In 2023, 100 095 births were registered to teenage mothers and 2 311 to those 14 years old and younger. During the first ...

As a game keeper in South Africa’s Limpopo Province, Tebogo Khoza’s knowledge of the land and its wildlife is key to his livelihood and safety. Tending to the buffalo and impala on the reserve where ...

Plans to photograph and fingerprint every baby born in South Africa for a digital register could lead to data leaks and identity theft without robust safeguards, rights experts said on Thursday.

Mpho Modise can only guess her age and it embarrasses her. “I would say I am about 33,” she says. She is unsure because her birth in South Africa was never registered. Yet establishing her age is the ...

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For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Lights Up singer who is currently on tour in New York wants the baby to get a South ...

Veteran journalist and author Mandy Wiener's just-published, The Deal: Inside the Talks that Shaped South Africa's Future, captures the remarkable machinations behind the formation of South Africa's ...