Feb 14 In televised address, Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa’s president By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday in a televised address to the nation, avoiding his almost certain ouster in a parliamentary vote scheduled for Thursday after years of corruption scandals. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 2:32 News Wrap: Chicago police release video from fatal shooting of unarmed black teen By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Chicago released video footage of a car chase and altercation between police and black teenager Paul O’Neal, who was fatally shot. Reports indicate O’Neal was unarmed. Also, in South Africa, the African National… Continue watching
Aug 03 Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day By Vikram Mansharamani Political scandals and economic weakness have driven the party of Nelson Mandela to a moment of reckoning. Continue reading
May 07 South Africans head to election polls, 20 years after end of apartheid By Anya van Wagtendonk South Africans take to the polls Wednesday for national elections, 20 years after Nelson Mandela’s historic election as president marked the end of apartheid. Mandela’s party, the African National Congress, has been in power ever since, and analysts are predicting… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch ‘Have You Heard From Johannesburg?’ Series Examines History of ANC Party As South Africa's ruling political party, the African National Congress, marked its 100th anniversary this week, PBS stations around the country have begun airing a new series called "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?" about the ANC and international efforts to… Continue watching
Dec 16 New South African Political Party Names Leader By PBS News Hour South Africa's new Congress of the People party named former defense minister Mosiuoa Lekota as its leader Tuesday and said it would challenge the ruling African National Congress in March's general elections. Continue reading
Nov 03 Breakaway ANC Faction to Form New South African Party By PBS News Hour A breakaway faction of South Africa's ruling African National Congress will on Monday register as a new political party, named the South African Democratic Congress, a spokesman said. Continue reading
Sep 25 S. Africa Elects Interim Leader as Mbeki Bows Out By PBS News Hour South Africa's Parliament Thursday elected Kgalema Motlanthe as interim president, replacing Thabo Mbeki who was ousted after a protracted power struggle within his own ruling party. Continue reading
Jun 24 Ruling South African Party Shuns ‘Outside’ Diplomacy for Zimbabwe’s Troubles By PBS News Hour Amid international decrees that Zimbabwe's presidential runoff will not be legitimate, South Africa's ruling party rejected outside diplomacy, warning that "any attempts by outside players to impose regime change will merely deepen the crisis."… Continue reading
May 22 S. Africa Reels From Anti-Immigrant Violence By PBS News Hour South African soldiers have been deployed to help curb a recent burst of anti-foreigner violence that has killed at least 42 people and damaged the country's efforts to shore up its economic and political stability. Continue reading