The Latest Breaking News from South Africa

Smallholder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change, and water contamination and damaged land caused by illegal, small-scale mining.

All 35 members of Andy Farrell’s squad trained on Wednesday.

South Africa has experienced some extreme weather events in recent months. These have included floods and an uncommon tornado in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, floods in the Eastern Cape and mid-latitude cyclones in the Western Cape. Kaitano Dube, a human geographer who has researched tourism, extreme weather and resilience to…

Cape Town’s disaster coordination team has been on alert since last Thursday

The Namibian high court recently invalidated the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were unconstitutional. This ruling follows a separate decision in 2023 where Namibia’s supreme court…

Ireland’s two-match tour concludes next Saturday in Durban after an opening 27-20 defeat.

The Springboks underlined their status as Test rugby’s top-ranked nation with a 27-20 win.

South Africa's journey home was marked by solitude

The Springboks’ bench won a penalty try at the death to settle a thrilling contest between two true heavyweights