Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...

About 80% of South Africa's electricity still comes from burning coal. The country's 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date. They have not ...

A nation’s budget should lift its citizens out of poverty and set them on a path to economic contribution. Economic mobility ...

South African sculptor and painter James Delaney wants to encourage people in Johannesburg to engage with parks through public art.

South Africa’s rand weakened after US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the country.

Many African countries are facing acute economic challenges. As the number of super-rich on the continent grows, so do calls ...

Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has ...

Diseases don’t respect national borders … governments all over the world need to work together to rein them in ...

IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa announces plans for groundbreaking legislation to expedite deportation of undocumented foreign ...

A national budget is often dismissed as a series of promises and colossal figures recited by a country’s Minister of Finance.

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press ...