JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Protesters used children as "human shields" during an attempt to burn down a police station and municipal offices, the South African government said Wednesday, reacting to ...

South African authorities on Monday cleared a camp of the Khoisan community squatting on the grounds of the Union Buildings in Pretoria for six years to demand recognition as the country’s first ...

South Africa: Johannesburg Fire Disaster - Why Eradicating Hijacked Buildings Is Not the Answer Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp (CC BY-ND 4.0) ...

JOHANNESBURG — Students were ordered on Thursday to abandon a South African university, leaving behind charred, smoldering buildings after protests turned violent. North-West University said ...