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S&P Global Ratings lowered South Africa's credit rating further into "junk" territory on Friday.
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe failed to appear Saturday at a summit in South Africa attended by her husband.
Inside South Africa's maximum security Groenpunt prison, hawk-eyed guards stroll between rows of wooden benches
Al-Qaeda's Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages
Credit ratings agency Moody's said it had downgraded South Africa a notch over gloomy growth prospects and the political instability
South Africa's main opposition, the Democratic Alliance, suspended on Wednesday its former leader Helen Zille over a controversial tweet.
