South Africa, Africa

A new focus on healthcare in South Africa's most densely populated inner-city suburb, is to help regenerate a community hard hit by HIV/AIDS,...

As many as 3,200 mine workers became trapped in the in Elandsrand mine, a gold mine in South Africa about 50 miles west of Johannesburg in...

Francinah Ndala, pastor and chairperson of the township Ladies Forum, is no ordinary member of the community; she is a statuesque woman with a...

Eastern Africa could face dry conditions early next year, with the possibility of seasonal rains being delayed by the effects of a climate...

Lobola is a century-old tradition, still common throughout Africa. This system requires that a price be paid for the right to marry a woman. This...

Food security in Africa is likely to be "severely compromised" by climate change, with production expected to halve by 2020, according to climate...

News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention efforts. ...

While increasingly grim forecasts predict agricultural declines in southern Africa due to climate change, a farming method called Conservation...

Unaccompanied children, an average of 14 years old but sometimes as young as seven, are being drawn to South Africa from neighbouring states in the...

Public hearings into human rights violations on South African farms this week have lifted the lid on simmering tensions between farmers and farm...