The resilient species — which regrow after wildfires — are said to capture the spirit of a nation reborn.

The African penguin has been declared critically endangered and could become extinct in the wild by 2035 unless commercial ...

Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped ...

A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...

A four-decade quest to bring the quagga back is being heralded as a success, but not everyone is impressed ...

The Cape Water Lily, absent from the lowland wetlands of Cape Town since the mid-1900s, has been reintroduced to its native ...

A German Navy warship is returning from an extensive deployment to the Indo-Pacific region via the Cape of Good Hope, ...

is making a positive impact across Eastern and Southern Africa, from expanding education in the Democratic Republic of Congo to electrifying rural areas in Tanzania and improving food security in ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

Evacuations are under way in the Eastern Cape as ... eastern parts of the Eastern Cape for Tuesday. Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and ...

Saturday 19 October featured a busy midday flying display, which began with a pair of Silver Falcons PC-7 Mk IIs, followed by a Hawk Mk 120 (fresh from a Cape deployment for Exercise Ibsamar the ...

Cape Town has been recognised as 'Africa’s Leading City Destination' for 2024 at the World Travel Awards, marking the fourth year in a row that the city has earned this esteemed title.