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A US state department official did not confirm the identities or number of prisoners released, but called the move “an important step in the right direction”.

The Summit Club in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, is in hot water, owing the city R2.6 million in unpaid power bills and facing allegations of violating regulations.

Farmers are calling for the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak to be declared a national disaster in terms of South Africa’s Disaster Management Act.

The court has found that the witness has also lied that he cannot read nor write English.

The Western Cape government is affected by wildfires and water shortages.

Chiloane says 3000 learners remain unplaced as parents flood Gauteng Education offices.

The purpose for the visit is to kickstart the 2026 Back-To-School Programme.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark’s foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm.

Experts say that children in conflict with the law are being let down by India’s juvenile justice system.

Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person months before the famous case of Rosa Parks.

The Amazigh calendar places them almost a thousand years ahead of much of the rest of the world.

The communications authority says the suspension is aimed at preventing misinformation and violence.

The offensive is in the central state of Kogi, where the bandits have recently become more active.

Eritrea are included in the preliminary qualifying round draw for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations despite being unranked by world governing body Fifa.

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Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.

Best Before, which is disrupting the South African retail market with lower prices than retailers like Checkers and Pick n Pay, has launched nationwide courier delivery.

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Health Department requested more funding after Trump administration withdrew PEPFAR funding.

Makhubele was removed as Chief Whip with immediate effect.

Football is a strange sport. Just six months ago he was a Kaizer Chiefs player, now he’ll have to start all over from scratch.

Why has an English manager not won the Premier League? Chief football writer Phil McNulty explores who could make history.

Welsh Fire are set to announce England batter Phil Salt as one of their direct signings for the 2026 edition of The Hundred.

Dithejane is heading stateside.

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has begun road rehabilitation works on a key road in Bellville’s Stikland Industrial area.

Alternative assets like luxury watches and jewellery are outperforming South African stocks and even the property market. Here’s why …

US actor Will Smith has come to the rescue of US YouTuber Salah Brooks who was robbed in Cape Town last month…

The ‘Mommy Club: Sugar and Spice’ star Losh Naidoo is celebrating her triplet daughters top achieving Matric passes…

Teffo came into prominence as a defence attorney in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial.

Close action on the cards as over 50 identically powered bugs take to the track.

The matric Class of 2025 will join millions of youth already searching for work, facing the same walls others have hit for years.

Mpumalanga and Limpopo have been lashed by heavy rain.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse rejects the notion that a driving licence validity extension should automatically trigger a price hike.

Understanding which parts fail most often in used vehicles helps explain why many South Africans consider a car warranty for used cars as less of a nice-to-have and more of a cost-control tool.

The longer companies delay modernising, the more they lose in migration costs and missed opportunities, says Mint Group.

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South Africans are getting ready to ditch their traditional driving licences, but ‘what for’ remains the question.

South Africans are spending noticeably less on petrol than they were a few months ago.

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Tata has announced that two new SUVs are heading to South Africa this year.

Dr May van Schalkwyk from the University of Edinburgh shares her thoughts with Drs Chris and Xand on What’s Up Docs?

Medical checks for the show picked up contestant Amanda Collier’s heart condition.