South Africa

Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine some termite mounds in an arid region were about 34,000 years old.

South Africa makes history with a crushing win over Afghanistan in Trinidad to reach the team's first-ever T20 World Cup final.

A paedophile water polo coach convicted of grooming a child for sex in Australia has been deported from the UK after the ABC found him working as a children's lifeguard at a family water park.

The National Gallery of Victoria's new exhibition tells the story of African fashion through queer storytelling, colonial rebellion and challenging stereotypes.

South Africa has come out on top of a tense match with the United States, making a winning start to the Super 8.

Rhodes University's Dr Thapelo Tselapedi says the country's new coalition government has brought together former political foes.

Time is running out in South Africa to find solutions to its real-world problems — otherwise the country may well become another textbook case on what happens when inequality is allowed to fester.

Olashinde "Chef Omo" Omotosho's journey has taken him 12,000km from Lagos to Gascoyne Junction, where he's head chef for the small cattle town's only pub.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected by politicians for a second term on Friday, after his party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with a former political foe just hours before the vote.

The south-east African nation's vice-president, who had corruption charges dropped against him last month, was on a short trip from the capital to a mountainous region in the country's north.

The African National Congress party (ANC) has lost majority for the first time in 30 years, as joblessness, inequality and power shortages force voters to look to other parties.

The party of the late Nelson Mandela receives just 40.27 per cent of the vote in national parliamentary elections, down from 57.7 per cent in 2019, as supporters abandon it due to anger over joblessness, inequality and power shortages.

From the next novel by the 2023 Miles Franklin winner to a First Nations version of Shakespeare, to the hotly anticipated follow-up to Brooklyn, there are plenty of great new books to read this month. 

While the ANC looks likely to remain the country's largest political force, voters appear to have punished the former liberation movement for years of decline.

Mining giant BHP might have pulled out at the 11th hour in its takeover ambitions for rival Anglo American, but make no mistake — it's a question of when, not if, the Big Australian will come knocking again.

The result could see the country pushed into unknown territory, with the African National Congress' rule under significant threat.

The national and provincial elections in South Africa could bring the most defining change in a generation.

South Africa has told the International Court of Justice the situation in Gaza has reached "a new and horrific stage" as it sought emergency measures to stop Israel's incursion in Rafah.

Rescuers are still searching for 29 people that remain unaccounted-for.

Anglo American has rejected BHP's $60 billion takeover proposal, saying the bid significantly undervalued the London-listed miner and its prospects.

Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completes his run across the entire length of Africa after a 352-day odyssey that included being robbed at gunpoint and suffering food poisoning.

The bus plummeted off a bridge and caught fire after it hit the ground.

An eight-year-old child is the only survivor after a bus in South Africa plunged into a ravine and caught fire, officials say.

When Adila Hassim represented South Africa in its ICJ case against Israel, she was struck by the overwhelming sense that the courtroom is not a place for women. She's one of many prominent voices now calling for change in the world's highest court.

Australia's cricket teens have emulated the national men's team by winning the Under-19 World Cup with a decisive 79-run win over India in the final.