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Keely Hodgkinson will lead Great Britain’s gold medal hopes at the World Indoor Championships when a 29-member squad travels to Poland later this month.

Women’s rights’ groups worry about consequences of this shift in attitudes.

An oversight commission received more than 30,000 feedback submissions mainly in opposition to the proposed ballroom.

No UK government ministers or officials will attend the Winter Paralympics opening and closing ceremonies after Russian and Belarusian athletes were invited to compete under their national flags.

Nehawu is also calling for all vacant positions to be filled.

“Smith will thus serve seven-year direct imprisonment for his involvement in criminality.”

The NDMP is South Africa’s central policy framework for addressing substance use

Winde says more than 41-thousand Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine doses have been administered

Ecuador’s military says the drug-trafficking submersible was loaded with fuel and “ready to go”.

The Spanish government reiterated it would not let U.S. forces use two joint military bases in Spain as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran escalates, widening a rift with the Trump administration.

This election will test whether the country is ready for a new, untried generation to shape its future.

The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is postponed just 12 days before the finals were due to kick off in Morocco.

Ethiopia unveils its first unmanned, ‘smart’ police station where citizens can report crimes on automated touch screens.

The M23, which controls the coltan-rich area, has not commented and the death toll is hard to verify.

Data suggests the number of fixed-term deals has more than halved as prices for wholesale energy surge.

The compact SUV has become South Africa’s default family vehicle: practical, versatile, and often indistinguishable from the rest of the pack.

Eskom has sent notice to 14 municipalities that they need to make representations as to why their power should not be cut.

ANC MP, Xola Nqola and EFF leader Julius Malema were among those who did not accept his apology.

Madadzhe was reacting to the address by Ramathuba at the Jack Botes Hall in Polokwane.

ATM’s John Senona beat EFF’s Nkululeko Dunga for the position.

He is testifying before the Ad Hoc Committee on allegations of criminal infiltration and corruption.

BBC Sport gets the views of Championship managers as the EFL announces the play-off places will be extended to eighth from next season.

Jacob Bethell brings up a “heroic” century off 45 balls for England in the T20 World Cup semi-final against India.

After 54 matches, who makes your team of the tournament at the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup?

Ireland captain Caelan Doris says his side are “nowhere near” reaching their full potential as they prepare to face Wales following a record away victory over England.

Spotted a pothole or faulty robot? A new app lets Western Cape residents report road problems instantly – and track repairs.

Helen Zille continued to troll Panyaza Lesufi after the ANC demanded that the DA remove a billboard about the Gauteng premier.

A popular Cape Town indoor swimming pool is closed to the public. Here’s why the facility is unavailable and when it is scheduled to reopen.

The high court further highlighted that Vat is effectively irreversible once paid.

Several players will return Friday morning to complete their first rounds.

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BlockDAG has launched, and BDAG is already trading across multiple platforms from day one. Coinstore, BitMart, and Pionex USA are all live. Direct swap is available through the BlockDAG website. And more global exchanges are already confirmed to be lining up behind them. This is not a single-exchange debut. This is a coordinated, multi-platform market […]

The South African financial services sector is currently navigating its most significant structural transformation since the dawn of digital banking. As we move through March 2026, the convergence of real-time payment rails like PayShap, the rise of “embedded finance” in retail, and the maturation of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Payments Ecosystem Modernisation (PEM) […]

In January, after TikTok announced a deal to transfer its US operations, Apple began blocking people in the US from downloading or updating ByteDance apps designed for the Chinese market.

Imported cars are rapidly gaining popularity for one simple reason: South Africa’s car factories mainly produce high-end bakkies, SUVs, and sedans that most citizens can’t afford.

South Africa’s favourite hot hatch has a hefty price tag.

A new SUV offering is expected in South Africa any day now.

The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).

“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.

The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.