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A “largely negotiated” memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said, although the Iranian Fars news agency disputed that claim.

Amakhosi finished the season in third place, a huge improvement from the previous campaign, where they ended ninth and missed out on the top eight

Towa says one person was injured was transported to Thebe Hospital in Harrismith.

The municipality says flood damage has slowed electricity restoration efforts.

Professor Kayode Fayemi was speaking at the Thabo Mbeki Annual Lecture in Cape Town on Saturday.

Mashatile says the government is outraged by the killing of Thato Molosankwe.

The 39-year-old was fatally injured while swimming out at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland.

Twenty-one people have been injured, including a 15-year-old boy, with damage reported across all districts of Kyiv.

Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.

President Trump announced the unfinalized deal on social media after talks with Israel and other allies. It aims to end the war and includes two-month negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

The vast majority of South Africans are underpreapared for retirement, but Ninety One says that there are several methods to improve your retirement outcomes.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Sunday, 24 May 2026.

It is so expensive to live in Cambridge a charity says people with jobs need subsidised food.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Hearts captain linked with Rangers as Celtic manager expects meeting with major shareholder.

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen admits it “hurts too much” at present to watch back the missed shot which ultimately cost him a place in this year’s World Championship final.

Test your knowledge of the 2025-26 Premier League season before the final round of fixtures.

With only one round of Premier League fixtures remaining, selecting players with low ownership could be crucial to jumping above a rival in your mini-league – so here are three options.

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…

MaMkhize has distanced herself from a popular Facebook profile in her name, known for posing controversial comments…

Kaya FM presenter Sizwe Dhlomo has been accused of bragged about his whopping petrol receipt – take a look…

From THAT Miladys meme to pure muscle: Cassper is bragging about his new catchy track and his lean physique…

The matter relates to evidence before the Madlanga Commission.

The snub is a slap in the face for the gov­ern­ment’s attempts to down­play the marches and protests by cit­izens from other African coun­tries

“Harry Kane is the best transfer we’ve ever made,” Hoeness told German TV.

Real Madrid ended a troubled La Liga campaign with a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao in Alvaro Arbeloa’s last game…

It’s long been accepted that the smoother the surface, the lower the aerodynamic drag. That turns out not always to be the case.

There are black holes that are too big to be born from the death of a star but aren’t quite supermassive either. There’s finally evidence for where those came from.

Final specification and pricing will only be announced once a launch date is provided.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.