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South Africa's Bafana Bafana players are seen in action in this ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Africa's Bafana Bafana players are seen in action in this file photo. New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says the struggling 2010 World Cup hosts can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals. Photo:Shayne Robinson/AFP

The presidents of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza (R), Zimbabwe ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - The presidents of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza (R), Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe (C) and South Africa Jacob Zuma attend a summit on Zimbabwe in Maputo, Mozambique. Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended his boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes. Photo:Carlos Litulo/AFP

The presidents of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza (right), Zimbabwe ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - The presidents of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza (right), Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe (centre) and South Africa Jacob Zuma attend a summit on Zimbabwe in Maputo, Mozambique, November 5. Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended his boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes. Photo:Carlos Litulo/AFP

A peer educator (left) from the Reproductive Health Research ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - A peer educator (left) from the Reproductive Health Research Unit is pictured giving out condoms and leaflets as a talks to a man in a bar around Hillbrow in Johannesburg. The image of a hard-drinking, fearless seducer still holds powerful appeal for many South African men, posing a major problem to stopping AIDS in a country where 5.7 million of the 48 million population are HIV positive. Photo:Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: More people are HIV positive in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Yet many men still refuse to face up to the problem. A new scheme in Johannesburg hopes to change that, by talking directly to guys in the bars and clubs around town. Duration: 02:21 Photo:/AFP

Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza (R) shows the way to ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza (R) shows the way to his counterparts Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe (C) and South African Jacob Zuma (L) as they arrive at the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) troika in Maputo, Mozambique. The emergency summit is aimed at hauling Zimbabwe's fragile power-sharing deal out of a three-week impasse that has paralysed the unity government. Photo:Unati Ngamntwini/AFP

Head of the United Nations fact finding mission on the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Head of the United Nations fact finding mission on the Gaza Conflict, former South African judge Richard Goldstone is pictured at the Human Rights Council at the UN office in Geneva in September 2009. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Palestinian souvenir shop owner Tareq Abu Daia shows an embroidery ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian souvenir shop owner Tareq Abu Daia shows an embroidery scarf bearing the name of South African judgeRichard Goldstone on sale at his store in Gaza City. The UN General Assembly is scheduled to discuss the controversial UN Goldstone report on Israel?s 22-day war against Palestinian militants in Gaza. Photo:Marco Longari/AFP

South African Nick du Toit, pictured in 2004. The release of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African Nick du Toit, pictured in 2004. The release of four South Africans jailed by Equatorial Guinea for a failed coup was linked to President Jacob Zuma's visit to the oil-rich state, the South African leader's office said Wednesday. Photo:Desirey Minkoh/AFP

A delegate dressed in traditional Ndebele outfit attends the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A delegate dressed in traditional Ndebele outfit attends the Institute of African Royalty launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Themba Hadebe)

Former South African judge Richard Goldstone, who headed the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Former South African judge Richard Goldstone, who headed the inquiry committee into the Gaza war, is pictured at the Human Rights Council at the UN office in Geneva in September. Arab delegates to the United Nations are floating a draft resolution that would require UN chief Ban Ki-moon to bring a damning report on the Gaza war before the Security Council. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Cape Town lights up as dusk falls over the city's backdrop Table ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cape Town lights up as dusk falls over the city's backdrop Table Mountain, November 2, 2009. Cape Town is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Cape Town's business district lights up as dusk falls over the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cape Town's business district lights up as dusk falls over the city, November 2, 2009. Cape Town is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER)

Dusk settles over Cape Town Stadium, November 2, 2009. Cape ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Dusk settles over Cape Town Stadium, November 2, 2009. Cape Town is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER)

A man walks past brightly coloured houses in Cape Town's historic ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks past brightly coloured houses in Cape Town's historic Bo Kaap district, November 2, 2009. Bo Kaap served as a slave district for the Dutch colonial authorities in the 17th century. Cape Town is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER)

U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak speaks during a media ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak speaks during a media conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Themba Hadebe)

A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to a patient at a clinic in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal. South African President Jacob Zuma has vowed to strengthen the fight against AIDS in the world's worst affected country, in a 'renewed onslaught' against the epidemic. Photo:Alexander Joe/AFP

Cape Town's Green Point stadium is illuminated as construction ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cape Town's Green Point stadium is illuminated as construction officials test the lighting as part of preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, October 27 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Women in traditional dress arrive at the house of former president ...

