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South Africa closes 16 schools amid gang violence

AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Education officials in a province in South Africa closed 16 schools, affecting 12,000 students,...

Nelson Mandela Health Condition Improving But Still Critical, South Africa Says

JOHANNESBURG — The office of the South African president says Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition although his health is gradually improving....

Desmond Tutu's South Africa House Is Burgled

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A spokesman for Desmond Tutu says the retired Anglican archbishop's home in South Africa was burgled this week while he...

First Lady Takes Her Message Of Hard Work To Students In South Africa

Continuing her trip through Africa, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured center) met with teens at Sci-Bono Discovery center in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday afternoon. Introduced by MTV Base Video Jockey, moderator Sizwe Dhlomo, Mrs. Obama took to the podium with Google Plus broadcasting students from Los Angeles; Kansas City, Kansas; New York City; and Houston. After acknowledging former President Nelson Mandela‘s condition, the First Lady reminded students of their power, “In the coming years, all of you will be building the businesses, making the discoveries and drafting the laws and policies that will move our countries and our world forward for decades to come. So now more than ever before, we need you guys to step up as leaders; we need you to be engaged in the pressing challenges of our times.” Mrs. Obama relayed to the audience that the freedom fighters of the anti-apartheid era ...

Obama's Ties to Mandela Loom Over S. Africa Visit

JOHANNESBURG -- Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggles in South Africa, a young Barack Obama joined campus protests in the U.S. against the racist...

Zuma: Mandela's condition improves, now critical but stable

  Pretoria, South Africa -- The condition of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has improved overnight, President Jacob Zuma said Thursday, as the...

Nelson Mandela in critical condition days before Obama visit [Video]

(CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela's family visited him Monday as he lay in a hospital bed in critical condition. His...

Nelson Mandela Remains in Serious Condition

South Africa's president says that Nelson Mandela remains in serious but stable condition during his fourth day in the hospital. A government statement Tuesday...

Updated: Nelson Mandela Remains Hospitalized in 'Serious Condition’

Updated: June 10, 9:16 a.m. CDT: Former South African leader Nelson Mandela remained in intensive care Monday, two days after he was hospitalized...

Mandela appears an ailing man in video

In this image taken from video, South African President Jacob Zuma, centre left, sits with the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela, centre right, is...

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