The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

Etzebeth had started South Africa’s previous 22 games against New Zealand but is sidelined for the Rugby Championship match

Etzebeth had initially been left out of South Africa’s squad for the encounter with New Zealand at Ellis Park

She was hounded from the Miss South Africa contest in a torrent of vicious, xenophobic abuse.

Dion George says avoiding extinction of African penguin is his objective, and settling case aimed at stopping fishing around major colonies will help

In the isolated village of Hondeklip Bay, Patrick Rulph is the lone voice on the radio bringing fishers back to shore.

Celebrate International Cap Classique Day on September 1st with a bottle of South Africa’s answer to Champagne

Around the world, fast food advertising has been called out for sexualising and objectifying women’s bodies. In South Africa in 2019, for example, one fast food chain was castigated by advertising authorities for “the gratuitous use of sexualised women and sexual puns, with no product relevance”. At the same time,…

South Africa is a water-scarce country, the 30th driest in the world. Using water wisely will become more and more important as the population grows and droughts related to climate change increase. A lack of clean, fresh water has a negative impact on people’s health and on the amount of…

Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all been affected by the drought. Crop failures in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – the largest maize producers in southern Africa –…