The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

High court case demands inquiry into 1985 Cradock Four killings and ‘constitutional damages’ worth £7.3m

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden stories. His mission was to visit artists in their studios to learn about the environments in which they work and…

African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers have described it as a “must read for all who care about the future of Africa and its people”. The book outlines how…

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads had been placed into the marrow cavity.

The princess last visited South Africa in 2012.

In mid-January 2025 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala Umgodi — meaning “plug the hole” – which had cut off food and water in an effort to “smoke out”…

The Princess Royal is on a solo visit to South Africa and she wore a practical outfit and her iconic sunglasses on the first day

Unveiling of a memorial in Cape Town honoring Black South African WWI servicemen who served in non-combat roles.

Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein establishes Counter-Terror Task Force to enhance security for South African Jewish community and address global terror thr...

More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with a memorial more than 100 years later

A daring rescue operation in Carletonville, South Africa, using advanced technology and community support, saved trapped miners with 246 survivors rescued.