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Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber says 109,735 undocumented foreigners were arrested and deported over the past five financial years

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of a Rustenburg taxi boss

The dept’ spokesperson Chrispin Phiri says there’s no evidence showing migrants being killed in SA.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government’s economic policies.

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.

A recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court has clarified a significant aspect of eviction law in South Africa.

This is a list of the top 40 soft drinks that contain the most sugar in South Africa

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

This Victorian-era town in South Africa is famous for some of the biggest diamonds ever discovered.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Hugo Broos will have to make several difficult calls before naming his final 26-man Bafana Bafana squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026.

Lawrence Shankland is close to joining Rangers from Hearts with a deal for the Scotland forward in the final stages.

After Football Focus broadcasts its final episode after 52 years on the air, former presenters and pundits reminisce about the good times.

Marta Kostyuk dedicates her French Open first-round victory to Ukraine after Russian drones and missiles struck the country.

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

A once-overgrown wetland tucked away in Muizenberg Park is making a comeback after years of community-driven restoration work.

An SAA Airbus A320 landed, rather miraculously, in Gqeberha after storm diversions left the aircraft with critically low fuel reserves.

Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…

MaMkhize has distanced herself from a popular Facebook profile in her name, known for posing controversial comments…

Three SA teams will be in action, two at home and one in Ireland.

Trump said a separate call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘went very well’

“In this game, as any other game, we’ll have four different moments that the team has to handle in the right way,” said Cardoso.

Chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli and secretary‑general Fikile Mbalula allegedly clashed over representation.

South Africa’s capital markets are being hollowed due to a change in South Africa’s offshore investment rules.

Unsurprisingly, the Denver gorpcore brand that makes many of the best bags in the world has delivered a perfect backpack.

Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another way

In 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the “best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed journal Science.

I remember a colleague from the World Wildlife...

Twin of the Indian-market Renault Duster, also coming to South Africa this year, will make its world premiere on 9 July.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.