South African President Ramaphosa salutes fallen liberation hero Moosa Moolla

27 march 2023 - 10:17:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Moosa Moolla died on Sunday after a long illness. He [...] Full text...

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South African Minister under fire for attacking judiciary

13 january 2022 - 09:33:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A senior Cabinet Minister in South Africa is under fire for launching a scathing [...] Full text...

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South Africa moves to extradite high-profile Gupta brothers

10 december 2021 - 07:15:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An international campaign has been launched in South Africa to extradite a fugitive Indian [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki salutes fallen liberation hero

29 july 2020 - 18:53:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Soweto funeral [...] Full text...

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South Africa's last surviving treason trialist dead at 95

22 july 2020 - 07:08:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero and the last surviving Rivonia Treason Trialist Andrew Mlangeni died on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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South African liberation hero Dennis Goldberg dead at 87

30 april 2020 - 10:39:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero Dennis Goldberg died at his Cape Town home after a long illness [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Foundation backs embattled Minister

17 january 2020 - 17:09:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Friday endorsed a hard-hitting statement by a group of [...] Full text...

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South African liberation heroes' relatives shot dead

02 november 2018 - 15:53:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The nephew of liberation hero Ahmed Kathrada and his son, who was a Muslim [...] Full text...

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Audio recordings of Rivonia Treason Trial released

09 march 2018 - 15:37:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fifty four years after South Africa’s historic Rivonia Treason Trial captured the imagination of [...] Full text...

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South Africa salutes Zuma's departure

15 february 2018 - 10:39:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's mainstream media houses, numerous organisations and political parties have on Thursday hailed [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Opposition leader uses Mandela's prison to attack Zuma

30 october 2017 - 13:55:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance, on Monday visited [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling party embroiled in fresh race row

29 august 2017 - 15:31:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been asked to support a complaint [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's treason trial lawyer dies in London

21 june 2017 - 09:33:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in from around the world for leading South African lawyer Lord [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to step down

30 march 2017 - 12:30:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – It’s been a turbulent 24 hours for President Jacob Zuma who has seen his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Liberation hero Ahmed Kathrada laid to rest

29 march 2017 - 10:13:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and former African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma were among the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Liberation struggle hero Ahmed Kathrada dead at 87

28 march 2017 - 07:22:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in from around the world following the death of liberation hero [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Liberation hero, Kathrada, recovering after major operation

17 march 2017 - 14:49:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Liberation hero Ahmed Kathrada’s recovery from surgery has been slow, but his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki denies leaking Zuma's letter

08 november 2016 - 17:30:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The lengthy rift between former South African president Thabo Mbeki and President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki urges embattled Zuma to toe the line

03 november 2016 - 12:13:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The fallout from Wednesday’s release of the Public Protector’s damning State Capture report continues [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Replica of Mandela's cell to tour South Africa

28 september 2016 - 08:31:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A replica of Nelson Mandela’s infamous Robben Island cell will travel to schools around [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma survives historic impeachment vote in South African parliament

05 april 2016 - 18:25:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Assembly of South Africa on Tuesday voted against removing President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma faces historic impeachment debate

04 april 2016 - 11:50:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The executive committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is holding fresh talks [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Cape Town salutes South African struggle stalwart

26 november 2015 - 19:09:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Ahmed Kathrada late Thursday received the Freedom of the City [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa continues to grapple with racism (News analysis by Craig Urquart, PANA Correspondent)

02 august 2015 - 11:09:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than two decades after South Africa confounded the world by hosting free and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New Mandela bust unveiled in Cape Town

27 april 2015 - 15:14:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A bust of former president Nelson Mandela was unveiled in Cape Town on Monday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Govt. moves to contain xenophobic violence

15 april 2015 - 08:44:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Five people, including a 14-year-old teenager, have been killed over the past week in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tension high after another xenophobic attack

27 february 2015 - 14:03:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension remains high in the Doornkop suburb of Soweto on Friday after a foreign [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa a nation “filled with hate” (By Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

25 january 2015 - 09:16:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 40 years ago, the youth of a sprawling township outside Johannesburg served notice [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Soweto tense following attacks on foreigners

23 january 2015 - 09:09:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension remains high in Soweto following four days of looting in the sprawling township [...] Full text...

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South Africa: 50th anniversary of Mandela's famous speech

19 april 2014 - 08:18:37
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of what has become one of the famous speeches of [...] Full text...

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Kathrada recalls his last moments with Mandela

15 december 2013 - 08:32:32
Qunu, South Africa (PANA) - In an emotional tribute to global icon Nelson Mandela, his long-time friend and fellow prisoner [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Countdown to 20 years of democracy begins

20 september 2013 - 14:28:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Many South African liberation heroes gathered in Soweto Friday to begin the countdown to [...] Full text...

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South Africans remember incident leading to long imprisonment for Mandela, others

11 july 2013 - 18:46:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Thursday recalled the police raid, 50 years ago, that [...] Full text...

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Obama visits Robben Island, hails anti-apartheid heroes

30 june 2013 - 15:56:13
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Visiting American President Barack Obama on Sunday took a trip to Robben Island, where Nelson [...] Full text...

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Growing concerns in SA over Mandela's health

10 december 2012 - 08:02:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Despite assurances from the South African presidency, there are growing concerns in the country [...] Full text...

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ANC centenary torch begins epic journey

09 january 2012 - 09:58:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A flaming torch marking the centenary of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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48th anniversary of Mandela's arrest marked

06 august 2010 - 11:38:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- As part of the 48th anniversary of the arrest of South Africa's first democratic [...] Full text...

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Rawlings lauds Mandela, congratulates Zuma

09 may 2009 - 16:52:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings on Saturday lauded South African legend, Nelson Mandela and called on [...] Full text...

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