(AFP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Women in traditional dress arrive at the house of former president Nelson Mandela for a party in Qunu, South Africa in 2008. The World Economic Forum said two southern African states -- South Africa and Lesotho -- have leapt into top 10 ranking of countries where women face the least discrimination. Photo:Lionel Healing/AFP

Employees dig up sweet potatoes in a farm in Brits, near Pretoria ...

(AFP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Employees dig up sweet potatoes in a farm in Brits, near Pretoria in June. South Africa's fiscal deficit will spike to 7.6% of output this year in the face of high public spending to boost growth and create jobs, the finance minister has announced in his mid-term budget. Photo:Francois Xavier Marit/AFP

South African boys pose beside a wall portraiting ANC (African ...

(AFP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African boys pose beside a wall portraiting ANC (African National Congress) leader Jacob Zuma in Guguletu township on the outskirts of Cape Town. South Africa's fiscal deficit will spike to 7.6% of output this year in the face of high public spending to boost growth and create jobs, the finance minister has announced in his mid-term budget. Photo:Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

South African President Jacob Zuma, seen here in September 2009, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma, seen here in September 2009, said that the 44-nation Pan-African Parliament needs full legislative powers to bolster peace, democracy and growth on the continent. Photo:Paballo Thekiso/AFP

Head of the United Nations (UN) fact finding mission on the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Head of the United Nations (UN) fact finding mission on the Gaza Conflict, former South African judge Richard Goldstone looks on after delivering a report before the Human Rights Council at the UN office in Geneva on September 29. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

A Somali woman is taken to a hospital after she was wounded ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Somali woman is taken to a hospital after she was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing and wounding people, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Farah Abdi Warsameh

South African Johann Abrahams (L) receives the Lorenzo Natali ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - South African Johann Abrahams (L) receives the Lorenzo Natali Journalism special Prize for television from Stephen Sackar, presenter of HardTalk on BBC World News, at a ceremony during the European Development days in Stockholm October 22, 2009. Johann Abrahams and Godknows Nare receive the prize for their 'Hell hole' report at the South African Broadcasting Corporation'. REUTERS/Bertil Ericson/Scanpix (SWEDEN MEDIA) SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

South African residents of Balfour run during riots in July ...

(AFP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African residents of Balfour run during riots in July 2009 after protests erupted in townships across South Africa over shoddy housing and public services. The South African government will not tolerate violent protests that have rocked poor townships, President Jacob Zuma said Tuesday while calling for service delivery to be stepped up. Photo:Alon Skuy/AFP

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of paper carrying the name of Russia as South Africa soccer international Steven Pienaar stands beside during the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. Russia's team will play against Slovenia in two legs on November 14 and 18. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

South African football player Steven Pienaar conducts the draw ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African football player Steven Pienaar conducts the draw in Zurich for the European playoff matches for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Former champions France have been handed a potentially tough test in their bid to qualify for the World Cup finals after drawing the Republic of Ireland in the play-offs. Photo:Sebastian Derungs/AFP

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of paper carrying the name of Ukraine as South Africa soccer international Steven Pienaar stands beside during the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. Ukraine 's team will play against Greece in two legs on November 14 and 18. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) holds up a slip of paper carrying the name of Greece as South Africa soccer international Steven Pienaar stands beside during the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. Greece's team will play against Ukraine in two legs on November 14 and 18. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

The results of the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The results of the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa are displayed on a huge TV screen as a copy of the World Cup trophy stands in front at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai -- speakingat a ...

(AFP) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai -- speakingat a press conference in Harare in June -- has headed to neighbouring South Africa with a plea for regional leaders to mediate over the standoff within his country's unity government. Photo:Desmond Kwande/AFP

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) receives a selection ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) receives a selection ball from South Africa soccer international Steven Pienaar during the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) stands beside as South ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke (R) stands beside as South Africa soccer international Steven Pienaar picks a selection ball during the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER)

FIFA President Sepp Blatter awaits the draw for the European ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter awaits the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND SPORT SOCCER IMAGES OF THE DAY)

South African President Jacob Zuma, pictured on October 9, will ...

