The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

Competition finally returns after eight-year hiatus

The singer first called herself a ‘colored South African’ in a 2020 TikTok which sparked backlash after resurfacing three years later

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, in mid-January following a court order and intense public outcry.

All the ways to watch ICC Champions Trophy live streams online and from anywhere as eight cricketing nations compete for glory in Pakistan and the UAE.

South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as a human right. “Access” from a human rights perspective means that water is physically accessible, clean and safe for consumption, and affordable. Section 27 of the country’s constitution stipulates that everyone has the right to access…

The cable will run for more than 50,000 kilometres (31,000 miles) between the US, South Africa, India, Brazil and "other regions", Meta wrote in a blog on Friday.

Dubbed the “world’s first openly gay Imam”, South African religious leader Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down on 15 February 2025 in an attack that many believe was targeted. Tributes have poured in across the world, but so have online comments that his death was justified.

Africa’s population is growing. This means more landscape change and development of supporting infrastructure. Ecosystems are under pressure, made worse by natural disasters induced by climate change.

The killing has raised fears of a politically motivated assassination

The tragic assassination of Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering openly gay Muslim imam in South Africa, sparks global condemnation and calls for justice.

PEPFAR suspension in South Africa threatens HIV treatment access and prevention efforts, risking increased infections and deaths.