa will be heavily relying on its fit-again spinner Keshav Maharaj to level the two-test series against Pakistan as yet another dry pitch is prepared for the second test, starting on Monday.