My ultimate destination was South Africa, but I was able to knock another country with a storied history and dynamic economy ...

Step into cool, quiet forests and greenbelts you can explore in a single day — from Cape Town’s shaded slopes to Berlin’s ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've ...

Eight days’ hiking lets you imagine the weird and wonderful lives of those who once lived at the Roman Empire’s northern frontier ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Cape Town police are trying to establish the identity of a human skeleton, which was found next to a major road in Mitchell's Plain.

Africa’s logistics and transportation sector stands on the brink of major transformation. From deepening geopolitical complexity to a renewed push for private-sector involvement, 2025 is rapidly ...

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

NEW YORK - Trailblazing Ghanaian skeleton athlete Akwasi Frimpong hopes to open doors for more Africans in winter sports, as he eyes one last trip to the Olympics next year before calling time on ...