Weeks after President Jacob Zuma took office, violent protests rocked some of South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods to demand basic services like running water and electricity. After dousing the flames of torched buildings, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has sacked mayors and councillors, begun surprise inspections of municipal offices, and unveiled an audit that found local finances in disarray ...

Former South African health minister Mantombazane Tshabalala-Msimang, whose AIDS policies drew international condemnation, died Wednesday after a long battle with liver disease. Doctors said the 69-year-old had died at Wits University medical centre in Johannesburg as a result of complications from a 2007 liver transplant. In more than eight years as minister, she shot to international prominence for defying scientific ...

Former South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, whose AIDS policies drew international opprobrium, died Wednesday after battling liver disease, SAPA news agency reported. Her doctor, Jeff Wing, said the 69-year-old former minister had died shortly before 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) at Wits University medical centre in Johannesburg. She died as a result of complications arising from a liver transplant ...

South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She was 69. The ruling African National Congress said Tshabalala-Msimang died in a Johannesburg hospital Wednesday from complications ...