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A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the precipice of the Oval Office, paving the way along Pennsylvania Avenue for Barack Obama

Not long ago, it was unthinkable that the leader of the DA would ever walk up the steps to the Union Buildings

The liberalisation loosens the colonial grip on African life. It allows states to maintain sovereignty while refusing to let colonial lines dictate connectivity

We are working to expand the sector and ensure we provide high-quality products to new markets. It remains key that the sector’s “knowledge infrastructure” is up to date and, importantly, that new entrant farmers are supported

A gardener was shot earlier in Hyde Park, north of Johannesburg and is in critical condition

Preliminary investigations indicate that the bus lost control along a curvy mountain pass.

The two men have been charged with attempted murder.

Justice Madlanga pointed out the contradiction in Sibiya’s statement.

Recent deadly incidents in California and Europe are putting avalanches – and how to avoid them – in the spotlight.

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Max Colchester about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the new details that have emerged in the Epstein files.

The International Paralympic Committee decided to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags in Italy. The decision has caused an outcry in Ukraine.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sky and Amanda Roberts, family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, now that the former Prince Andrew has been arrested by police in the U.K.

The corridor is strategically significant given that Zambia, Angola and the DRC are home to some of the world’s most significant deposits of critical minerals

The gunmen launched simultaneous assaults on multiple communities in a remote border district, officials say.

Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg.

Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast.

The US bought more goods than it sold in 2025 as the White House attempts to reverse the flow.

Sources close to the company insist that its difficulties stem entirely from “the Mandelson legacy”.

Despite the gazetted reforms aimed at strengthening the industry, they do not address the imports that contributed to the liquidation of a 134-year-old South African company.

Rand Water has been granted an urgent licence to extract more water from the Vaal to help supply Gauteng.

Senior Democratic Alliance officials are backing Western Cape agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer to replace the party leader as agriculture minister after its April federal congress

Ramaphosa insists that success within the GNU must be owned collectively rather than politicised.

The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners

Jakub Mensik prevents Jannik Sinner from reaching another final as he knocks the world number two out of the Qatar Open quarter-finals, while Carlos Alcaraz reaches semis.

Keely Hodgkinson breaks the long-standing women’s indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia’s Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born almost 24 years ago.

Alysa Liu ends USA’s 24-year wait for a women’s figure skating gold medal, as the reigning 20-year old world champion wins her first singles Olympic title at Milan-Cortina 2026.

Great Britain’s men’s curling team react to their thrilling 8-5 win over Switzerland in the Winter Olympics semi-finals, describing Saturday’s final as the “biggest match of our lives.”

Children to get individual support directly from school instead of via council in attempt to curb spiralling costs

Children in England with special needs will receive individual support and therapy directly from their schools as part of the government’s overhaul of England’s special education provision.

Under the plans, mainstream schools will be given commissioning budgets to spend on...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has backed plans to build an N2 wall after another highway incident, this time outside Khayelitsha…

Notorious TikToker Maryke Erasmus – who Gayton McKenzie once threatened to sue for defamation – share her latest theory on Joslin Smith.

Minnie Dlamini and her friends immersed themselves in all things Galentine’s as they celebrated their friendship in Cape Town.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been under fire due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Motorists in South Africa are spending considerably less on petrol than they were a few months ago.

SANRAL will raise fees across all its toll plazas in South Africa next month.

The cheapest Toyota Corolla Cross costs more than R400,000 in South Africa.

Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

The decision, on the case of a child who sustained a brain injury at birth in 2015, could have significant cost implications for the NHS.