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Health dept says there are ongoing water quality checks to ensure public safety amid outbreak

The ANC has condemned the US’s military strike and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his family, labelling it a violation of international law and an affront to Venezuela’s sovereignty.

Gauteng police and a private security company have rescued 10 half-naked teenagers who are foreign nationals and were seen walking in Mulbarton in the south of Johannesburg wearing only their underwear.

Freedom Front Plus leader Corné Mulder stated that the ANC cannot speak on behalf of South Africa regarding the events in Venezuela or its foreign policy.

Men who brutally assaulted woman in KZN tavern surrender; viral video sparks calls for justice.

MEC of Education, Lindi Masina has launched of the Back-to-School Campaign

The metro has requested the public to steer clear of the area due to the dangerous conditions.

Police were alerted to a group of eight half-naked teenagers walking on foot.

Videos show that unrest has spread to more than 40 towns and cities, including pro-government heartlands.

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump’s direction.

Cyril Zattara is charged with raping 14 women over a decade, as well as secretly filming others.

At least 13 people, including eight children, have been killed in the strike in el-Obeid city, medics say.

About 85 Ethiopian migrants were trying to leave the country when the accident occurred, authorities say.

The main opposition coalition boycotted the vote after a referendum allowed the removal of term limits.

With tens of thousands of cases waiting to be heard, some people have to wait four years for their trials to start.

South Africa currently has eight dollar billionaires ranked among the world’s richest people at the start of 2026, with a combined net worth of R715 billion.

Premier League Champions Liverpool are partnering with Old School to expand the club’s retail presence in South Africa.

The party condemns US attack on Venezuela and the arrest of President Maduro and Cilia Flores.

Maduro and Cilia Flores face US narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy charges.

Mapaila will deliver the keynote address at the 31st annual Joe Slovo commemoration

US Delta Force raid in Venezuela captures President Maduro and wife in Caracas.

Former Scotland, Manchester United and Leeds United defender Gordon McQueen attributed his dementia to heading a ball, his daughter tells an inquest.

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world over the past seven days.

West Ham are close to an agreement with striker Callum Wilson to terminate his contract at the club.

Will any of these players decide to leave?

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.

Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to...

University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves

Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...

Rethink Food is helping to fund initiatives to cut hunger in schools across Leeds.

Amor Vittone is dating radio DJ and restauranteur Marius van Biljon, whose beauty queen wife Shannon, died less than six months ago…

Concerns over smelly and potential faecal contaminated tap water in parts of Johannesburg have now been eased.

Respondents in the construction activity and S&P PMI surveys were optimistic about the rest of the year for construction as well as business activity.

Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 7 January 2026.

Introduced as the replacement for the XUV 500 five years ago, Mahindra has removed the wraps from the facelift XUV…

The SACP gathered in Soweto to reflect on the life of Joe Slovo.

A stable electricity system has enabled Eskom to shift its focus to reducing generation costs.

A financial sector and markets commentator has alleged that portfolio managers hyped up Blu Label to dump their shares on retail investors.

From its launch 50 years ago, these are some of the key moments that shaped South African television into what it is today.

A South African airline has achieved an on-time score surpassing that of the world’s best air carriers.

Mahindra has revealed the new XUV 7XO, the latest iteration of its 7-seater SUV.

Motus has laid off dozens of employees as it faces growing competition from Chinese car brands.

An organisation in South Africa has written to the presidency calling for the legal drinking age to be increased from 18 to 23.

The overhaul is the latest in a host of sweeping changes made under the Trump administration by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

The doctor was working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth when the incidents happened.

Soft drinks, chocolate, pizzas and ice creams will be targeted in the UK government’s plan.