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As the country celebrates 25 years of democracy, South Africans are encouraged to reflect on how the country has, for decades, been at the...

The Department of Energy reminds all South Africans that it is imperative that we stand together to build and develop our continent. To achieve this, the department is already working with a number of countries on the continent to improve energy capacity for all Africans.

President Jacob Zuma has condemned the attacks on foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, calling for calm. "We cannot accept that when there are challenges we then use violence - particularly to our brothers and sisters from the continent," he said in an interview with SABC on Wednesday night.

The South African government has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the "barbaric and cowardly" terrorist attack at Garissa University College in Kenya last week, in which 148 people were killed and 79 or more injured.

South Africa was one of the first countries to condemn the attacks in northeastern Nigeria, in which about 2 000 people are thought to have been killed. Many more were forced to flee into neighbouring countries. Pretoria said deliberate attacks against civilians were a crime against humanity.

The South African government has come out in support of the UN Security Council's condemnation of the attack on journalists at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris as "barbaric and cowardly", describing it as a "crime against humanity".

The South African government has come out in support of the UN Security Council's condemnation of the attack on journalists at Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris as "barbaric and cowardly", describing it as a "crime against humanity".

South Africa has sent condolences to the government and people of Nigeria, and reiterated its condemnation "of all forms and manner of terrorism", following a bomb attack at a bus station on the outskirts of Abuja on Monday which reportedly claimed over 70 lives.

South Africa has sent condolences to the government and people of Nigeria, and reiterated its condemnation "of all forms and manner of terrorism", following a bomb attack at a bus station on the outskirts of Abuja on Monday which reportedly claimed over 70 lives.

South Africa has condemned the reported use of chemical weapons in the civil war in Syria earlier this week, adding that it was "gravely concerned" about the escalation of the conflict in that country.