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Trump declared he would cut aid to South Africa over ‘rights violations’ relating to new laws giving the South African government the power to expropriate land

South Africa says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit in April for talks on finding “a path to peace” with Russia

Palladium is a rare precious metal that comes primarily from Russia and South Africa. After reaching a high of $3,425 per ounce in early 2022, the price plunged and was trading on either side of $1,000 per ounce in March 2025.

Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for over 70% of global deaths annually.

The United States has withdrawn from a climate agreement where rich nations have pledged billions of dollars to help a small group of developing countries switch from coal to green energy sources

It’s become common to see kids, some in their school uniforms, puffing on a vape.

The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme's first beneficiary South Africa and Indonesia said Thursday.

One hundred years ago, a paper was published in the journal Nature that would radically shift our understandings of the origins of humanity. It described a fossil, found in a lime mine in Taung in South Africa, which became known as the Taung child skull.

South Africa faced another disappointment in the knockout stage of an International Cricket Council tournament, losing to New Zealand in the semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Lahore on Wednesday. But team's head coach, Rob Walter, believes they are progressing well ahead of hosting the ODI World Cup in two…