A 2024 study posits that a mysterious animal found in San rock art is actually a reconstruction of a dicynodont.

With the world feeling more volatile than ever, especially after the most recent turmoil in the Middle East, itchy-footed ...

Francois Venter talks about his unorthodox inaugural lecture, his work during the Aids crisis and his shoot-from-the-hip fix ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pushes back against President Donald Trump's call to arrest politician for his "kill the farmer" chant, citing freedom of expression and legal processes.

The San are indigenous people in sub-Saharan Africa, with many hunter-gatherer groups existing to this day in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and other countries in the region.

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.

The stories behind the art The San are indigenous people in sub-Saharan Africa, with many hunter-gatherer groups existing to this day in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and other countries in the ...

David Goldblatt, “Sunday morning: A not-white family living illegally in the ‘White’ group area of Hillbrow, Johannesburg,” 1978, printed later. (David Goldblatt/Yale University Art ...

2. Cape Town, South Africa Coming in at number two, as a surpise to many, is South Africa's Cape Town. It is the country's oldest city and the legislative capital, home to its parliament.

Karabo Mooki is a photographer who’s become well loved for his depiction of community across Johannesburg, from the city’s all-female skate groups and Soweto’s underground punk rock scene. He has a ...

K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with ...