In a court-ordered rescue operation, at least 78 bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine where police cut off food and water for months, in what trade unions called a horrific crackdown; 246 survivors have been arrested once at the surface

The presentation of the national budget was abruptly postponed due to a dispute within the country's ruling coalition, marking an unprecedented delay in South Africa's in the post-apartheid era

A green hydrogen directive is set to be launched on 17 February, which is expected to simplify approval procedures for green hydrogen projects that would stimulate economic growth, reduce environmental risks and encourage the creation of new jobs

A gigantic new radio galaxy, over 32 times the size of the Milky Way, has been discovered by the South African MeerKAT telescope revealed Jacinta Delhaize, lecturer at the University of Cape Town and one of the lead researchers who made the discovery