The Latest Breaking News from Cape Town

Could a family trip to South Africa be the perfect escape from London’s gloomy weather?

As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of litres of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa’s Water Research Commission recently commissioned a study into using seawater to flush toilets in…

More than 100 firefighters are battling two blazes on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain

A wildfire has broken out across Table Mountain National Park, blanketing South Africa’s Cape Town in thick smoke.

A raging wildfire has scarred large areas of Cape Town's Table Mountain but now appears to be under control

Ahead of a career retrospective, Sue Williamson tells how the US pair are dragging her country ‘through the mud’

Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown

Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification

Water scarcity is often viewed as an issue for the arid American West, but the U.S. Northeast’s experience in 2024 shows how severe droughts can occur in just about any part of the country.