JOHANNESBURG, March 6 (Reuters) - The World Bank has agreed to give South Africa $350 million of financing for a new credit guarantee facility that is meant to unlock private financing for infrastructure including an expansion of the power transmission grid.

South Africa is mourning anti-apartheid veteran and former defense minister Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, who has died at 77 after a long illness.

In an interview with The New York Times, President Cyril Ramaphosa opened up about the role of middle powers, relations with Washington and apartheid.

JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid activist Mosiuoa Lekota, who broke away from the African National Congress to found a new political party, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning,

South Africa's former defence minister and anti-apartheid campaigner Mosiuoa Lekota has died at the age of 77. He played a key role in the struggle against the racist system of apartheid and was imprisoned on Robben Island alongside former President Nelson Mandela.

South Africa is willing to play a mediating role in the Middle East conflict if asked, President Cyril Ramaphosa told local media on the sidelines of an energy

It felt like nothing could go wrong for South Africa, then everything went wrong, all at once

South Africa exhibits one of the highest levels of income inequality globally, reflecting persistent spatial exclusion. This paper examines the extent and causes of spatial inequality using household microdata,

South Africa is asking local drugmakers to start a process to make Gilead Sciences’ long-acting HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, domestically, in a push to bring production ‌to the region where it is most needed.