The first exploratory drill head could be biting its way down through Karoo rock in search of shale gas by as early as mid-2016.
Researchers released several small Brazilian bugs into the wild, marking the start of a campaign to halt the spread of an alien invasive plant in SA.
Plans to dispose of Pollsmoor and Leeuwkop prisons were prompted by security concerns, limited land and bullfrogs.
More than a century before Oscar Pistorius's murder trial, another Pistorius had his own problems involving a door.
Richard Davies investigates how Oscar Pistorius went from a sporting hero to a man defending himself against a murder charge.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe called on South Africa and the world to consider how Nelson Mandela’s legacy might be carried forward.
Three species of West Coast dung beetles have given up flying and taken to “galloping”, says a researcher.
Northern Cape residents felt the Earth move 187 times last year, according to the Council for Geoscience.
Talls are under way to establish how much each country involved will pay for the first phase of the SKA radio telescope.
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Correctional Service spent R2 billion on consultants from 2008/9 to 2010/11, a Parliamentary committee heard.
Government officials convicted of corruption will be named and shamed, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe announced.
The number of rhinos poached in November could hit a new high despite the best efforts of authorities, MPs heard.
Poaching syndicates have penetrated the department of fisheries, corrupting some officials, the Fisheries minister has revealed.
The DA is taking legal steps to force the NPA to produce documents from the President Jacob Zuma corruption trial.
Negotiations at Cop17 on the Green Climate Fund are not about to fall apart, says Environment Minister Edna Molewa.
The icepack at the North Pole - traditional home to the jolly, white-bearded fat man and his magical elves - is shrinking rapidly, according to the World Meteorological ...
President Jacob Zuma urged delegates at the UN climate summit to work for an outcome that was “balanced, fair and credible”.
President Zuma has called on delegates to provide the funding needed by developing countries to address the impacts of climate change.
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says world leaders cannot afford to delay action to halt climate change.
Preparations for a UN climate change conference in Durban are at an “advanced stage”, says International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
For the first time, government's white paper spells out the absolute amounts of carbon dioxide South Africa is set to emit over the next four decades.
The solution to the world's economic woes is a human mission to Mars, delegates at the International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town have heard.
South Africa does not want the next UN Climate Change Conference to be the “death” of the Kyoto Protocol, says Environment Minister Edna Molewa.