South Africa is squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunity to attract massive US investment in its abundant mineral resources by antagonising Washington through its foreign policy choices.
When an ANC councillor was killed at his KwaZulu-Natal home in February 2025, suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu questioned why the matter was being investigated by the political killings task team.
A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank in choppy seas off the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said.
France is set to debate a proposed social media ban for those under 15 years old, as the country’s president backs stricter rules and a high school phone ban.
China announced two of its top generals are under investigation, including the country’s most senior general. Analysts suspect it’s a political purge by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
A landmark trial beginning this week in Los Angeles could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to addict children.
South Africa’s budget will show government debt stabilising relative to gross domestic product for the first time in almost 20 years, said the head of the National Treasury.
Noah Caluori’s teenage kicks continue as Finn Russell asks for quiet and Tommy Freeman and Henry Pollock benefit from an obscure corner of the law book.
[Scrolla] All 15 learners failed matric at Naledi Ya Meso Secondary School in Dikgalaopeng, Limpopo, the country’s only 100% fail rate. Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba visited the school on 15 January, promising help and blaming poor leadership.
[Parliament of South Africa] The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Ms Joy Maimela, has learned with utter shock and profound sadness of the tragic shooting at Ntabankulu Primary School in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, which resulted in the deaths of three educators and left another educator fighting for her life in hospital.
[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training will conduct an oversight visit to universities and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in Limpopo from 26 to 30 January 2026 to assess readiness for the academic year.
The Stormers slipped to their first URC loss of the season, after eight straight wins, but have a chance of making it right against the Sharks in Durban.
ZEX PR WIRE, a global press release distribution platform and one of the fastest-growing PR wire services emerging from Dubai, has announced its participation at Web Summit Qatar, taking place February 1–4, 2026, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC). The company will be exhibiting at Booth E523. Web Summit Qatar is a flagship […]
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.