The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. Apartheid, dismantled in the 1990s, left a deep-seeded legacy of land inequality after centuries of policies pushed ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean ... fault sits between the North American which is sliding south, and the Pacific plate, which is sliding north.

A law that allows the government to confiscate land has reignited racial tensions that have dogged Africa's southernmost ... shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns. South Africa halts ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from NE to E at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 54 °F (12.2 °C). Cloudy with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C) and a 64% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is sounding the alarm about what it calls a deepening water supply crisis affecting parts of the province. A recent systems support status ...

On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites. Step inside the plant, though, and the made-in-Africa image begins to fade.

Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers breaking news and updates on Politics, Current Affairs ...

Breetzke's 150, which came off 148 balls with 11 fours and five sixes, broke a record that has stood for 13 days short of 48 years.

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...

The show offers insight and moves people to help protect the environment. This weekly show looks at biodiversity conservation, the energy of tomorrow, alternative resource management and the ...