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Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Thursday, 25 June 2026.

Leading tennis players will expand their prize money protest at Wimbledon – despite a 20% increase in this year’s pot.

Demonstrations are planned across the country for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa.

The three Lesotho nationals were arrested on Tuesday at KwaMai-Mai Informal Settlement.

Senator Iván Cepeda was beaten by right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella by less than a percentage point.

More than 260 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are known to have died during the current outbreak.

Sevastopol’s Moscow-installed governor warns there will be no electricity in some areas until the evening.

Ahmed Al Ahmed tackled one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish event in December.

Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls’ School last month.

The scale and brutality of the sexual attacks is unprecedented and aimed at terrorising communities, the UN says.

Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, had called the ICC an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”.

“Please do not take money away because you are taking lives away,” Winnie Byanyima said.

Suspended EMPD Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi returns to the witness stand.

Makashule Gana warns SAPS-IDAC tensions could erode justice system confidence.

EThe party is holding its 6th Central Command Team meeting of the 3rd National People’s Assembly.

Mkhwanazi has been implicated in allegations of corruption at the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department

Every future Olympian will be able to apply for a grant of $10,000 (£7,600) for each Games they compete in, says the International Olympic Committee.

Northern Ireland’s upcoming Nations League campaign and EURO 2028 qualifiers will be broadcast live on the BBC.

Men’s international games for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will continue to be broadcast on the BBC.

BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything explains why it is not essential to win every group stage match at a World Cup

Tory leader reprimanded by speaker for invective against minister and saying Starmer had ‘400 knives in his back’

Labour MPs have criticised Kemi Badenoch after a fractious prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, in which she accused the education secretary of being a “spiteful class warrior”.

In a rare move, Badenoch was chastised by the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, in the chamber of the House of...

Listeners in the 17th and 18th centuries experienced music in a startlingly vivid – and physical – way. A fascinating academic project is wondering if we should let ourselves be much more moved, and get moving. Plus: a prime minister’s musical legacy?

Professor Bettina Varwig wants to get us moving – and feeling, and listening, but primarily moving. The University of Cambridge academic says...

Johannesburg Mayoral Candidate Helen Zille poked fun at how ‘lonely’ the ANC tables were as South Africa gears up to vote.

Cast members say Netflix drama is less about traditional polygamy and more about one selfish man destroying 15 lives with dishonesty.

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 25 June 2026.

The EMPD senior officer previously claimed that he did not know Witness K.

If you were planning on spending anyway, these deals are essentially free money for your favorite restaurants and stores.

South Africans have already gone digital at the till. Visa is betting their employers are next.

Families will continue to be failed unless the NHS makes meaningful changes, BBC’s Michael Buchanan writes.

Testing the vagina microbiome is increasing in popularity with companies offering at-home tests