A new Government of National Unity (GNU) has been in place since June 2024, which the markets have welcomed. The GNU faces difficult challenges: declining GDP per capita, high unemployment, poverty ...

In a dry climate such as South Africa’s, small wetlands play a huge role. They are water sources, and habitats or refuges for animals and people in times of drought or low rainfall. During our ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with South Africa.

For travelers looking to take the trek of a lifetime, a new 12-day expedition will bring guests from the famed Amboseli ...

South Africa's energy regulator on Thursday granted state power utility Eskom an average tariff increase of 12.7% for 2025/26 ...

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to ...

What would you do if a huge crack in the Earth suddenly appeared in the place where you lived? Though this might seem like an ...

A coalition of leading African civil society groups called on the World Bank to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals, ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame warned that if South African wanted confrontation, his country would respond, and his comments ...

President Trump’s decision to clean house at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and initially freeze all ...

Sambudla, a daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma, appeared in court on Thursday after being charged with ...