Disclaimer This timeline covers a sampling of major political, social, and cultural events in South Africa, with special emphasis on apartheid and South African jazz. It does not purport to provide a ...

From the first reported cases of HIV in 1981 to the latest breakthroughs in long-acting prevention, this Spotlight timeline traces key moments in the global and South African response to the virus. It ...

Links to a variety of aid organizations working in water stressed regions using a diversity of water programs One Water [The One Foundation] The UK-based charity is one of the biggest donors to the ...

An international research team working in Israel has discovered the oldest-known modern human bones ever found outside the African continent: an upper jawbone, including teeth, dated to between ...

An evolutionary biologist has challenged the long-held theory that suggests the first humans emerged from African. Dr Huan ...

(Reuters) - A derailed train plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing around 50 passengers, a national rail company source in the oil-producing Central African state said on Tuesday. Here is a ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The military has seized power in a coup in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and ousted President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country. Here’s a timeline of ...

Relations between the United States and South Africa have deteriorated rapidly since early 2025, driven by ideological divisions, geopolitical alliances, and domestic policy conflicts. The stakes ...