(AFP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma, pictured on October 9, will next week meet with mayors to discuss a spate of violent protests over service delivery around the country, the ruling party said on Friday. Photo:Evaristo Sa/AFP

A technician works on electrical wires in Cape Town, South Africa, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - A technician works on electrical wires in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2003. South Africa's energy giant Eskom pushed Tuesday for a 45 percent annual tariff rise over three years, warning that consumers would otherwise face a 146 percent hike early next year. Photo:Anna Zieminski/AFP

South African policemen fire rubber bullets in July to disperse ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African policemen fire rubber bullets in July to disperse several hundred backyard dwellers protesting about the lack of housing in the Masiphunelele township on the outskirts of Cape Town. A proposed law change to beef up South Africa's police firepower is not a 'license to kill', the country's police minister has said amid an outcry over the fatal shooting of a civilian. Photo:Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

South African patients of the Tuberculosis (TB) center in Khayelitsha, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - South African patients of the Tuberculosis (TB) center in Khayelitsha, on the south-western coast of South Africa, wait to see doctors in March. Control of the disease in South Africa is among the worst in the world with infections tripling in the last decade, the country's deputy health minister has said. Photo:Alexander Joe/AFP

England batsman Kevin Pietersen drives a ball away from the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - England batsman Kevin Pietersen drives a ball away from the Australian bowling on the third day of the second Test match at Lords, in London on July 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO/William WEST Photo:William West/AFP

Former Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'Blanche ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Former Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'Blanche gestures while addressing a meeting of South Africa's white far right in Ventersdorp, a town in the North West Province October 10, 2009. South Africa's white far right will make a peaceful push for a separate homeland and believes it has a case to put to the United Nations, veteran leader Terre'Blanche said in an interview with Reuters earlier this month. REUTERS/Stringer (SOUTH AFRICA SOCIETY POLITICS)

Members of various right wing groups look on as former Afrikaner ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of various right wing groups look on as former Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'Blanche addresses a meeting of South Africa's white far right in Ventersdorp, a town in the North West Province October 10, 2009. South Africa's white far right will make a peaceful push for a separate homeland and believes it has a case to put to the United Nations, veteran leader Terre'Blanche said in an interview with Reuters earlier this month. REUTERS/Stringer (SOUTH AFRICA SOCIETY POLITICS)

Former Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'Blanche ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Former Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) leader Eugene Terre'Blanche looks on during a meeting of South Africa's white far right in Ventersdorp, a town in the North West Province October 10, 2009. South Africa's white far right will make a peaceful push for a separate homeland and believes it has a case to put to the United Nations, veteran leader Terre'Blanche said in an interview with Reuters earlier this month. REUTERS/Stringer (SOUTH AFRICA SOCIETY POLITICS)

Brazilian coach of the South African team Joel Santana looks ...

(AFP) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Brazilian coach of the South African team Joel Santana looks at his players during the Fifa Confederations Cup third place play-off football match Spain against South Africa in June. World Cup hosts South Africa could dump their Brazilian coach if they suffer embarrassing friendly defeats in Norway and Iceland three days later. Photo:Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

South Africa's striker Katlego Mphela (front) and Germany's ...

(AFP) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Africa's striker Katlego Mphela (front) and Germany's defender Serdar Tasci vie for the ball during the friendly football match Germany vs South Africa in the western German city of Leverkusen in September. World Cup hosts South Africa could dump Brazilian coach Joel Santana if they suffer embarrassing friendly defeats in Norway an Iceland three days later. Photo:John Macdougall/AFP

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts during a press conference held ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:48:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts during a press conference held to congratulate U.S. President Barack Obama in Cape Town. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Schalk van Zuydam)

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma gestures during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma gestures during a news conference with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS)

Property owner Nancy Ball reads a Mahatma Ghandi's biography ...

(AFP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Property owner Nancy Ball reads a Mahatma Ghandi's biography in one of the room where Indian's freedom fighter lived during his stay in Johannesburg, South Africa in July 2009. Gandhi's former home in South Africa has been sold to a French tour agency that wants to turn it into a museum and guest house, the former owner and the company said Friday. Photo:Paballo Thekiso/AFP

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks during a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks during a news conference with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS)

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma pauses during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma pauses during a news conference with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS)