The end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 brought the African National Congress to political power along with a mandate for reform of nearly all the nation’s institutions, including the telecommunications sector. But “the reform of telecommunications has largely failed,” according to an analysis by Robert Horwitz, professor of communication at the University of California, San Diego, just published in the journal Telecommunications Policy.

South African President Thabo Mbeki has axed his deputy health minister who questioned the national AIDS policy, a move experts warned could have a "deadly" impact in the HIV-blighted nation.

Meeting renewable energy targets to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

Across South Africa schools were closed and many hospitals turned away all but emergency cases as public servants observed the first day of a strike. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg, unions say they will strike until their demands for higher pay are met.

Bringing an important collection of world music onto the digital stage, Microsoft Corp. today announced that the Zune division and South Africa's Gallo Music Group have created an exclusive partnership to digitally offer a collection of music from Gallo's esteemed catalog for the first time

If President Thambo Mbeki could be so irrational in his diplomatic hypocrisy as seen in his rapport with President Robert Mugabe, then it is not surprising that he is supporting the criminal ruling party in Nigeria.

The government of South Africa recently announced a new plan to combat HIV / AIDS. The plan pledges to provide within five years life-prolonging antiretroviral treatment to 80 percent of the AIDS victims who need it. Currently only 20 percent receive the treatment. But this is not the only challenge facing South Africa's 5 million HIV sufferers, the second highest number in the world.

There is the unknown extent of the deadly new strain of tuberculosis in South Africa and the region. This problem is a cause for concern, an international health expert said Wednesday. Dr Fabio Scano, a TB expert from the World Health Organization in Geneva, has been sent to South Africa at the request of the government to assist with the outbreak of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis strain, or XDR-TB.

Nedbank Group and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. today announced a 50x15 partnership to jointly deploy innovative technology solutions across five schools in historically underserved South African communities in the form of 50x15 learning labs.

South Africa has offered amendments to a UN Security Council draft resolution expanding sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. South Africa -- this month's council president -- wants a 90-day pause on imposing new sanctions on Iran, something mentioned in the past by Muhammad el-Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.