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Scientists warn that increasing global shipping traffic rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope is intensifying overlap with whale habitats off South Africa’s west coast, raising the risk of vessel strikes

The top US diplomat has made statements offering to support India’s energy needs – but should Delhi give in?

Industry figures briefed on the move said the idea has not been taken forward at this point, after EU scepticism.

Acting police Minister Firoz Cachalia was speaking at during release of Q4 crime stats,

This is after Ntaba was unable to show up to oppose a bail application in Sibanyoni and others case

The Public Protector has released a report on the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire.

The fund has been struggling with administrative and financial issues in recent years.

Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Saturday ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, which landed in a planned fiery explosion on Friday.

The first attempted launch on Thursday was postponed due to a malfunctioning hydraulic pin in the launch tower.

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.

Driver training organisation MasterDrive has outlined the vehicles being targeted by hijackers in South Africa in 2026.

Thailand is cutting back visa-free access for tourists from 93 countries, including South Africa, as authorities crack down on foreign nationals accused of poor behaviour.

Why are unpaid debt court cases rising?

The DA has asked Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to investigate eThekwini’s R280 million soup kitchen programme after alleging that suppliers charged more than R2 500 for a 10kg bag of samp that ordinarily retails for about R100

Roelf Meyer handed over his credentials to President Donald Trump at the White House.

The ANC has opened mayoral nominations to the public, allowing non-members to apply or be nominated as it reshapes its candidate selection process ahead of the local elections

The FF Plus says the ANC has failed South Africans through poor governance.

Goaltender Mat Robson produces a superb display but cannot prevent Great Britain sliding to a 4-0 defeat by Finland at the Ice Hockey World Championship.

All the details of the first round of T20 Blast matches, as Somerset start their title defence by repeating their 2025 final win over Hampshire.

Last season’s semi-finalists Northamptonshire Steelbacks squeeze past Glamorgan by three runs.

Josh Charnley is the headline act with a hat-trick to close on Ryan Hall’s Super League record as Leigh Leopards breezed past Hull FC.

SASSA’s R370 grant is meant to be a stopgap. For one Gauteng man in his late 50s, it has become a five-year sentence.

Former DA member Roman Cabanac’s views about Afrikaners who move to the US as refugees have divided the public….

“We played in the right areas. Every time we got in their 22 we asked them questions and that’s what we needed to do.”

Wide variety of engines in stark contrast to its main rival which is trimming its powertrains to one.

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The US supreme court has preserved nationwide access to mail-order abortion pills – for now. As Carter Sherman explains, the fight to protect this medication is far from over, as a nationwide, near-total abortion ban could be on the horizon. Carter speaks with Dr Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, who reveals how the legal battle over abortion...

Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman’s Hour.

The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is “high”, but it remains “low” at the global level.

The rare species of Ebola involved – known as Bundibugyo – kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.