A law that allows the government to confiscate land has reignited racial tensions that have dogged Africa's southernmost tip ...

South Africa has submitted more than 50 species to the Red List of threatened species every year for the past three years from the Richtersveld region alone due to expanding diamond mining, ongoing ...

Like many African leaders of his era, he was shaped by the struggle for resistance against colonial oppression. This was no ...

A young Xhosa poet delivered a praise speech for the president of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa during the ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Weathered, historic diamond-find ledgers, fossilised oyster shells, mineralised rock formations, salt deposits and old rusted excavators are just a few of the relics found at derelict and abandoned ...

South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out ...

The popular Conophytum, Lithops and Tylecodon are part of the group of rare and aesthetically unique succulents which are now ...

The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible dust bowl, following decades ...

Explore the enchanting landscapes and rich culture of South Africa during the off-season, from April to November.