SOUTH AFRICA, paradise of geologists, continues touring forth its treasures. For many generations it has supplied the world with gold, diamonds, platinum and corundum, while in recent years the ...

South Africa’s first dedicated dinosaur centre has opened in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, blending ancient fossils, life-sized models, and BaSotho storytelling.

A 444 million-year-old fossil unearthed in South Africa details a new species of arthropod that was fossilized inside-out, according to the study published in the journal Palaeontology last week. 3 ...

In context: New research reveals that South Africa's land is rising not due to deep-earth forces but because of severe water loss from droughts and groundwater depletion. This discovery presents a ...