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Dubai-based South African restaurateur Nicky van der Walt has described explosions in the city on Saturday, as Iran retaliated against attacks by the US and Israel, as “surreal, completely crazy”.

The investigation is to determine the cause of fire that took the lives of 5 children on Saturday.

Five died in Ballito, Durban and another three, in Umdoni in fire incidents, in KwaZulu-Natal,

The Presidency says the escalation poses a serious threat to international peace and security.

Latakgomo is remembered for his courageous reporting during one of South Africa’s darkest chapters.

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The supreme leader of Iran embraced hardline policies against increasing pressure for reform.

The excess of politicians’ children was front and centre of the anger that drove protests that toppled the government last year.

What are people in Iran saying about today’s attacks by the U.S. and Israel? We hear from people on the ground who experienced the event as it unfolded.

The move could undermine Lilongwe’s pursuit of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund

He used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.

This is the highest number of confirmed casualties from a single African country in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi – but the purchase was never completed.

New data shows that this small Eastern Cape town recorded one of the highest numbers of sales in 2025. 

Airlines and authorities have confirmed that flights are being disrupted and cancelled following US and Israeli military action in Iran.

The Greengate Lifestyle Centre is under construction and is a key part of the Mooikloof Smart City.

While the national rollout of the AARTO system is in question, experts warn that speeding fines won’t just disappear.

The DA is taking aim at issues surrounding roads, infrastructure and the water supply.

The EFF accuses Xhakaza of trying to push it out of its governance responsibilities in the metro.

DA National Spokesperson Karabo Khakhau says the nomination window runs until the 23rd of March.

The municipality says the extra ward will be located in the northern region of the Municipality.

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Ashley Williams react to Jordan Pickford’s “remarkable” injury-time save against Newcastle.

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Ashley Williams look at Marc Guehi’s impressive partnership with Ruben Dias in Manchester City’s 1-0 win at Leeds.

‘Handball rule is a mess’ – Alan Shearer unimpressed by Burnley VAR decision.

Manchester United interim boss Michael Carrick comes up against one of the major contenders for the permanent job when Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace go to Old Trafford on Sunday.

The education secretary wants a fairer system and the Tories have leapt in with their own plan – but why now?

For anyone who attended university in England in the last 15 or so years, the idea of student loans feeling like some sort of debt trap is hardly news. But three weeks ago, when the journalist Oli Dugmore discussed this on the BBC’s Question Time, it felt like a moment.

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Canvassing votes at the Soweto Derby? Helen Zille – the DA’s Joburg mayoral candidate – celebrated Orlando Pirates victory with soccer fans.

A Nigerian family, whose asylum bid and appeal was denied in Ireland, will be deported to South Africa. Here’s why…

‘There is no genocide in South Africa’: Several US TikTokers have slammed news their country will increase the intake of Afrikaner refugees.

EFF leader Julius Malema seemingly shut down rumours of a divorce after he was seen all smiles with his wife Mantwa at the Soweto Derby…

I don’t mind that Johannesburg has a new deputy mayor, I just want to know how she’s going to make the city prosper

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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

Petrol and diesel prices are set to increase more than previously anticipated this March.

Two iconic Italian sports cars are heading back to South Africa, but there’s a catch.

South Africa’s most wanted car right now is not an SUV or bakkie.

With 107kW of power on tap from the 1 300cc boxer engine, you’ll never run out of power.

Twenty-five women have received compensation following gynaecological surgery.

Kerry Watson takes more than 100 tablets a week to deal with the pain caused by a vaginal mesh implant.