Stone tools crafted by ancient humans between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago that were recovered from coastal South Africa's ...

Novelist Nadine Gordimer crossed South Africa’s color line to become a staunch opponent of apartheid and supporter of the ANC ...

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed ...

On World Book Day, South Africa’s early literacy crisis takes centre stage. As the country grapples with a deep literacy ...

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today. This is the first installment of a new bimonthly column by David Austin Walsh. “A moment of ...

A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization ...

Behind the headlines, and largely unreported, the basic measures of human well-being have continued to improve in recent ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rebounded strongly on Thursday, with the benchmark stock index logging its second-largest single-day rise in history after the U.S. paused most of its new tariffs ...

have given the impression that their ancestors came to West Africa from elsewhere. One way to find out more about a population's history is by studying their genes. This also informs medical research.

"American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth ditched living in Hollywood for a move to South Africa to support a cause close to her heart. Elizabeth spoke at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh last ...

These individuals share their lived experiences of the time that they say shaped the history of South Africa. The imagery of the film depicting the fateful day (16 June,1976) shows little to no ...