SOUTH AFRICA

A recent Archaeological discovery is changing the way people look at art or painting. Researchers have unearthed ancient painting kits in a South African cave, which was used 100,000 years ago in order to make, mix and also to stock up ochre.

A new discovery in South Africa has suggested that early Homo sapiens might have used paint kits as 100,000 years ago in order to make, mix and store ochre - the ancient form of paint. However, there has not been any solid evidence of what they used the paints for.

Researchers have discovered a 100,000-year-old workshop in South Africa, which may have been used by early Homo sapiens in order to make, mix and also to stock up ochre - the most primitive form of paint.

South Africa could use its foreign exchange reserves if necessary to relieve market stress caused by global turmoil, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.

Stock exchanges from six of the world's largest emerging markets will join forces to cross-list equity indexes derivatives, to target investor demand for fast-growing economies.

The recent weakness of the rand will benefit South African exporters and is positive for the economy, the treasurer general of the ruling African National Congress said on Wednesday.

The cyclist who was hit by an antelope while mountain biking on a South African game reserve speaks out about the incident.

HSBC cut its weighting on Egypt to "neutral" from "overweight," on increased political risks, and upgraded Poland to "overweight" from "underweight," on macroeconomic stability and valuation.

A struggling South African textile union may be changing the way labour is priced in Africa's largest economy by offering massive wage reductions to unskilled workers to create jobs and save a dying industry.

Watch this viral BuckNorris video of a mountain biker attacked by an antelope while racing in South Africa.

Ghana is in talks with gold miners in the country, Africa's second-biggest producer, over additional taxes so as to benefit from the soaring price of the precious metal, the government said on Tuesday.

The semifinals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup are set - and it features the same four teams as the inaugural version.

Wal-Mart and Massmart should increase their planned fund to support South African suppliers to at least 500 million rand from 100 million rand, the country's largest service industry union said on Monday.

The killing sparked violent clashes between Terreblanche’s white Afrikaner supporters in the northwestern town of Ventersdorp and the local black community.

Impala Platinum , the world's second-largest producer of the precious metal, said on Monday it has reached a two-year wage deal with South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), averting a possible a strike at the miner.

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South Africa's gold reserves fell last month by 11.3 percent, or $827 million, as the result of a stronger U.S. dollar, the nation's central bank said. Their value declined despite a small increase in the physical amount of those reserves.

Defending champions South Africa were knocked out of the Rugby World Cup 2011 after Australia came out top in the quarterfinals at Wellington.

The U.S. men's soccer team has, finally, recorded its first win under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Clint Dempsey (who plays with Fulham Football Club in England's Premier League) scored on 36 minutes, in an exhibition match against the Honduras on Saturday, to hand Klinsmann his first win in his fourth game in charge of the U.S. national team.

South African peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday in the church where he preached against apartheid, just a few days after saying the former liberation movement now in government was in some ways even worse.

Australian gold miner Resolute Mining said it made a 700,000-ounce gold discovery at its Tabacoroni joint venture with Etruscan Resources that would boost output from its Syama mine in Mali by about 100,000 ounces a year.