Africa South Africa The country must begin the transition to a cashless system to curb currency theft, crime experts advise, even though the latest crime statistics show a decline in cash theft
Africa South Africa After several protests from family members and the South African heritage organisation, the Guernsey auction house in New York blocked the sale of some 70 personal items belonging to South Africa's anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela
Africa South Africa In Kruger National Park, one of Africa's largest game reserves and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, a new tourist attraction opened not long ago, a stationary train on a bridge that has become a luxury hotel
Africa South Africa The Black Mambas are an all-female anti-poaching unit that operates strictly unarmed in the country to combat the illegal hunting of protected species by defending animals by confronting poachers without the use of weapons
Africa South Africa South African start-up Lelapa Ai developed Vulavula, a language model capable of transcribing speech and identifying names in three African languages (Afrikaans, IsiZulu and Sesotho); many AI programmes such as ChatGpt do not work in African languages
Africa South Africa Jacob Zuma, former South African President, will withdraw his support for the ruling party, the African National Congress, of which he has been a member for over 60 years
Africa South Africa The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is seeking bids for the development of 3.200 MW of wind power under the long-awaited and delayed Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program
Africa South Africa A decline in the number of people living with Aids-HIV was recorded in a study conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council, with 12,7% of the population infected with the virus compared to 14% in the last survey conducted five years ago
Africa South Africa The government has sent a formal request to the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by mid-December: South African presidency minister said 'the world cannot simply stand by and watch'
Africa South Africa 200.000 schoolchildren in the South African province of KwaZulu Natal still have to walk more than three kilometres every day to get to class
Africa South Africa South Africa became the first nation to win four men's rugby World Cup titles after defeating New Zealand in a dramatic final at the Stade de France with a result overturned at the last minute, despite very favourable predictions for the All Blacks
Africa South Africa A $1 billion World Bank loan will support South Africa's energy reforms and decarbonisation, with priority given to alleviating the long-term electricity crisis, stimulating private sector engagement and creating jobs in the renewable energy sector
Africa South Africa The endangered African penguin Spheniscus demersus could become extinct in the wild by 2035; to protect the bird's food supply and slow the population collapse, South Africa is creating a protective cordon of no-fishing around the main breeding colonies