TEHRAN, February 15 - Cyril Ramaphosa, a former anti-apartheid activist turned businessman, was named South Africa's president Thursday and immediately vowed to fight corruption, in a direct reference to accusations leveled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma.
TEHRAN, February 14 - South African Ambassador to Iran William Max Whitehead said his country is in talks with US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to remove banking problems with Iran.
TEHRAN, February 14 -South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to respond on Wednesday to an order from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to step down as head of state, party officials said, after nine years in office dogged by scandal and a stagnant economy.
TEHRAN, February 13 - South Africa on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave the city of Cape Town without domestic tap water.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will convene a special meeting of its decision-making executive on Monday, its spokesman said, amid mounting pressure on President Jacob Zuma to step down.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Top officials from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) met President Jacob Zuma late on Sunday, amid growing pressure for the 75-year old leader to step down as head of state.
TEHRAN, February 3 - South African President Jacob Zuma should step down, a senior ruling African National Congress official said, raising fresh pressure on Zuma who has been weakened since Cyril Ramaphosa became ANC leader in December.
TEHRAN, February 2 - At least 900 miners who were trapped in a South African gold mine for more than 24 hours after a power outage have been safely evacuated.
TEHRAN, January 20 -South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday it would work for close coordination between the party and the government, declining to comment on a report its executive planned to force Jacob Zuma to step down as president.
TEHRAN, December 18 -Battle lines were drawn on Monday for South Africa’s ANC as voting began to elect a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma as head of a party that has ruled since the end of apartheid but faced scandals and corruption allegations.
TEHRAN, December 16 -South Africa’s government will take “necessary tough decisions” to stabilize public debt and grow the economy, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, November 2 - South Africa's main opposition party walked out of parliament on Thursday, saying President Jacob Zuma was refusing to answer questions on how much the state had spent on legal fees fighting corruption allegations against him.
TEHRAN, October 26 -Global business planning software giant SAP (SAPG.DE) is making sweeping changes to its sales practices in countries around the world, the German company said as it revealed it is the subject of a U.S. corruption probe tied to its business dealings in South Africa.
TEHRAN, October 25- South Africa has called on Iran to lift visa restrictions for business leaders visiting the country in a move which could help boost the level of trade between the two countries.
TEHRAN, October 23 - The 13th meeting of Iran-South Africa Joint Commission was held in the African state’s administrative capital of Pretoria on Monday, October 23.