October 23, 2008 Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
	Land redistribution back on the front burner -- A combination of political flux, higher food prices and the failure of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) - after 14 years of power - to achieve any meaningful redress of apartheid's most emotive legacy is forcing the land issue to the top of the national agenda, a few months ahead of South Africa's fourth democratic elections.
October 02, 2008 Pambazuka Nwes
	Struggle with no borders: Capitalism, nationalism and xenophobia in South Africa -- In a potent critique of the post-apartheid state and its role in the wave of xenophobic discrimination to have gripped the South African nation, Dale T. McKinley explores the roots of the country’s ‘macro-nationalist paradigm’ and its consequences in the shape of the contemporary pogroms of African foreigners.
October 02, 2008 Pambazuka Nwes
	Pambazuka News Statement on the change of leadership of the ANC government -- Amandla Publishers agrees with Archbishop Emeritus and the Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu that ‘[i]f South Africa was a democracy, there had to be certainty that those who led it were as uncorrupt as possible. It is a court of law that will ultimately decide whether [leaders are or not].’ Through publishing its bi-monthly Amandla! magazine, Amandla Publishers contributes to building left and working class organisations and debates.
September 24, 2008 Mail & Guardina On Line
	Mbeki resignation sparks concerns for Zim deal -- South African President Thabo Mbeki's resignation has raised new concerns about the fragile power-sharing deal he brokered just one week ago in neighbouring Zimbabwe, analysts said on Wednesday.
September 01, 2008 Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
	SOUTH AFRICA: Food security under threat -- JOHANNESBURG, 1 September 2008 (IRIN) - South Africans' food security - particularly the urban and rural poor, is under threat.
August 06, 2008 BBC News
	South Africa unions stage mass strike -- South African trade unions have held a one-day strike, which has caused widespread disruption and brought much of the economy to a standstill.
July 29, 2008 Health-e
	South Africa still has biggest HIV epidemic, says UNAIDS -- South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world with an estimated 5,7-million people living with HIV in 2007.
July 16, 2008 Pambazuka News
	Mandela: A diaspora view -- In the eyes of the African Diaspora Nelson Mandela came to represent an image that was “larger than life.”
June 25, 2008 BBC News
	Africa's new 'Frontline States' -- For southern African leaders meeting in Swaziland under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), the election crisis in Zimbabwe may be proving a headache
June 24, 2008 BBC
	children terrified by SA xenophobia -- Ten-year-old Fortune watched a man being shot dead in front of him as he accompanied his mother to the grocer's store.
June 04, 2008 BBC News
	South Africa: Behind the violence -- What was it that led to around 100,000 foreigners being driven from homes in South Africa?
May 28, 2008 BBC News
	S Africa to set up migrant camps -- South Africa is to set up seven camps around the country for foreign migrant workers who have fled a recent wave of anti-immigrant violence.
May 23, 2008 BBC News
	ANC call to 'retake the streets' -- The secretary general of South Africa's governing ANC has called on party members to form local committees to combat violence against foreigners.
May 23, 2008 BBC News
	SA violence spreads to Cape Town -- Violence against foreigners in South Africa spread to Cape Town overnight with people assaulted and shops looted.
May 22, 2008 BBC News
	South African Troops sent into Streets -- Increasing violence demonstrates tensions within the Southern African region. Indeed, turmoil in neighboring Zimbabwe has had intense regional consequences.
May 19, 2008 BBC News
	Thousands flee South Africa Attacks -- Xenophobia in South Africa increases as a result of unrest in the region and an influx of new immigrants fleeing violence in their homeland.
May 16, 2008 BBC News
	Refugees flee South Africa attacks -- "Stu" escaped from Zimbabwe in January, crossing the border for the sanctuary of South Africa.
April 23, 2008 IRIN-humanitarian news and analysis
	SOUTHERN AFRICA: Human trafficking on the upswing -- The victims of human trafficking in Southern Africa are often invisible because many countries in the region have failed to implement laws to combat it.
March 31, 2008 HRW
	South Africa: Lead UN to Action on Somalia, Darfur and Burma -- Use Security Council Presidency to Save Lives
March 31, 2008 IRIN-humanitarian news and analysis
	SOUTH AFRICA: Rights body to probe mines over alleged abuse -- JOHANNESBURG, 31 March 2008 (IRIN) - Alleged human rights abuses by Anglo Platinum (AP), the worlds leading producer of platinum, could spark investigations through-out South Africa’s mining industry.
March 25, 2008 BBC News
	Who pays the price of platinum? -- Mining giant Anglo American courts prime ministers and presidents, keen to be seen as leading the way in corporate responsibility.
March 13, 2008 IRIN
	SOUTH AFRICA: HIV major factor in rising child deaths -- JOHANNESBURG, 13 March 2008 (PlusNews) - Mothers and children in South Africa are dying in alarming numbers. Far from being on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing child mortality by two-thirds, the country is among only a dozen worldwide where child deaths are rising.
March 03, 2008 Sun Times
	Is racism on the rise again in South Africa? -- Some say it's more overt now
February 29, 2008 TimesOnLine
	This is the real South Africa -- White and black are shocked to discover how little the country has changed
February 26, 2008 BBC News
	SA miners in power strike threat -- South Africa's biggest mining union has threatened to strike if any of its members lose their jobs as a result of the country's electricity shortage.
February 08, 2008 Business Day (Johannesburg)
	Mbeki Centre Stage as Confidence Dips -- PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki will deliver his penultimate state of the nation address today with public confidence in his leadership and his government at its lowest level since he took over the reins in 1999
February 05, 2008 Business Day (Johannesburg)
	South Africa: Halt ANC Revolution, Zille Advises Mbeki -- WITH President Thabo Mbeki to give his penultimate state of the n ation address on Friday, opposition parties released their wish lists yesterday in an attempt to catch Mbeki's attention before the government's plan of action for this year is finalised.
January 21, 2008 BBC News
	South Africa cuts power to neighbours -- South Africa cuts power to neighbors South Africa's state-owned electricity company Eskom has stopped supplying power to neighbouring countries because of acute domestic shortages.
January 08, 2008 BBC News
	ANC Behind Zuma for Sout Africa president -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress has confirmed that its newly elected leader Jacob Zuma will be the party's presidential candidate in 2009.
January 02, 2008 BBC News
	South Africa faces turbulent 2008 -- When the African National Congress (ANC) marks its 96th anniversary on 8 January, it will also be the start of another testing year for South Africa's ruling party.