JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A pair of boxing gloves worn by Nelson Mandela at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa lie under a thick layer of dust in a darkened room, the silence ...

A fire spread from Table Mountain National Park to the University of Cape Town, where collections were destroyed at the Jagger Library. A wildfire that started on South Africa's Table Mountain early ...

South Africa's world-famous Kruger National Park could become known by a new name if some local politicians have their way. The vast wildlife sanctuary, called the Sabi Game Reserve at the time, was ...

This would seem like a fairy tale story for the tahr – to escape and live on one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, especially given that the Himalayan tahr is listed on the IUCN Red List as Near ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has five African landmarks on its latest list of newly inscribed World Heritage Sites. The new collection includes 24 ...