The crash occurred just after take off from Bird Island in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, according to reports Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 ...

The pilot and passengers were conducting an aerial survey flight of an island off South Africa's Eastern Cape on January 19, 2025. The helicopter safely landed on Bird Island. Before departing ...

CAPE TOWN – A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a remote island group halfway between South Africa and ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

The situation on Marion Island was being closely monitored by ... about 2000km southeast of Cape Town and halfway between Africa and Antarctica. Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is ...