Oprah Winfrey has avoided a long and potentially uncomfortable legal battle after settling out of court with the former headteacher of her charitable school, who accused the television superstar turned humanitarian of defamation. Nomvuyo Mzamane, who...

Eudy Simelane, 29, who played several times for Banyana Banyana, the national women’s side, was assaulted several times and stabbed to death by a group of men last year. In contrast to the nationwide outpouring of support for the athletics world...

In what could be a first in the world, a fish species known as cichlids has been observed by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake and one of the world’s biggest fresh water bodies.

Children in Zimbabwe are eating rats and inedible roots riddled with toxic parasites to stave off hunger because of chronic food shortages, an aid agency said on Thursday.Save the Children said the most vulnerable faced starvation unless they get food...