God is identified with the weak, the poor, and the powerless. Jesus was clear when he said people will experience God when they feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and minister to the sick. ...more

November 1, 2008

President Thabo Mbeki went on national television Sunday to formally announce his resignation and deny charges that he pressured prosecutors to go after his rival, Jacob Zuma, whose supporters forced the South African leader from office. ...more

September 22, 2008

Thabo Mbeki is fond of packing his speeches with passages from "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," so it is perhaps fitting his downfall had the hallmarks of a Shakespearean tragedy. ...more

September 21, 2008

The world must not grow complacent about AIDS because the number of new HIV infections still outpaces the number of those being treated for the disease, former South African President Nelson Mandela said at a benefit concert Saturday. ...more

December 2, 2007

The fifth in a series of international concerts that Nelson Mandela has used to raise awareness about AIDS will be held Dec. 1 in Johannesburg. ...more

October 2, 2007

The towering construction cranes and the cacophony of churning concrete trucks and rumbling cherry pickers are the sights and sounds of a business boom in South Africa's most famous township. ...more

September 30, 2007