English/Nat South African President Nelson Mandela told controversial U.S. black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan that South Africa rejects racism and sexism and reveres all religions. Louis Farrakhan who arrived in Johannesburg accompanied...

English/Nat South Africa is one of several countries offering its troops to an international peacekeeping force in Eastern Zaire. During Apartheid, South Africa's army became one of the most powerful in Africa - but it was often used...

English/Nat South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party (I-F-P) today (Friday) begins a special three day conference to decide its next step after its leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi stormed out of parliament. Some fear a rise in violence...

1. Wide shot of School of Magic 2. Medium shot of banner of the school 3. Various of students practicing 4. Set up shot of David Gore, Director and founder of Magic School 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Gore, Director and founder of...

Mandarin/Eng/Nat Too many cooks spoil the broth? Not at South Africa's first ever international gourmet festival! Four of the world's top chefs brought their recipes and aprons to South Africa to raise money for charity, train new chefs...

English/Nat Actor Omar Sharif, made a whistle-stop tour to South Africa this week - for a controversial business linkup. The star of Dr Zhivago is going into partnership with Winnie Mandela the estranged wife of South African...

1. Various of Gra�a Machel at photo session 2. Various shots of Gra�a Machel during lecture 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gra�a Machel, president of GAVI (Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation) Alliance "If we can save about three...

1. Wide of Mvezo 2. Close-up of sign: The Kingdom of Abathembu 3. Various of arrivals 4. Former South African President Nelson Mandela sitting on chair with two other men 5. Close-up of Nelson Mandela 6. Various of arrivals entering...

English/Nat Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Sunday opened a pre-Olympic conference in Sydney at which sporting and intellectual heavyweights wrestled with the question "What makes a champion?" Mandela was presented with...

Pretoria - 1 December 2009 1. Wide of South African President Jacob Zuma and government officials standing for national anthem 2. Zuma standing with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe 3. Cutaway of banner reading (English) "I am...

1. Exterior of Pretoria regional court 2. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela arriving at court in a car 3. Winnie talking on the mobile from inside the car 4. Zinzi Mandela, daughter of Madikizela-Mandela 5. Cutaway of media 6....

Pretoria 1. Wide of hospital where Nelson Mandela is receiving treatment; arrival of two vehicles, with lead one believed to be carrying South African President Jacob Zuma 2. Cutaway of sign for Mediclinic Heart Hospital 3. Pan of what...

1. Mid shot of Mac Maharaj, spokesperson for South African President Jacob Zuma, on mobile phone 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mac Maharaj, Spokesperson for President Jacob Zuma: "Former President Nelson Mandela is still in hospital, where he...

English/Nat UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday- his first visit to the continent since taking office. South Africa is the first stop of his African tour. He is also due to visit Namibia, Angola and...

1. Wide of Nelson Mandela Foundation 2. Mid of journalists and cameramen 3. Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and former South African President Nelson Mandela walking towards media 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nelson Mandela, former...

English/Nat South Africa's President Nelson Mandela named a multiracial team on Sunday to rebuild a police force weakened by racism, low morale and its apartheid past. The top job of National Commissioner goes to George Fivaz, a white...

English/Nat President Nelson Mandela has reassured his country's coloured community that they are a vital component of the new South Africa. Coloured, or mixed race South Africans, concerned they are missing out on new opportunities in...

Shona/English/Nat Polling has begun in Zimbabwe but voters are showing little enthusiasm for a presidential election which has become a one-man race. Robert Mugabe - the man who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence 16 years ago - is...

English/Nat Winnie Mandela won a temporary court order Friday that prevents police studying documents seized from her house and office in raids earlier this week. She had gone to court to seek an urgent interdict against the police who...

Belarus - First Free Elections Minsk, Belarus Exterior of polling station Citizens casting their votes The present Belarussian emblem Interior polling station Speaker of the Parliament, Micheslav Grib casting his vote President of...

Johannesburg - 05 February 2010 1. Pan from T-shirt in exhibition reading (English) "Free Mandela" to poster showing picture of Nelson and Winnie Mandela on the day of his release 2. Exhibition poster with title reading (English)...

Natural Sound A protest march by thousands of Zulu nationalists through the streets of downtown Durban turned to chaos after shots were fired. At least nine people, including several police officers and a man police say fired on the...

President Nelson Mandela on Saturday (12/10) asserted South Africa's leading role in Africa and firmly rejected unilateral cooperation with Washington during talks with US Secretary of State Warren Christopher. 0.00 Demonstrators...

English/Nat South African president Nelson Mandela has wound up his time as head of the African National Congress with an emotional speech to the party's 50th national congress. The wide-ranging 53-page speech took more than four hours...