South Africa News

Oprah Winfrey admits jumpstarting OWN is a struggle

By Clutch Magazine

11:47 AM on 02/03/2012

CLUTCH - Although Oprah was already a billionaire and a household name, she says she wanted to create OWN to further her inspirational vision...
read more
Nelson Mandela mourns the loss of his youngest sister and last surviving sibling

By theGrio

12:05 PM on 01/30/2012

Condolences are being sent to former South African president Nelson Mandela after the loss of his youngest and last surviving sibling...
read more
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Drama in Africa

By Salena Rochester

11:17 AM on 01/30/2012

OPINION - The 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' arrived in South Africa and brought along drama and more....
read more
Interracial couple in political ad angers some South Africans

By theGrio

9:36 AM on 01/27/2012

A provocative political poster has created a firestorm in South Africa...
read more
Apartheid's black-on-black divide slower to heal

By theGrio

2:59 PM on 01/23/2012

BELA BELA, South Africa (AP) - In the two decades since apartheid crumbled, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission has brought about a measure of reconciliation between blacks and their former white rulers...
read more
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: The ladies are on their way to Africa

By Salena Rochester

12:09 PM on 01/17/2012

OPINION - Get ready Africa, 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' are on their way!....
read more
CPAC co-sponsor: Nelson Mandela a 'bloodthirsty terrorist'

By theGrio

2:58 PM on 01/13/2012

A recent blog post featured at the site accuses the African National Congress, the nation's ruling party, of waging a 'genocide' against Afrikaners, and pins much of the blame on revered former president Nelson Mandela...
read more
Oprah Winfrey South African school celebrates 1st graduates

By theGrio

8:11 AM on 01/13/2012

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) - But she says her future philanthropy in Africa will support existing institutions instead of spending millions to start from scratch...
read more
Nelson Mandela to miss ANC's 100th year celebration

By News One

3:38 PM on 01/06/2012

NEWS ONE - Nelson Mandela will not be attending the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) due to health issues Voice of America reports...
read more
South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years

By theGrio

10:19 AM on 01/05/2012

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only...
read more
South Africa gallows site becomes museum, memorial

By theGrio

12:51 PM on 12/15/2011

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Martha Mahlangu can't bear to visit the prison where her son, an anti-apartheid guerrilla, was hanged. But she says it's important that other South Africans see the gallows the government opened as a monument Thursday...
read more
Rights group: South African lesbians face abuse

By theGrio

9:25 AM on 12/05/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - 'Lesbians and transgender men live in constant fear of harassment as well as physical and sexual violence,' the watchdog group said in a report released Monday...
read more
1st class graduates from Oprah's South African school

By theGrio

9:20 AM on 11/30/2011

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) - Winfrey spent $40 million to give her girls a campus with computer and science labs, a library and a wellness center. None paid tuition...
read more
South Africa's Tutu celebrates 80th with new book

By theGrio

9:53 AM on 10/07/2011

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 80th birthday with a new book of photographs, tributes and biography.
read more
South Africa's black-owned vineyards expected to increase

By theGrio

11:35 PM on 10/05/2011

A new class of wine makers is emerging in South Africa with blacks, many of whom once worked the land, now taking over vineyards in an industry dominated for centuries by whites...
read more
South Africa: Tutu blasts ANC over Dalai Lama visa

By theGrio

12:50 PM on 10/04/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Tutu had invited the fellow Nobel Peace laureate to South Africa to attend his 80th birthday party festivities...
read more
Would a Mandela reality show be a mistake?

By Ronda Racha Penrice

10:00 AM on 09/30/2011

OPINION - The show teeters more on exploitation of the Mandela name than a sincere attempt to show three South African women navigating life in a contemporary African landscape...
read more
3 Mandela relatives said to star on reality TV

By theGrio

10:28 AM on 09/29/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In a statement, South Africa's New Vision Pictures and Out of Africa Entertainment and U.S. producer Rick Leed say the show is set to debut early next year...
read more
South African youth leader calls courts racist

By theGrio

10:05 AM on 09/14/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The South African governing party's youth leader has called the courts "racist" after he lost a hate speech case...
read more
Leila Lopes of Angola is crowned Miss Universe

By theGrio

8:28 AM on 09/13/2011

SAO PAULO (AP) - Speaking in a timid voice early Tuesday shortly after taking the crown in South America's largest city, the 25-year-old Lopes said that "as Miss Angola I've already done a lot to help my people."...
read more

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Next >

Slideshows

Opinion

more opinions

load(); ?>

articles as $timestamp => $article ){ ?>

FOLLOW theGrio ON:

South Africa News

Top Stories

Slideshows

Opinion

Popular Topics

FOLLOW theGrio ON: