Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals. At least 24 Cape fur seals that were found dead or euthanized in various locations on South Africa's west and south coast had rabies,

South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying although inflation had fallen faster than expected there were still risks to the outlook.

South Africa’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time in four years and signaled a more optimistic outlook for inflation. Danelee Masia, Deutsche Bank, South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa Chief Economist,

SARB cut its main benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 8%.

In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Members of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to prehistoric hunter-gatherers who lived in the region 10,000 years ago. According to the authors of a new study,

Around 13 individuals, who died between 1,300 and 10,000 years ago, had their genomes reconstructed by a team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,