SOUTH AFRICA

Famed ballet dancer and teacher Yvonne Mounsey has died.

South African poultry farmers charge that Brazil is exporting too many chicken into the country, threatening jobs and their livelihood.

Zuma is trying to get away with using nearly $25 million in taxpayer money to upgrade his house. This raised a few eyebrows.

Questions surround the mysterious disappearing financier of the Broadway production of "Rebecca." Producer Ben Sprecher said he never met the man, who died suddenly of malaria in the summer.

Kenya is not the first place that comes to mind when thinking of mobile apps. Yet it's an unlikely digital success story, exporting its products across Africa -- and far beyond.

Julius Malema, a fierce critic of the current South African President Jacob Zuma, is said to have received an arrest warrant for corruption, fraud and money laundering.

Labor unrest spreads in South Africa as miners began striking at AngloGold's Kopanang gold mine.

During the peak of his violent criminal career in the 1950s and 1960s, Richardson employed gruesome torture tactics on his rivals as he fought with the equally notorious Kray Brothers for control of London’s rackets.

Lonmin miners who went on strike last month have agreed to a 22 percent pay raise and will return to work this week. But the strike has taken a toll on South Africa's economy, and other mines still face unrest.

Mining strikes against Lonmin Platinum continued in South Africa as the government vowed to crack down on the violence.

Gold rose to a six-month high on Friday, extending a 2-percent rally from the previous session when the Federal Reserve announced a new round of stimulus measure, which could add to the risk of inflation down the line and enhances gold's appeal.

Epainette Mbeki, mother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki and revered anti-Apartheid activist, recently criticized the country's ruling African National Congress which had pressured her son to resign in 2007. The ANC continues to have wide support in South Africa, but Mbeki stressed that its leaders needed to communicate better with the people or public unrest would increase amid the country's persistent economic disparities.

Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, has chastised the men of Jamaica, suggesting they are all drunkards and dope addicts.

The world's second-largest platinum producer said striking South African miners are demanding another 8 to 10 percent pay hike like the one they received in April that ended a six-week strike.

Rhino poaching has seen a resurgence in recent years due to an increase of demand for their horns in Asian markets. But all across Africa, local community members are working tocreate sanctuaries and lessen the risk of extinction.

The late South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony, who earned the reputation of calming distressed, wild elephants near his home in Zululand, South Africa, has inspired others including companies to pursue the uneasy path towards life preservation and ecological balance.

It's a sign of good times in the Eastern Hemisphere: beer is becoming more and more popular in Asia.

Some critics question the need for a poor region like Africa to even consider such an expensive project as going into space.

The finance and oil ministries are lobbying for an increase in prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG, warning cabinet colleagues that time is running out to avert a fiscal disaster and a sovereign credit downgrade to junk by global ratings agencies.

The Democratic National Committee's 2012 platform, released Monday night, will be officially adopted on Tuesday night.

Achmat Hasseim lost his right leg in a great white shark attack, and the Paralympic swimmer from South Africa used that frightening experience to propel himself to a bronze medal in Saturday's men's 100-meter butterfly in London.