Pretoria- A 45-year old man has appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court for being in possession of two elephant tusks, said Limpopo police on Sunday.

General Motors South Africa (GMSA) is focused on reducing and eventually eliminating the amount of waste which gets sent to landfill sites over the next 3 years.

Cape Town - Nokhwezi Masakhana is at work at 6am. But her work doesn’t involve a desk and a telephone.

That’s because Nokhwezi works on the streets, collecting food and scrap materials from rubbish bins to ensure her and her family’s survival.

Any veterinarian will tell you that just about anything can come through their doors. Dr Frans de Graaff of Hartenbos Veterinary Clinic in Mossel Bay has come to expect the unexpected, but he never dreamed that an endangered green turtle would be his next patient.

The closest asteroid to Earth yet recorded is going to swing past our planet on Friday evening.

More than 260 people are killed by lightning in South Africa each year, the SA Weather Service said.
Johannesburg - Four of the schoolboys struck by lightning on a cricket pitch in Johannesburg had been discharged from hospital by Tuesday night, paramedics said.

About 57 rhinos have been killed this year by poachers in South Africa, with 42 of these being in the Kruger National Park (KNP). According to the latest data released by the Department of Environmental Affairs, six rhinos have been poached in KwaZulu-Natal, six in North West, two in Limpopo and one in Mpumalanga.

Three suspected rhino poachers were killed during a shootout with rangers at the Kruger National Park, the South African National Parks (SANParks) said.

Cape Town - Media reports that the latest wave of veld fires burning through the Western Cape have “destroyed” thousands of hectares of fynbos are simply not true, says leading fire ecologist Professor Brian van Wilgen.

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism says at least 32 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year.

An insect with a tiny brain and minimal computing power has become the first animal proven to use the Milky Way for orientation. Scientists from South Africa and Sweden have published findings showing the link between dung beetles and the spray of stars that comprises our galaxy.

Three University of Cape Town researchers are on a two-month source to sea journey along the Orange River – from Qacha’s Nek in Lesotho to Alexander Bay on the border between South Africa and Namibia.