Johannesburg - South Africans showered praise and affection on the country's favourite son Friday as former president Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday amid appeals for a renewed commitm
Johannesburg - South Africa will host talks on resolving Zimbabwe's political impasse, reports said Thursday.
High-ranking representatives of the ruling Zanu-PF party of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) of Morgan Tsvangirai are planning to meet in South Africa's Pretoria, the Business Day newspaper reported.
MDC second-in-command Tendai Biti, who was charged with treason in June, will also attend the talks.
The High Court in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for Biti to travel abroad for the talks, ordering his passport be returned.
Lusaka - A fire has put the start of production at what is expected to be Africa's largest open-pit copper plant on ice, media in the southern African country of Zambia reported Wednesday.
Johannesburg - On the eve of former South Afr
Johannesburg - Both Zimbabwe and South Africa welcomed the failur
