JOHANNESBURG, April 24 (Reuters) - South Africa on Thursday scrapped plans to raise value-added tax after a political backlash that threatened the stability of the ruling coalition government.

North America's decline is expected to be particularly steep, and its exports are forecasted to drop by 12.6 percent, while Ngozi noted that some of Africa's poorest countries, such as Lesotho ...

US Senior Advisor for Africa Massad Boulos has said that President Donald Trump values Africa, despite announcing sweeping aid cuts that have caused considerable humanitarian distress across the ...

Zimbabwe has opted to host their 2026 World Cup qualifying match against South Africa in Rwanda, shifting the fixture from their previous home venue in South Africa. Zimbabwe will now take on ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 12 (Reuters) - Tiger Brands (TBSJ.J), opens new tab, South Africa's biggest food producer, on Monday offered to compensate listeriosis victims, marking a major step toward ...

JOHANNESBURG: The next pope could, and some analysts say should, come from Africa. Christianity is booming here. More people are becoming Catholics on the continent than anywhere else in the world ...

Award-winning economist Dawie Roodt warns that South Africa’s current trajectory is unsustainable and that the country needs to make big changes to jumpstart economic growth. South Africa’s ...

After John Uwagboe moved to Scotland in 2008 he did not see another black man for several weeks. When at last he did, on the other side of a street in Edinburgh, he crossed over to meet him.

While South Africa is among a handful of nations granted a temporary exemption from the full brunt of the tariffs, a permanent 10% levy on most United States imports remains in place. This raises ...

From Jan. 1 to March 31, 103 rhinos were killed in South Africa, and 65 of those were poached in the country's national parks Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Africa as a whole is strong in the faith – it is the only continent where numbers are still growing and it ordains the highest number of priests in the world. With over 52 million believers ...

South Africa has criticised the US as reports emerge suggesting Washington could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC's US partner CBS describes ...