Amazingly comprehensive fossils from 2 million years ago were newly discovered in South Africa, and according to new analysis, it makes the best candidate of ancestor of archaic and modern humans.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil of an ancient creature, half-human, half-ape, a discovery that could give paleoanthropologists a missing link in the evolutionary history of the human being.
Scientists in South Africa may have found the missing link in human evolution with the newly uncovered fossil of Australopithecus sediba.
A fresh analysis of nearly 2 million years old fossils of Australopithecus sediba has added to debates about the species' place in the human ancestry.
About two-million-year-old fossils of human species discovered in a South African cave in 2008 are found to be having part-human and part-ape characteristics, a recent report has revealed.
New analysis of bones that are nearly 2 million years old suggests they come from a species that may be a leading candidate for an ancient human ancestor, paleontologists say.
Origin of humans up for debate, according to new papers.
South African President Jacob Zuma appointed evangelical pastor Mogoeng Mogoeng to the Chief Justice position on Thursday. But, the choice of Mogoeng, who will now hear the country's Constitutional Court, has already sparked fury in some South Africans.
South Africa's Wesizwe Platinum will look at consolidation with neighbouring mines as it aims for full production at its new mine by 2021, its chief executive said on Thursday.
South Africa has no plans to privatise logistics group Transnet and power utility Eskom to attract more investment and has no intention of splitting the companies, the minister of public enterprises said on Tuesday.
Master champion Charl Schwartzel joined Bubba Watson and Australia's Adam Scott in a three-way tie for the lead at the halfway stage of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.
LaShawn Merritt performed the Virginia Shuffle before storming down the final 100 meters to overhaul his Jamaican and South African rivals and win the world 4x400 meters relay title for the United States on Friday.
The new entry, which will be the 23rd Bond movie, will be directed by Sam Mendes and released in November 2012.
Tales of intimidation, racial violence and even murder are multiplying for the hundreds of thousands of black Africans who came to Libya to find work.
The value of palladium, the least known of the world's four major precious metals, is set to rise this year, perhaps more sharply than its more popular cousins.
A government crackdown on anti-Museveni protesters in April led to the deaths of at least nine people.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday it had reached a two-year wage deal with ALS, a contractor working at Harmony Gold's Kalgold mine.
Australia's Adamus Resources said on Thursday it expects a friendly takeover by Canada's Endeavour Mining Corp to be completed in early November, creating a West Africa-focused company producing a quarter million ounces of gold annually by 2013.
Australia-based gold mining company Gold One International Ltd., which operates in South Africa, said Wednesday it expects to meet its goal of doubling its gold production this fiscal year.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said Wednesday it overwhelmingly accepted a wage offer from Anglo Platinum that boosts pay rates by as much as 10 percent.
Before the revolt started, there were an estimated 2.5-million migrant workers in Libya, perhaps the majority from black Africa. Many remain trapped in the country with no way to get home.
Global Trust of Nigeria could be using Uganda as a testing ground for its Shariah Law-compliant products and services.
