Jacob Zuma
FILE — In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 file photo, former South African President, Jacob Zuma, appears at a hearing of the Zondo Commission of Enquiry into State Capture. A special unit in the country is now investigating nearly $900 million worth of possible corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 contracts at the same time that allegations of widespread government graft continues. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)
Hope that South Africa's COVID-19 corruption inspires action

By Gerald Imray Mar. 15, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Prior to his address Ramaphosa lit a candle for the some 46,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the country. (Esa Alexander/Pool via AP)
South Africa's president fights own party over corruption

By Mogomotsi Magome Feb. 19, 2021 09:19 AM EST

South African Airways suspends operations amid huge debt

By Mogomotsi Magome Sep. 30, 2020 06:14 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s state-owned airline has suspended all its operations as it struggles to raise a bailout of more than 10...

FILE — In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, South Africa. Ramaphosa on Thursday Aug. 27, 2020, faced tough questioning by lawmakers over COVID-19 corruption allegations, days after he asked ruling party members to refrain from stealing money meant for the poor. (Sumaya Hisham/Pool Photo via AP, File)
South African president grilled over COVID-19 graft scandals

By Mogomotsi Magome Aug. 27, 2020 10:47 AM EDT

FILE — In this May 20, 2020 file photo people queue to collect food at a distribution point in Pretoria, South Africa. South Africa's COVID-19 response has been marred by corruption allegations around its historic dollars 26 billion economic relief package, as the country with the world's fifth highest number of COVID-19 cases braces for more. (AP Photo/Phil Magakoe/File}
South Africa warns COVID-19 corruption puts 'lives at risk'

By Mogomotsi Magome Jul. 26, 2020 03:07 AM EDT

In this photo supplied courtesy of the Mini family the late South African doctor and activist Dr. Clarence Mini attends a conference in Canada in 1996. Clarence Mini, a South African activist and doctor who died of COVID-19 spent his life fighting apartheid, the government's denial of HIV/AIDS and rampant corruption. Loved ones say Mini knew the odds were against him but he was committed to what he believed was right. He died in May at age 69. (Photo courtesy of the Mini family via AP)
Lives Lost: South African activist targeted apartheid, HIV

By Mogomotsi Magome Jun. 19, 2020 01:03 AM EDT