The fossil skull that rocked the world—the Taung find's complex colonial legacy 100 years later
In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...
‘Golden’-eyed creature found burrowing at campsite in Mozambique. It’s a new species
Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, a “golden”-eyed creature sat in the sand and called out with “high-pitched notes.” ...
South Africa’s 20-million-year-old fynbos fish face final gasp
Fynbos fish, some dating back 20 million years, are disappearing from South Africa’s rivers. Conservationists warn that ...
Pug life: Woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable 'clowns of the dog world'
A woman in South Africa has rescued more than 2,500 pugs over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in ...
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Africa's Power Revolution: Mission 300 to Light Up Continent’s Future
Exceptional World Bank Group-African Development Bank Collaboration to Connect 300 million People to Electricity by 2030 Dar es Salaam Energy Summit to Chart Pathways for Energy Transformation ...
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Five well-known South African companies technically insolvent
Five of South Africa’s best-known companies, MultiChoice, the SABC, Cell C, the SA Post Office, and Stefanutti Stocks, are technically insolvent. A company is technically insolvent when its ...
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Afrikaans-only university in South Africa set to double in 2025
The Akademia Afrikaans-only university in South Africa is looking forward to a boom year in 2025. Having shown remarkable growth over the last decade and a half since its inception, there are new ...
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep ...
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Africa’s imperative for strategic action in the light of Trump’s policies
With South Africa, Ethiopia and Egypt among its members, Brics offers African nations an opportunity to reduce reliance on Western financial systems and explore alternatives like trading in local ...
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Chaos ensues at major South African airports due to fuel pump failure
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