The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises – and is vulnerable to them. Climate change, other ecological degradation and socio-economic inequality are all linked to food.

A South African pastor's rapture claim for 23–24 September 2025 has sparked viral TikTok debate, panic, and pet-related prayers.

Conservationists mark world rhino day on Monday while they are still in a constant battle against poaching

Sebabatso Mosamo, an Associated Press visual journalist in South Africa who documented elections, the COVID-19 pandemic and her country’s struggle with poverty and violence, has died

Deepfakes are forgeries of people’s faces, voices and likeness generated through artificial intelligence (AI). They create a serious digital deception. Deepfakes undermine constitutional rights, reduce trust in media and distort fairness in elections. While many countries have laws that address the risks caused by deepfakes, enforcement remains a challenge.

Brazil now joins Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye and others who have signed on to the case.

From the music, film to publishing industries, growing numbers of Western artists are calling for a cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war, hoping to emulate the success of the apartheid-era blockade of South Africa.

A group of about 100 pro-democracy activists from Eswatini have protested at the U

A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to.

South African trade officials have held talks with their U.S. counterparts in Washington as Africa’s largest economy looks to repair strained relations and negotiate the lifting of heavy tariffs imposed by the United States

For black people living in South Africa during apartheid, simply moving around the country was a fraught activity, let alone crossing its borders. This was especially the case for black women, who were “rock bottom of the racial pile”, as South African writer Lauretta Ngcobo expressed it.