South Africa

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June 2, 2015
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Against a backdrop of exclusive, sea-view apartments in Cape Town, South African and American…
May 9, 2015
theGrio REPORT - A man in South Africa was kidnapped and raped at gunpoint by three women who then collected…
March 31, 2015
OPINION - Trevor Noah, the biracial South African comedian who was recently tapped to replace Jon Stewart on The Daily…
March 30, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central has named Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, as Jon Stewart's replacement…
October 27, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police on Monday launched a massive operation to find the killers of the national soccer…
October 25, 2014
Lolo Jones can't judge Pistorious because she had “a dad who was in prison for murder.”
September 20, 2014
OPINION - A recent visit to South Africa exposed me to some of the most beautiful landscapes, cities and attractions.…
July 18, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The world honors Nelson Mandela today as July 18 marks Nelson Mandela International Day, on what would…
April 25, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In an echo of the apartheid era, many cities feature crowded clusters of shacks, and lush suburbs…
April 23, 2014
TODAY - The fashion industry’s top designers have teamed up with a charity fighting to wipe out AIDS among infants…
March 8, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance…
March 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A young South African fan attending Wednesday's game between South Africa and Brazil at Johannesburg’s Soccer City…
February 23, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday made an impassioned plea to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni…
February 18, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 21 miners in South Africa who were trapped by debris in an abandoned mine shaft…
February 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue workers in South Africa are trying to reach dozens of miners who were…
February 10, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The families of two women who have sought to be recognized as children of Nelson Mandela have…
February 5, 2014
VIDEO - Mandla Maseko is set to fulfill his ambition to become the first black African to travel into space.…
February 3, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela's estate is worth roughly $4.1 million, excluding royalties and other amounts, and beneficiaries of his…
January 26, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — Growing up in Zimbabwe and visiting South Africa as a young woman helped forge Danai Gurira's passion…
January 24, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man who was Born to Run has come all the way to South Africa for a…