The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

Torrential rains and severe flooding across parts of southern Africa have killed more than 100 people in three countries, destroyed thousands of homes and caused tens of millions of dollars’ worth of damage in one of Africa’s premier wildlife parks

Heavyweights South Africa and New Zealand will play a historic Test match in the US in September as part of “Rugby’s Great Rivalry” series

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s regional Red List for mammals at risk are: Lesueur’s hairy bat, the laminate vlei…

South African authorities have revised the death toll in a school bus crash to 12 children and announced the driver has been arrested and will face criminal charges

Flooding in Mozambique has displaced over 300,000 people, according to the Gaza province governor

A casual encounter in Cape Town turned awkward when Dua Lipa noticed a filter in a fan’s video.

As universities in South Africa prepare to admit a new group of students, thousands of young people from rural parts of the country hope for a life-changing opportunity.

Authorities in South Africa say a collision between a truck and a school minibus in Gauteng province has killed at least 13 children

Preliminary reports indicate 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries later in hospital.