Pug at a rescue centre in South Africa ...

The MeerKAT radio telescope, located in the Northern Cape, has made an extraordinary discovery – a giant radio galaxy named ‘Inkathazo’, meaning “trouble” in the isiXhosa and isiZulu languages, that ...

Following delays in receiving final costing and quotes for detailed engineering work, ASX-listed uranium miner Deep Yellow ...

Detailed livestock models are important for land-use planning, disaster relief and food insecurity.

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The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival ...

The 18 years and 270 days old Maphaka broke Paul Adams’ South Africa record of youngest test player, who played his first test against England in 1995 at the age of 18 years and 340 days.

A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the day of his arrival for a state visit, the first to Africa by an American president. (AP ...

South Africa is poised for Chinese investment in its R500-billion motoring industry after the president signed a tax break for the production of so-called new-energy vehicles into law. Three Chinese ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. South Africa’s Limpopo region has always been cow country. A bridegroom’s family traditionally pays the ...

South Africa's newly formed coalition between the opposition DA and the ANC is under pressure to achieve reformsImage: South African GCIS/AP/picture alliance "Overall, progress has been made and ...