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South Africa’s mining output has stagnated over the past 15 years despite soaring commodity prices, limiting the country’s ability to fully benefit from global demand and the current precious metals boom.

South Africa has experienced a steady and worrying decline in voter turnout since the dawn of democracy in 1994, despite a growing population and rising voter registration figures.

A number of children have been hospitalised as officials urge families to check they are up to date with their vaccines.

The municipality says this is despite difficult conditions including strong winds.

Rhema has played a significant role in faith-based social development, national dialogue

Bolana has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Category 2 funeral.

SAFTU and NUPSAW say 3 000 health workers were given permanent contracts

Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria.

Samantha Guthrie’s fame has helped turn her mother’s abduction into a national obsession.

The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

Environmental Minister Willie Aucamp announces draft export quotas for hunting trophies of elephants, black rhinos, and leopards.

Mokgosi appeared before the North West Ad Hoc committee on Saturday to conclude his testimony.

Jacob Zuma who is the leader of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party, was expelled from the ANC in July 2024.

Sithole says her re-election to the leadership position shows confidence and renewal of the mandate.

She has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category 2.

American Anthony Kim says it is “overwhelming” after winning his first tournament since ending a 12-year absence from golf during which he battled drug and alcohol addiction.

Cormac Izuchukwu says his Six Nations debut in the 20-13 win over Italy was “unbelievable” amidst an injury-hit season for the Ulster lock.

As his team prepare to face his old club Arsenal, Wigan midfielder Matt Smith tells BBC Sport about his FA Cup final winners’ medal and the advice Mikel Arteta gave him before he left.

Former Pirates winger Lebogang Mokoena believes stiff competition under Abdeslam Ouaddou could see two long-serving players shown the door.

Custodian University of Sunderland says renovation costs of £45m are too high and building must be pulled down. Not without a fight, say locals, who believe they’re being taken for fools

The “little pieces of Sunderland” produced by the city’s glassmaking factory for more than a century can be traced back to an even older story that began in the seventh century, when English glassmaking...

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American singer Jacquees reflected on his time in Durban after embracing the culture of the coastal city during his stay. Take a look…

When does Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence expire? And will he be remembered as more than just the man who murdered Reeva Steenkamp?

Johannesburg, a city of about 6 million people and the country’s economic hub, residents are still in the dark about the water crisis.

Kaizer Chiefs co-head coach Cedric Kaze said his team paid Zamalek far too much respect in their 2-1 defeat on…

“We have tough questions ahead but they are beautiful ones,” said Cardoso.

“We’re not here to play circus, we’re here to compete,” said Ouaddou.

VW is facing the law more than a decade after its emissions scandal.

A prominent logistics expert has warned that the R120-billion Gautrain expansion won’t serve the areas that need it the most.

A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.

Side effects of a common Parkinson’s medications had devastating consequences on one family, BBC hears.

The plans are subject to a 12-week public consultation which starts on Friday.