French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a new chapter of diplomatic, economic, and military relations with Africa. On a visit to South Africa, Mr. Sarkozy said France will renegotiate all military accords with African countries. For VOA, Terry FitzPatrick reports from Cape Town.

Growing prosperity in China is beginning to affect the global tourism industry. More and more Chinese are traveling abroad - especially this week, which includes the lunar New Year. One place that is benefiting from this trend is South Africa. A surge in Chinese visitors is helping South Africa's tourism industry achieve double-digit growth. For VOA, Terry FitzPatrick reports from Cape Town.

Ford Motor Co is going to expand its South African operations investing 1.5 billion rand (USD 210 million) in the production of the company's next-generation pickup truck and Puma diesel engine.

The World Food Program has begun delivering relief supplies by air to communities affected by widespread flooding in Mozambique. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, Mozambique has been worst hit by early heavy rains in the region.

South Africa's state-owned electricity company has stopped supplying power to neighbouring countries, triggering a major energy crisis.

The special anti-corruption unit in South Africa, which brought fraud and corruption charges against the newly elected ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma, is to be "absorbed" into the normal police force.

South African prosecutors charge ANC leader Jacob Zuma with corruption

Untreatable strains of TB and AIDS scare residents of South Africa , where the tuberculosis conference takes place.

In the largest post-apartheid direct investment deal in South Africa, the state-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ICBC, has purchased 20 percent of Standard Bank, South Africa's largest lender.

The leaders of three emerging regional powers have been meeting in South Africa to strengthen trade and build a common voice for developing nations on international issues. The meeting between India, Brazil and South Africa is to conclude with agreements on energy, transportation and information technology.

Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex bladelet tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being reported in the Oct. 18 issue of the journal Nature.

Police in South Africa say the bodies of 23 miners killed by an underground fire last week have been recovered. A police spokesman says the miners were working illegally at a mine in Free State province when the fire broke out on Tuesday.