Surina Esterhuyse received funding from the Water Research Commission, South Africa, for this research. The South African government has made a firm commitment to proceed with unconventional gas ...

After 10 years of consultations, South Africa has mapped the boundaries for the proposed reserve stretching 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the eastern KwaZulu-Natal coast. The mapping required ...

It's hard to think of Africa without thinking of giant herds of wild animals such as elephants, rhinoceroses, buffalo, and lions. Not everyone will get the opportunity to travel to South African and ...

When I briefly lived in South Africa a few years ago, I was surprised to find that most people in the newsroom where I was interning spoke at least two languages: English and a Dutch dialect called ...

Americans have been warned against travelling to certain parts of Africa, with a string of updated advisories issued by the U.S. State Department in recent weeks. Meanwhile, many other countries on ...

DURBAN Underwater canyons, deep-sea coral reefs and sponge banks are part of a unique ecosystem that South Africa wants to save within its first deep-sea marine protected area. After 10 years of ...