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Emfuleni residents battling with uncollected refuse, illegal dumping
The Emfuleni local municipality has spent anout R68m in the past five years on waste removal and R31m on overtime.
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The Emfuleni local municipality has spent anout R68m in the past five years on waste removal and R31m on overtime.
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Following court battles and power cuts, the Gauteng Department of Education is reviewing its decentralised funding model, arguing that school governing bodies lack the financial expertise to manage soaring municipal bills.

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England combine nerve and accuracy to overcome France and a raucous record crowd and clinch their eight successive Women’s Six Nations title in Bordeaux.

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Jess Breach finishes off a sweeping move to score a decisive try as England beat France 43-28 to win the Women’s Six Nations.

South Africa
Nyalunga was allegedly ambushed by two armed men at his business premises.

South Africa
Maile attributed the debt to estimated billing and rising inflation among other things.

South Africa
IDAC says reports of a warrant against Mkhwanazi are false.

South Africa
Police have launched a manhaunt after three people were shot dead at Franschhoek.

World
One of Ukraine’s largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities said Sunday.

World
The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
World
Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria’s Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR spent weeks with some of them to understand why they fled China for Syria.

World
In Ukraine, local officials report eight injured in overnight Russian drone strikes and shelling.

Africa
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have devastated Mussa town in Borno state.

Africa
Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

Africa
The Trump administration waives a $15,000 visa bond for fans from five countries who have World Cup tickets, but African fans still face challenges.

Africa
At the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Makhtar Diop calls for bold investment, private sector leadership and structural reforms

Business
BusinessTech looked at an example of the cars and houses an Eskom employee can afford based the utility’s latest remuneration data.

Business
Cape Town was ranked fifth in the world in Time Out’s 2026 Top 20 best cities for art and culture, noted for its layered and evolving cultural scene.

Business
There are green shoots emerging in South Africa’s richest city despite property data showing signs of negative sales and years of decay.

Business
South African employers are being warned to prepare for increased scrutiny as authorities intensify inspections of businesses employing foreign nationals.

Politics
ANC says it is working to regain control of municipalities it previously lost.

Politics
His life was a testament to a generation of cadres who sacrificed greatly freedom

Politics
The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

Politics
The DA has requested the President to authorise an SIU investigation immediately.

Sport
Oliver Glasner says he will play the “strongest team” against Arsenal next week, in a match that could decide the Premier League title, but will manage his side’s minutes.

Sport
The manager’s job is his, so what are the key tasks in front of Michael Carrick at Manchester United?

Sport
Marco Silva says he “hasn’t decided” if he’s staying at Fulham beyond the end of next season.

Sport
Scotland great Scott Hastings has died at the age of 61 after suffering from cancer, the Scottish Rugby Union announced on Sunday.

Education
Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty add to internal opposition to seeking deal with Saudi defence ministry
The families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadh’s defence ministry.
The Guardian revealed last week that Cambridge’s Judge business school has been...
Education
Is the post-college job market as bad as it seems?
Education
Lessons from the first graduating A.I. class.

Education
Businesses are advised against paying – but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy
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After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure – which operates the...

Lifestyle
Rachel Kolisi once clapped back at a stranger who referred to her as ‘Siya Kolisi’s wife’. Here’s what she said…

Lifestyle
Zakes Bantwini launches his foundation at The Saxon Hotel to empower youth, women, and creatives through opportunity and mentorship

Lifestyle
Television personality Vuyokazi Nciweni and Amapiano star Young Stunna showed off their ridiculously stylish homes on social media.

Lifestyle
Janet Jackson makes 60 look effortlessly beautiful and young.

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Sunday, 17 May 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region for Monday, 18 May 2026.

Entertainment
Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Entertainment
Aubrey Modiba’s brilliant free kick gave Sundowns a 1-0 advantage over Morocco’s AS FAR after the first leg of the…
Science/Tech
Test scores “are lower than they were a decade ago in school districts across the U.S.,” reports Times magazine, citing new data released Wednesday by Stanford researchers. “Reading scores were down roughly 0.6 grades in 2025 compared to 2015, and math scores were down about 0.4 grades. This means that students were 60% of one school year behind where their peers were in reading a decade...
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles that cost them anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000 — and that were rapidly losing the software brains that made them work. No more over-the-air updates. No more connected services. No more warranty. The...
Science/Tech
Long-time Slashdot reader internet-redstar shares an interestging response to “the recent wave of Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities like ‘Copy Fail’ and ‘Dirty Frag'”:Belgian Linux sysadmin and Tesla Hacker “Jasper Nuyens” got tired of the idea of manually blacklisting dozens or even hundreds of obscure kernel modules across large fleets of Linux systems in the near future.So he...
Science/Tech
Are statistical programmers coalescing around a handful of popular languages? That’s the question asked by the CEO of software assessment site TIOBE, which every month estimates the popularity of programming languages based on their frequency in search results:This month, the programming language R matched its all-time high by reaching position #8 in the TIOBE index once again. This is not a...

Motoring
These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

Motoring
South Africa’s fuel refinery capacity has collapsed since the start of the decade, making the country more susceptible to global oil shocks.

Motoring
Jetour’s newest SUV is among the top 10 best-selling passenger cars in South Africa, less than a year after its launch.

Motoring
Digital marketing holds unique power to grow your business and reach new customers.
Health
Straus Family Creamery asked customers to throw out some tubs sold in May across 17 states. No injuries have been reported, the company said.

Health
A patient praises a new test for womb cancer being trialled at hospitals in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Health
Women diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder discuss how it impacts their lives.

Health
Health correspondent James Gallagher absorbs more than the recommended daily limit in just one meal to find out how salt affects our bodies.