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Saturday’s headlines include the Labour donations saga and comments from lawyers representing Mohamed Al Fayed’s rape accusers.

With time already served for fleeing in July 2023, Travis King was released by the military court, said his legal team.

What’s a Pelebox and can it make medicine collection in the public health sector easy enough for people to fetch their meds each time? People in the Eastern Cape are desperate for such solutions – but can the provincial health department afford it?

The ban affects government officials and military personnel, over concerns about Russian cyber-attacks.

Germany’s far-right party is campaigning with AI-generated videos warning of the supposed dangers of migration for the upcoming regional vote. Critics call the ads racist.

The strike in Lebanon’s capital, which killed at least 14 people, adds to fears of an all-out war.

A building in a residential neighborhood in Beirut was struck by Israel, killing a senior commander with the militant group Hezbollah and ten other fighters, according to the Israeli military. It was the deadliest attack in Beirut in nearly two decades and it comes in the same week Hezbollah militants were targeted by Israel with thousands of exploding pagers and radios. We go to the scene of...

After decades of stalling, the new law is warmly welcomed but some worry how well it will be enforced.

The government says classrooms are being used to accommodate people whose houses have been destroyed.

Michael Lomas is accused of manipulating massive contracts for work on a power station in South Africa.

Footballers playing too many games risks the ‘long-term success’ of football, says Caf president Patrice Motsepe.

Nedbank is considering reorganising its investment banking unit to help the South African lender prepare to win deals on the continent, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

About 2,400 jobs are believed to be risk across the country at ISG.

UK state debt is as big as the country’s economic output for the first time since the 1960s, data showed Friday, as the new government warns of tough fiscal decisions before its maiden budget.

The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island had cast a shadow on nuclear power in the US for decades.

Sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie has blamed “miscommunication” after backtracking on his public promise to reimburse Olympics silver medallist Jo-Ané van Dyk.

AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has requested that a member of the Presidential Protection Services assigned to him be withdrawn from his post, citing security concerns.

Cabinet veteran Pravin Gordhan’s colleagues showered the late politician with lavish praise and defended him against an onslaught of criticism, while some relayed insights into his solemn and final moments.

Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has put his head on the block vowing he will make sure South Africans are protected from the high cost of electricity.

Anthony Cacace says he wants to cement his name in Irish boxing history as he prepares for the “fight of my life” against Josh Warrington.

Watch Anthony Joshua tip the scales at 18st during an elaborate weigh-in front of the public at Trafalgar Square, with opponent Daniel Dubois at a career-heavy 17st 10lb.

Skipper Harry Wilson said Friday that the Wallabies’ crushing loss to Argentina this month was in the past and they have a “massive opportunity” to upset the All Blacks this weekend.

Hull KR overcome a nervous first half to secure second place in Super League and end Leeds Rhinos’ chances of a play-off place.

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The most creative Matric Dance entrance ever? Take a look at this Brackenfell High School student who arrived in a Takealot truck.

Tokollo Tshabalala – the firstborn son of the late Mandoza – will perform a medley of the late singer’s hits at the DStv Delicious Festival.

Tom London has successfully undergone a life-saving surgery, thanks to the generosity of South Africans around the world. Here is the latest.

South Africa mourns the death of actor and director Timmy Kwebulana as his family thanks the public for their support.

MotoGP back at Misano circuit for the third time in the space of two weeks.

Step-up from the Creta will use the name it goes under in India when it debuts locally in early 2025.

Increase of 36% will be implemented in October if approved by the 27 member EU state.

An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, with the vegetable used in the famed national dish kimchi surging by nearly 70% year-on-year.

Eskom and Sasol have entered into a new agreement which sees the country’s two industrial giants work together to secure gas, ahead of a supply crisis and reduce emissions to meet climate commitments.

The Czech government said it endorsed Britain’s Rolls-Royce as a partner for the state-owned power group CEZ to develop small modular nuclear reactors.

Thousands of people demonstrated in Brussels on Monday in solidarity with the workers of a nearby Audi factory making electric vehicles that the German carmaker is considering shutting down amid slumping in sales.