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Businessman Katiso Molefe is accused of playing a role in the killing of Armand Swart, linked to a massive Transnet tender price inflation scheme.

The EFF, in policy discussion documents, acknowledges that the 2024 May polls showed that it’s a “stagnant or declining organisation”.

Four years ago, in 2020, Loyiso Manga was working for a call centre in Diep River, Cape Town. By his own admission, he was “gatvol”.

A forensic investigator has petitioned Parliament to probe allegations that prosecutors and Hawks officers in KwaZulu-Natal are active participants in campaigns aimed at sabotaging and collapsing high-profile and politically sensitive criminal trials in the province.

The Gauteng Department of Education is standing by its controversial probe into racism claims at Pretoria High School for Girls.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party’s decision on the three possible scenarios for the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial structures will be delivered by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa in January.

Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said.

Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie has been let off the hook following a complaint that he abused his ministerial powers to target a citizen who called him out for his “unfulfilled promises” during his tenure as Central Karoo District Municipality mayor.

The SA Post Office’s (SAPO) business rescue process has so far cost the taxpayer R175.7 million for 13 months of work at the troubled state entity, and the trade union federation Cosatu has doubts about whether the money was worth it.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to reflect on the passing year, saying it was marked by “triumphs and struggles”.

In his latest dig at the ANC, former president Thabo Mbeki has accused the party of abandoning the social compact aimed at addressing high levels of unemployment and poverty in South Africa.

South African golfer Dean Burmester believes the qualification criteria for Major championships will be changed to accommodate LIV golfers, whose Major eligibility is increasingly at risk.

[The New Humanitarian] “I can’t help but feel hopeful, seeing my children partake in these classes.”

Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies.

[Leadership] The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has refuted a report, which claimed that 88,136 students were unable to apply for its loans.

An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland — arid areas where agriculture is difficult — in the past three decades, research has found. From a report: Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. Three-quarters of the world’s land suffered drier conditions in the past 30 years, which is likely to be permanent, according...

Malaysian lawmakers voted in favor of broadening the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech. From a report: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told parliament Monday that the government needed to amend existing laws to tackle online harm including scams, cyber-bullying, and more. “Freedom of speech does exist, but we...

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency.

Natural disasters have caused an estimated $310 billion in economic losses around the world this year, swelling six percent from 2023 as the climate crisis takes its toll, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday.

The US government said Tuesday it was “disappointed” after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic waste failed to reach a deal, blaming a “small group” of countries and producers for blocking progress.

Climate impacts are already impacting children globally, with children in the Global South experiencing the harshest climate impacts due to limited resources. They bear little responsibility but disproportionate risk, writes Bryony Fox.

Global wine production is set to fall again this year to its lowest level since 1961 due to climate change, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Friday.