Green Climate Fund stepping up on ‘loss and damage’, head says


Gun control proponents are concerned the weapons made from 3-D printers are untraceable, undetectable “ghost” firearms that pose a threat to global security.

Another specialised aviation school has opened its doors in Kempton Park.

A family of 27 elephants was on Monday moved from Addo Elephant National Park to Darlington in the Eastern Cape.

As part of National Science Week, Delta Environmental Centre in Victory Park, Johannesburg, is holding biodiversity exhibitions and activities for learners and the general public.

The City of Cape Town says average water usage in the city has dropped to below 500 million litres per day.

Uber said it will move employees working on self-driving trucks to other internal roles within autonomous vehicle development.

Gautrain is expected to continue with limited services on Tuesday as workers affiliated to the UNTU continue their strike.

More than 500 hikers and their guides have been successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped them on the mountain, officials said Tuesday.

The planet's largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90 percent in three decades, alarmed researchers said Monday.

Tributes are pouring in for the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, Professor Bongani Mayosi. Mayosi committed suicide on Friday at the age of 51. He was a cardiology professor who was awarded the county’s highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe in 2009. Chief Executive of the National […]

Volunteer rescuers of the National Sea Rescue Institute of Hermanus have assisted the Overberg municipality to tow a whale carcass to shore.

Vice Chancellor at University of Cape Town Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng says the death of the Dean of Health Sciences, Professor Bongani Mayosi presents an opportunity for the Institution to reflect on many staffers who suffer with depression and other difficulties.

A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian tourist destination Lombok Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.

A Cape Town-based Clinical Psychologist has urged those suffering from depression to seek help amid news that acclaimed Professor Bongani Mayosi took his own life.

The Science and Technology Department will launch the National Science week at the University of Mpumalanga in Nelspruit on Saturday.

The Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Professor Bongani Mayosi has died. He was 51-years-old.

South Africans are among the millions of people that have witnessed the longest lunar eclipse this century as Moon passed through the Earth's shadow.

South Africans are getting ready to view the highly anticipated "blood moon" eclipse. Astronomers across the globe are expected to have their attention fixed at the skies on Friday evening.

Intense heatwaves like the one which fuelled Greece's deadly wildfires are set to become increasingly frequent around the world due to climate change, experts warn.

Patient associations on Thursday lauded an EU decision to allow the sale of generic versions of Truvada, an anti-retroviral medicine used by those diagnosed HIV-positive, the virus causing AIDS.

Many South Africans are eagerly waiting for the blood moon on Friday night.

A teenager from Mpumalanga is representing South Africa at the World Science Forum to be held in London.

British doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the government announced Thursday following a review -- but insisted it was not a first step towards legalising recreational use.

Scorching hot weather set the conditions for Greece's wildfires -- Europe's deadliest this century with scores killed -- while record temperatures in the north of the continent have also sparked blazes causing widespread damage in recent days.

The South African Heath Products Regulatory Authority has issued a recall on blood pressure and heart condition drug, Dynaval Co, due to cancer fears.

Residents of Makhanda formerly known as Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape fear the worst as the city faces water shortage with its main supply dam to the west of the city down to less than 30%.

Environmental organisation Greenpeace Africa has criticised China for its 33-billion-rand loan to Eskom to develop the Kusile power station.

Farmers suffering from the effects of a drought near Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape have been thrown a lifeline.

Parts of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape have just two months’ supply of water left. Residents want a government solution.

A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there, international astronomers said Wednesday.