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Tom Banton hits an unbeaten half-century as England pull off a brilliant DLS chase to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second T20 international.

KZN Police respond to Hawks Head’s claims of office removal and device seizure

FS Transport Department has developed an app to regulate and boost scholar transport safety

Majola says this is the third time a death threat has been made to her life.

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It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the owners of Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, where a fire in the early hours of Jan. 1 killed dozens.

Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.

The Zulu king was trying to calm anti-migrant feelings but ended up using a highly derogatory phrase.

The president’s son, notorious for explosive remarks on X, has ambitions to succeed his father.

Prosecutors say Mamadou Hawa Gassama described Alassane Ouattara as a “tyrant” and “an enemy of Mali”.

Rusty Labuschagne was a millionaire before being wrongfully imprisoned for 10 years in Zimbabwe’s harshest prisons.

Apex Education, a private school offering blended learning, charges R780 per month for school fees.

India’s budget focuses on infrastructure and defence spending and tax breaks for data-centre investments.

Defining the middle class in South Africa is widely debated, but data from various authorities gives us a good idea of how much it takes to be included.

Malema says people cannot demand services from government if they do not participate in elections

On the 18th of March the wards became vacant after the resignation of councilors

North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi said there is a political smear campaign against him.

England captain Fran Williams laments her team’s performance as they are beaten 65-50 by South Africa in their series decider in Johannesburg.

Kaizer Chiefs remain in contention for three major trophies in 2026, but the road to a historic treble will demand near perfection.

German Freddy Schott beats Scotland’s Calum Hill and Patrick Reed in Bahrain for his first DP World Tour title.

Michael Carrick says he is delighted for Manchester United striker Benjamin Sesko after he scored a last-minute winner against Fulham in front of the Stretford End.

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures

Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money.

The changes will raise the...

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Black Coffee has praised his Venezuelan girlfriend, Victoria Gonzalez, who he began dating shortly after his split from ex, Enhle Mbali.

DJ Black Coffee has clapped back at claims he financially and physically abused his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa…

Siya Kolisi shared a clip of trying Jollof rice for the first time, did his Nigerian-Dutch influencer ‘girlfriend’ cook the traditional meal?

United went straight down the other end and Sesko spun onto Fernandes’ pass before blasting into the top corner.

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Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 2 February 2026.

Chiefs now have seven points from four games in Group D.

We are living longer and longer, but many of us are unprepared for the challenges age brings, says the novelist and psychotherapist Frank Tallis

We have never lived so long, so well, nor had more available advice on how to do so: don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t eat ultraprocessed foods; lift weights, get outside, learn a language. Cosmetics – or surgery – have never been so available,...

The Eastern Cape will soon be home to the longest and tallest bridges in South Africa.

Many South Africans may use quick fixes to cover up scratches and dents, but that may be a bad idea.