Rural communities in South Africa rely on public land to graze their livestock. They must be part of fighting soil erosion ...

Given the close comparison between apartheid and the challenges faced by Palestinians, the government must be called upon to ...

Villagers from Ga-Sekgopo outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo took to the streets on Monday in a desperate plea for water. The protesters blocked the busy R81 road with stones, rubble, and burning ...

South African authorities say "extreme poverty and a severe lack of affordable housing" were major factors in a deadly Johannesburg building fire two years ago. In August 2023, 77 people died and many ...

Jonathan Torgovnik’s photographs on assignment for TIME of people watching Nelson Mandela’s funeral on television in Alexandra township, in Johannesburg, one of the poorest urban areas in all of South ...

The land I loved as a child is dying – but smart farming could save rural Africa from hunger and climate collapse.

LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now. Some two-thirds of Africans live in rural areas, and most are without lifelines into the economy. Even in ...

In 2023 Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, said that “the challenge of absentee fathers is one of the greatest ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the plight of poor South Africans left out of nearly three decades of post-apartheid prosperity, he promised on Sunday ahead of a ...