Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015- to 2018, has also had success in higher education, winning top awards in science

African governments face civil unrest from people who are hungrier and poorer because of the pandemic, war in Ukraine, climate pressures on food systems and poor policy decisions

Unit at Kusile power station trips, taking 720 megawatts of generating capacity with it.

This week a spotlight is shone on a potential interest rate hike, inflation statistics and retail trade sales

Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change

The ANC Eastern Cape chairperson is likely to use his influence in rural provinces to bolster his bid to become the deputy president of the party

South Africa’s first black female doctor of mathematics , Mamokgethi Phakeng, is now a top British UK university’s first ‘illustrious visiting professor’.

At the occasion, the internationally renowned human rights activist and judge tries to answer the question: ‘How did you get from there to here?’

The package reportedly contained potentially incriminating information about members of the national cricket team in the late 1990s

Because of what history has bestowed on the board it will take a long time to restore trust and credibility

With 2.2 million inhabitants, Medellin is today the city with the highest drug consumption - 15.5% - in Colombia

The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act makes abortion legal in South Africa. But how far along your pregnancy is determines whether you can have an abortion, what type of termination would be best for you and who should perform it