Topic: South Africa

UN climate talks on Saturday faced the scythe of Father Time as environment ministers haggled over proposals for a new pact to roll back the threat from greenhouse gases.The 194-nation parley under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hurtled into ...

Erratic rains threaten southern Africa food output

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rainfall patterns in southern Africa are becoming erratic as climate change takes its toll, threatening long-term production of staple and cash crops in the region.Countries like South Africa, Zambia and Malawi have enjoyed bumper harvests of their staple maize ...
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla paid tribute to South Africa's struggle against apartheid Thursday, visiting the historic Soweto township and Nelson Mandela's foundation.In Soweto, they toured a monument to the Freedom Charter, the 1955 document that laid down the tenets of ...