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A BBC Panorama investigation revealed allegations that two women had been raped during filming.

Southampton’s place in the play-off final is at stake as they face a disciplinary hearing as they stand charged of watching a Middlesbrough training session. The result is expected to come on Tuesday.

Andrew Malkinson, the man who spent 17 years in jail for Paul Quinn’s crime, says he’s thankful authorities have “finally got the real perpetrator”.

Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was killed in Vosloorus on the East Rand in October 2014.

Joe Sibanyoni, Oupa Sindane, Phillimon Msiza and Daniel Masilela were facing charges of extortion

Karim says Ebola is a public threat on the entire African continent.

Murder accused, Matipandile Sotheni, faces 16 counts linked to the killing of Witness D.

President Donald Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war.

Starbucks withdrew the campaign for its drink tumblers after many said it referenced a bloody crackdown.

An investigation found that 177 human specimens from dozens of bodies were secretly kept by a museum.

Taiwan independence is the reddest of red lines for China, which claims the island as its own.

Key roads have remained largely empty and some schools have asked students to stay at home.

New research links rural solar adoption to mobile money use, while raising concerns about inequality

Francis Ngannou reaffirmed his claim as the best heavyweight in the world with a first-round knockout win over Philipe Lins at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have devastated Mussa town in Borno state.

The shop can now make £2,000 in one day after moving to trade outdoors just one day a week.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Tuesday, 19 May 2026.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has committed to sticking to the government’s existing borrowing limits.

Musk’s loss against OpenAI is the latest in a string of courtroom defeats.

National Orders are the highest civilian honours that South Africa bestows on its citizens.

The announcement was made during a media briefing in Durban on Monday evening.

The party says Sipho ‘ES’ Mbatha is alleged to have extorted money from individuals.

Lwazi Magaqa was reacting after the Pietermaritzburg High Court allowed a postponement

Former England players and coaching staff reflect on whether intense Premier League rivalries may have undermined the so-called Golden Generation at the 2006 World Cup.

The URC has issued a response after a Munster player alleged that a Lions player had spat in his face this past weekend.

Forward Neymar is included in head coach Carlo Ancelotti’s 26-man Brazil squad for this summer’s World Cup.

Burnley interim manager Mike Jackson is pleased with the way his side kept themselves in the game in their 1-0 defeat at Arsenal and is unhappy Kai Havertz was not sent off in the second half.

Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid it

One in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL).

Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with...

Rachel Kolisi revealed that she has been admitted to hospital but reassured her fans and followers that ‘all is well’. Take a look…

With the official launch just weeks away, calls from civil society to scrap AARTO are growing as delays draw comparisons with e-tolls …

A Cape Town preacher convicted of anti-LGBTQ hate speech has been criticised for spreading fake news about Springbok Damian Willemse.

The Stormers’ poor finish to the URC pool phase has left them with potentially tough away games to try win the title.

JMPD officers are stationed at key intersections to divert traffic.

WHO says Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak is global concern. SA reports no local hantavirus transmission as British patient recovers in Sandton.

Concerns over state control, failing hospitals and rising taxpayer burdens continue to fuel opposition to the government’s NHI plans.

Lititz, PA  — After deploying Helpany’s radar-based AI platform in January 2026, United Zion senior living community cut falls by 70% in four months — and closed April with zero recorded falls, a first in the community’s history. United Zion Retirement Community, a senior living community in Lititz, Pennsylvania and the first community in the […]

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Santa Clara, CA  – Top Global Banking IT Provider Cuts Months of OpenShift Testing to Days across a 16,000-Core, 1,300-Namespace Environment SolutionSoft Systems, Inc., a pioneer in virtual clock and time travel testing software, today announced that Atruvia AG, the digitalization partner of Germany’s cooperative banking sector, has successfully implemented Time Machine to streamline and […]

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GTI’s switch towards electrification yields more power than the 147 kW produced by the South African-market, current combustion engine Polo GTI.