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According to Eskom, repair work will commence once the areas are deemed safe.

Ramathuba says that in most cases, South Africans are the ones facilitating the illegal entry.

Five fires burn across Kouga Municipality as officials await support from George to contain them.

Police targeted a vehicle suspected of carrying unlicensed firearms, leading to a fatal shootout.

Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran’s second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces.

President Trump sidelined Venezuela’s opposition and is working with remnants of the regime led by ousted leader Nicolás Maduro. What’s next for the opposition?

Donald Trump wants and needs quick victories. Taking Maduro is the decisive win he has craved, writes Jeremy Bowen.

Michel Nkuka Mboladinga stood motionless throughout DR Congo’s Afcon matches in tribute to Patrice Lumumba.

The organisers of a professional women’s tournament which has gone viral because of a wildcard player’s poor performance acknowledge she should not have been allowed to play.

The Half of a Yellow Sun and We Should All Be Feminists writer’s twin boys were born in 2024.

Ken Ofori-Atta’s lawyers say he is co-operating and is in the process of changing his US visa status.

The Greggs boss says there is “no doubt” weight loss jabs have led it to having a healthier menu.

An increasing number of people cannot afford to heat their homes in winter, says a charity boss.

Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says that South Africa’s TV Licence regime has all but collapsed, and details on a new scheme will be presented to the department next month.

Ramaphosa spoke to community members in Ward 21, Boitekong, during an ANC outreach in North West.

Ramaphosa says they will have a proper discussion with the party to help resolve their differences.

The African National Congress turned 114 years on Thursday

The NFP announced its withdrawal from the coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal.

Arsenal ready to join race for Marc Guehi but Manchester City confident they will sign Crystal Palace centre-back, Tottenham agree personal terms with Souza, plus more.

Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim dislocates her shoulder just a month before the start of the Winter Games in Milan.

Dragons duo Dan Lydiate and Rhys Patchell joined Ospreys coach Duncan Jones in Steve Tandy’s backroom staff for Wales’ autumn internationals.

An influential Manchester United fan group is planning a protest against the ownership, which it accuses of “turning the club into a circus”.

Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policy

Trinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a “step backwards” for...

NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are staging nine-day walkout over ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupils

Teachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action.

Members of the NASUWT teaching union at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools...

New look, same strength? Springbok RG Snyman – nicknamed ‘the Viking’- has showed off a dramatic new look…

Amor Vittone has acknowledged her late husband Joost van der Westhuizen after going public with her new partner, Marius van Biljon.

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and his younger partner Rachel John have gone public with their romance during a romantic vacation…

According to reports, black South Africans have been included in the US refugee resettlement programme prioritised for Afrikaners…

Black Coffee secures right to appeal key ruling in divorce battle with Enhle Mbali – and girlfriend Victoria Gonzalez shares ‘Pentagon’ pics.

The home team were able to finish their innings but there was no opportunity for the visitors to chase the 188 target.

The 37-year-old woman was shot in the head as she apparently tried to drive away from agents approaching her car.

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The pivot doesn’t look out of place at CES, where Chinese electronics companies are increasingly applying their manufacturing prowess to new industries.

This Chinese carmaker is rapidly expanding in South Africa with considerable sales figures across its various brands.

South Africa’s considerable driving licence card backlog has finally been resolved.

Ski Sunday’s Ed Leigh and Chemmy Alcott share advice on how to keep safe and warm.

The health secretary had made it his personal mission to banish the fax machine from the NHS.