South African immigration authorities have raided a United States refugee processing center in Johannesburg and seven Kenyans working there illegally were arrested and given deportation orders.

South African annual inflation unexpectedly softened in November, edging closer to the central bank’s new 3% target and boosting hopes for an interest-rate cut next month. Bonds rallied.

Jonathan Pienaar, the prolific South African star of films like Blood Diamond and series like Cape Town, has died at the age 63.

In recent years, there have been several mass shootings at bars in South Africa, which has one of the highest homicide rates in the world.

The South African rand gained on Tuesday after domestic data showed a pickup in the leading business cycle indicator in October from September, and slightly softer than expected inflation in November.

South Africa’s new lower inflation target is giving the rand fresh momentum, with policymakers and analysts agreeing it could curb a long-term track record of weakness.

The South African government briefly held, then released, two US government employees on assignment in South Africa as part of the Trump administration’s bid to admit Afrikaners to the United States,

Dragons sign Currie Cup winning captain Cebo Dlamini from Griquas because of an injury crisis at tight-head prop.