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The Electoral Commission of SA has introduced voter registration and updating via WhatsApp to increase accessibility and convenience for eligible voters

Mthobisi Mncube and four others are on trial for the murder of Senzo Meyiwa

Ka Plaatjie was the secretary general in the early 1990s before leaving the party to join the ANC.

The Free State DEAF association’s chairperson says they are association proud of of the students

Over 29 million voters are now registered on the voters’ roll.

Boris Nadezhdin, who was recently designated as a foreign agent, posted a video in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.

Two Republican senators wanted a written guarantee that Trump would not revive a controversial proposal.

Three people have been killed and 21 injured after an explosive device detonated at an Italian restaurant, Russian media reports.

The highway enters Western Sahara, a disputed territory that Morocco claims sovereignty over.

There are fears of a return to full-scale conflict in Tigray as a peace deal has not been fully implemented.

Asisat Oshoala scores the only goal as Nigeria beat Zambia at Wafcon 2026 to revive the West Africans’ hopes of reaching the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

Dozens of Ethiopians are awaiting execution – some called the BBC to tell their stories.

The former department store closed in 2016.

The film’s strong performance gives a much-needed boost for Disney ahead of the highly-anticipated release of Avengers: Doomsday.

More relaxed mortgage regulation opens the door for some first-time buyers, but it comes with risk.

Electoral Commission (IEC) briefs the media on the recent voter registration drive.

DA says it will make strong arguments in Court that the Expropriation Act was approved unlawfully

The DA wants the court to declare it unconstitutional and invalid.

Ramaphosa says although there is still progress to be made, new developments are underway.

United States international Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy is banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing.

Newly promoted Women’s Super League club Crystal Palace have signed Tottenham defender Molly Bartrip for an undisclosed fee.

Como agree a deal worth more than £30m to sign Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah.

Bosnia and Herzegovina captain Edin Dzeko, 40, signs a one-year contract extension at newly promoted Bundesliga side Schalke.

Pupils who open accounts aged 11 to 12 score lower in some subjects than those who wait a few years, study finds

Children who open social media accounts at the start of secondary school appear to perform worse in tests than those who delay, with researchers suspecting that the constant checking for updates is a major distraction for many students.

Pupils who opened their first social media...

Critics say the one size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for all students and there are questions about the body that helped design it

Michelle’s year-eight daughter, Leah*, has been in and out of hospital since birth with complex medical issues, and Michelle says flexible learning through a Montessori program has allowed her to keep up with school.

She says the Montessori stream at their nearby...

‘For them just to get into it, express themselves, press as hard as they can for as long as they can – that is important for us.’

Recent episodes have led to most of the pairings being criticised

IEC added about 291 000 new voters over the weekend, bringing the total first-time voters from the June and August weekends to 754 000.

Reality star Nozipho Ntshangase shares an encouraging update on her recovery journey.

Every August, the country turns its attention to women. Panels are convened. Tributes are published. Stages fill with stories of progress. And then September arrives, and the structural conditions that govern the financial lives of most South African women remain precisely as they were. I am no longer satisfied with that cycle. This Women’s Month, […]

Readers respond to an editorial about the threat to research funding, including plans to close the Jodrell Bank Observatory

Your editorial rightly criticises the decision to cease funding the Lovell telescope from March 2028 (The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics, 31 July). There are additional reasons why this decision is so...

Spacious six-seater proves you don’t need an new energy vehicle to save at the pumps.

If you are going to spend over R1-million on a car, do it on something that smacks pedigree quality.

The scheme is part of World Breastfeeding Week, from 1 to 7 August, organisers say.

There were 20 independent investigations or reviews between 2021 and 2025.

Jack Tolley says he found it difficult to find supplies of the key medicines he needs.