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The Special Investigating Unit will on Tuesday brief the media on its investigation into the Free State Provincial Government Bursary Scheme.

Les Blues should be outright favourites

The Trump administration’s US visa cuts could see an American consulate in SA lose its processing abilities in the coming weeks.

The Sudan war has become a live laboratory for autonomous drone warfare, AI-assisted surveillance and open-source intelligence — exposing what analysts describe as one of the most consequential governance failures of the era, with no continental framework in place to regulate AI-powered surveillance or autonomous weapons in African conflict zones. The conflict, which erupted on […]

Standard Bank Group has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and the second most AI-mature bank overall in the Middle East and Africa in the inaugural Evident AI Index for Banks, published by Evident Insights. The group was also named the most innovative bank in AI across the region. The index is […]

Kasi Cloud Datacenters has held the flag-off ceremony for its Lekki campus in Lagos, marking the commissioning of what the company describes as West Africa’s first hyperscale-ready, AI-capable, carrier-neutral data centre platform. The event signals the transition of Kasi LOS1 from construction into operational readiness, opening for the first time a world-class sovereign cloud and […]

Contralesa alleges that some of young boys are ill-treated at illegal initiation schools.

The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.

Sri Lanka was careening from crisis to crisis, then came the Mideast war. People say they’ve got no buffer left.

Myanmar is seeking to broaden diplomatic engagement after years of international criticism and isolation.

Two men were injured in the explosion and were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The US plan has sparked public anger and led to demonstrations near the site of the proposed treatment facility.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been named in Ghana’s preliminary squad for the World Cup.

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

Huawei joins hands with customers to Accelerate Evolution to Cloudification, Mobility, Resilience, and Upgrade to Intelligence.

An prominent African country has warned its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to South Africa just a week apart from a seperate warning issued by the United States.

Karl Sander is back to testify at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria.

The Madlanga Commission continues hearing witness testimony from Warrant Officer Karl Sander

Thirty-one MPs have been appointed to the Section 89 Committee.

The killing of a Xitsonga-speaking 19-year-old man from Giyani in Limpopo has raised a concern.

Legendary former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is named Sydney Thunder men’s head coach in Australia’s Big Bash, his first role in an overseas T20 league.

Here are your latest transfer news updates on PSL giants Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.

Billy Gilmour admits “it’s been a tough one to get my head around” after the Napoli midfielder was forced to drop out of Scotland’s World Cup squad through injury.

Having signed Thabo Moloisane as a free agent, Kaizer Chiefs are set to lose defender Aden McCarthy to Champions League side.

Worries over AI and loan debt mean 34% of people think degrees are usually not worth the time and money

There was a time when going to university seemed a no-brainer. Better qualifications opened doors to better jobs with greater earning potential.

But with the graduate premium shrinking, mounting anger about spiralling student debt and growing fears about AI eating into the graduate jobs...

PA leader Gayton McKenzie has revealed why Liam Jacobs returned to the DA, warning him not to start a ‘war’ with his political party…

One Western Cape pensioner lives on R2 400 a month – and what she reveals about SASSA exposes a crisis hiding in plain sight.

The attacks occurred prompted the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Units to launch a province-wide manhunt.

A strong Junior Springbok squad is set to be named for the Junior World Championships in Georgia, with some good players expected to miss out.

According to new data from South Africa’s leading digital assets app Luno, tokenised stocks and ETFs are attracting first-time investors to the US market. Luno has just reached 50,000 xStocks (tokenised stocks) customers since the launch in August 2025. xStocks are digital representations of popular US shares and ETFs. The top five most popular buys […]

Dext’s AI powers the automated capture, coding and reconciliation of financial data across a range of submission methods.

The regional office technology provider targets growth in education and corporate sectors as demand remains strong for reliable, secure print environments.

AI trading bots used to sound like something built for programmers, hedge funds, and people who could spend hours reading charts. That is no longer the case in 2026. More beginners are now looking at automated trading tools because markets move faster, news spreads instantly, and most people do not have the time or skill […]

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.