JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was taken back to prison on Friday after his parole was ruled invalid, only to be released again within two hours under a new program to ...

In a late-night drama that transfixed his country, South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has surrendered to prison to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. Mr. Zuma, ...

Watch live from outside a South African prison on Friday, 5 January, after Oscar Pistorius was released on parole after serving nine years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The former ...

At a glitzy party in a luxury Johannesburg hotel several years ago, South African celebrities sang Happy Birthday to a well-dressed man appearing by video link who was introduced as the chairman of ...

The 28-year-old was found guilty last year of culpable homicide — a charge akin to manslaughter — and sentenced to five years in prison for shooting model and TV presenter Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African convicted murderer who faked his death to escape from prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt, police have announced. South African ...

South African mother Racquel "Kelly" Smith (R) w got life in prison Thursday for selling her daughter Joshlin for $1,100. She, her boyfriend and a friend of the couple were all convicted for ...