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US and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow the US to continue its effort to bring white South Africans to the US as refugees, an internal meeting summary reviewed by Reuters showed.

South Africa’s property market is rebounding as easing interest rates, a stronger rand, and renewed confidence draw wealthy regional buyers to luxury estates.

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia informed Parliament that suspended police officers received R25 million over an 18-month period.

Trump’s US price-cut deals mean launches of new medicines may be delayed

The case has been postponed in order to secure an Aramaic language interpreter.

Children aged 5–17 were intercepted while allegedly traveling from South Africa to Zimbabwe.

A high court ruled that the driver’s license printer tender was irregular, invalid and unlawful.

DA’s Santos says late applications left Gauteng Education under pressure to place learners.

Leaders of Early Rain Covenant Church have been arrested and Yayang Church is being torn down, groups say.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks to a man in Caracas about life in the city following the U.S. removing former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The U.S. seized an oil tanker in the North Atlantic after a two-week pursuit spanning thousands of miles from the Caribbean. During the chase, the vessel changed its name and raised a Russian flag.

More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam’s international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights.

Ken Ofori-Atta’s lawyers say he is co-operating and is in the process of changing his US visa status.

Donald Trump’s administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, a US official tweeted.

Trackers in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park spotted the babies being hugged by their mother on Saturday.

Abubakar Malami was one of the most influential figures in the administration of former President Buhari.

As new vehicle sales in South Africa return to pre-pandemic levels, Mahindra has emerged as a fast-riser, selling more cars than many of Europe and Asia’s most established brands.

The hospitality industry had called for a rethink of planned changes to the way the tax based on property is calculated.

The South African Revenue Service has a close to R500 billion pile of unpaid debt, with VAT being the worst offender.

Economists are starting to shift their expectations to an interest rate cut this month, after previously pencilling in a hold through to March 2026.

The DA says the NFP’s withdrawal from the GPU does not signal a new government.

Organisations including Cosatu will picket outside the American Embassy in Pretoria .

The ANC will hold anniversary celebrations in the North West this weekend.

The statement was released as the party today began the disciplinary process to punish Mbali Shinga.

Former World, European and Commonwealth champion Amy Broadhurst re-joins Great Britain’s boxing programme after 18 months out of the ring.

Anthony Joshua pays tribute to close friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, who were killed in a car crash in Nigeria, saying he is “finding it tough” to process their deaths.

Despite a flying start to the 2025/26 season, Kaizer Chiefs have been neutralised in the past few months and might not win the league.

Ellia Smeding has been selected to represent Team GB in long track speed skating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

DJ Black Coffee is taking his dissatisfaction in a ruling over his divorce to ex, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, to the Supreme Court of Appeal…

Cape Town residents are being urged to cut back on water use as dam levels fall and daily consumption climbs well above safe targets.

The pair tied the knot back in 2017

While economists do not expect manufacturing to pick up soon, they point out that pricing is at least positive.

Maphorisa said being publicly disrespected by young artists has been hurtful.

While fewer than one-third of survey respondents indicated trust in other races, acceptance of interracial marriage was high.

The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested

The energy regulator’s Rhulani Mathebula explains why the amount it owes Eskom for a tariff determination error has ballooned from R54 billion to R76 billion.

Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceled

Nasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.

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South Africa’s considerable driving licence card backlog has finally been resolved.

Bakkies are as popular as ever in South Africa, with one model experiencing a major surge in interest this December.

According to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 59,733 women in NI are now on waiting lists.

Cathy Read will walk across Spain to support the charity that helped her recover.

Researchers are looking to see if there’s a link between hormonal fluctuations and gambling addiction.