A group of teenagers have climbed out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.

South Africa's housing market continues to face challenges, weighed down by elevated interest rates, persistently high unemployment, and a sluggish economy. However, there are signs of improvement on ...

The size of the outbreak, with deaths reported in provinces across the country, has forced South Africa’s leaders to reckon with the everyday consequences of dysfunctional government departments ...

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November 23, 2024 • Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola will lead a delegation of South African ministers in a bilateral engagement with Mozambique on Wednesday, 18 December 2024. Deputy ...

The history of the Dutch in South Africa is a two-sided coin. Many regard the Dutch settlers as pioneers in establishing trade routes and as the forefathers of Afrikaner culture. Yet, their ...

South Africa’s 244-day run without load shedding suggests energy utility Eskom has finally turned the corner in the battle to maintain an energy surplus. Other countries are not as fortunate. Indeed, ...

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Loewenson’s project, “Black Papers: Beyond the Politics of Land, Towards African Policies of Earth & Air,” explores the social and spatial dynamics in modern Africa.

[Emmanuel Croset/AFP] On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected food poisoning after eating ...