South Africa

Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty and unemployment, zama-zamas see no other way to provide for their families.

The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in South Africa's Durban area. The president blamed climate change for the flooding.

The omicron BA.2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.

Stock markets around the world tumbled on concerns about the new variant. While it's too soon to tell exactly how the variant functions, virologists are rushing to learn more.

COMMENTARY Cuban-Americans want countries to join an anti-apartheid-style front against Cuba. Do they recall how they dissed the anti-apartheid movement?

A fire spread from Table Mountain National Park to the University of Cape Town, where collections were destroyed at the Jagger Library.

Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa speaks out on "natural" beauty, gender equality and climate change.

Over the last two years, Gaia Calcaterra has learned how to run a global nonprofit from South Florida.In 2015, Calcaterra, who is originally from South…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is donating the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Collection to the University of North Florida’s Thomas G. Carpenter Library.

On Thursday nights, WLRN looks back at the people, places and major events that have shaped South Florida, the United States and our modern world. On…

JOHANNESBURG -- The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's…

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has died. Click here to read this story as updates become available.For further coverage of Mandela's death,…