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But with the emergence of space agencies around the continent, some intrepid space-gazers are studying ways to boldly go where few Africans have gone before.

Along with Australia, the country has been chosen to host the Square Kilometer Array , which will be 50 times more sensitive than any equipment so far and will seek answers to the origins of the universe.

Daniel Howden is Africa Correspondent for The Independent. He has reported from more than 50 countries covering everything from wars and elections to natural disasters and environmental crises.

Somali men and a policeman carry a government soldier wounded during an attack on the U.N. compound in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and breached the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, sparking gun battles with security forces that killed at least 12 people.

For all the sound and fury of the current fight between poultry producers and meat importers, their dispute may turn out to be only a minor skirmish in what promises to be a war of words and protest action aimed at securing the high ground of economic policy.

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One version of the Robohand includes 3-D printed parts assembled with metal hardware.

A woman and her baby walks past the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, on June 14, 2013.

The death of Maj-Gen Tirhani Maswanganyi is a senseless blow to Gauteng's war against crime, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday.

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The shooting of a KwaZulu-Natal church leader as he was about to deliver his sermon was condemned on Tuesday.

If you're going to road trip in South Africa, let it be on the Garden Route . This popular stretch of road connects Heidelberg and Storms River Village along the N2, traversing mountain passes interspersed with views out to the Indian Ocean.

The legacy of the 1913 Land Act was still with South Africa and so it is the duty of the state to implement effective redress through land restitution, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said on Monday.

In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson Mandela, giving the family comfort and hope as he remains hospitalized in serious condition with a lung infection, his wife said Monday.

The power had been out for three days so there was no music and most of the apple cider and beer was warm, but the party was in full swing by early Saturday afternoon at Dodo's Tavern, an unlicensed shebeen that is the centre of community life in a wretchedly poor area of the biggest black township in South Africa.

This year [2006] marks the 30th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa, which marked the start of the fall of apartheid, and inspired activists worldwide.

America's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for a world of glamour in her new role - and she can't wait.

Five people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision on the R102 in Mnini near Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday, paramedics said.

I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1964, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Civil Rights Act was passed in the United States, and Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison.