Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies. Scientists say they believe it's the first evidence of the incurable disease spreading in a marine mammal species.

Scientists in South Africa have identified an outbreak of rabies in Cape fur seals, marking the first time the virus has spread among sea mammals. The virus is believed to have been transmitted from jackals in Namibia.

South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying although inflation had fallen faster than expected there were still risks to the outlook.

South Africa’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time in four years and signaled a more optimistic outlook for inflation. Danelee Masia, Deutsche Bank, South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa Chief Economist,

SARB cut its main benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 8%.

By Caroline Chepkorir Afghanistan’s cricket team have written history in the first ODI of the three-match series as they secured a win over South Africa by six

Rahmanullah Gurbaz chalked up a superb 105 as Afghanistan made 311-4 against South Africa in the second one-day international in Sharjah on Friday.

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Members of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to prehistoric hunter-gatherers who lived in the region 10,000 years ago. According to the authors of a new study,

Around 13 individuals, who died between 1,300 and 10,000 years ago, had their genomes reconstructed by a team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,