SUNDAY, 24 MAY 2026, 09:54
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Cocaine worth about R300-million has gone missing from state storage, suggesting that members of the SAPS are not just botching basic work procedures, but are also actively colluding with global drug traffickers.
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Amakhosi finished the season in third place, a huge improvement from the previous campaign, where they ended ninth and missed out on the top eight
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Sibisi, a lad from Mpophomeni near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, is enjoying the last laugh after leading Pirates to their first championship since the 2011/2012 season
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Sibisi, a lad from Mpophomeni near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, is enjoying the last laugh after leading Pirates to their first championship since the 2011/2012 season
South Africa
Towa says one person was injured was transported to Thebe Hospital in Harrismith.
South Africa
The municipality says flood damage has slowed electricity restoration efforts.
South Africa
Professor Kayode Fayemi was speaking at the Thabo Mbeki Annual Lecture in Cape Town on Saturday.
South Africa
Mashatile says the government is outraged by the killing of Thato Molosankwe.
World
The 39-year-old was fatally injured while swimming out at a shoal off the Cassowary Coast in Queensland.
World
Twenty-one people have been injured, including a 15-year-old boy, with damage reported across all districts of Kyiv.
World
Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.
World
President Trump announced the unfinalized deal on social media after talks with Israel and other allies. It aims to end the war and includes two-month negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.
Africa
Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.
Africa
Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.
Africa
The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.
Africa
Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.
Business
Business
Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Sunday, 24 May 2026.
Business
It is so expensive to live in Cambridge a charity says people with jobs need subsidised food.
Business
South Africa’s funeral industry, estimated to be worth billions of rands annually, is increasingly being targeted by mafia-style criminal groups.
Politics
A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.
Politics
The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.
Politics
The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates
Politics
Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.
Sport
Test your knowledge of the 2025-26 Premier League season before the final round of fixtures.
Sport
With only one round of Premier League fixtures remaining, selecting players with low ownership could be crucial to jumping above a rival in your mini-league – so here are three options.
Sport
According to reports, Cheslin Kolbe is heading back to the Stormers, with his partner SportyBet credited for making the move possible.
Sport
After a five-year stay in the WSL, Leicester City were relegated on Saturday – so what does the future of the club look like?
Education
As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move
Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.
It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...
Education
Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable
Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...
Education
The move was expected to come after a federal appeals court on Friday ruled against Mr. Khalil, who became the face of President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters.
Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said she wants to hire more civil rights lawyers, but the White House has proposed cutting that office in half.
Lifestyle
Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…
Lifestyle
MaMkhize has distanced herself from a popular Facebook profile in her name, known for posing controversial comments…
Lifestyle
Kaya FM presenter Sizwe Dhlomo has been accused of bragged about his whopping petrol receipt – take a look…
Lifestyle
From THAT Miladys meme to pure muscle: Cassper is bragging about his new catchy track and his lean physique…
Entertainment
The snub is a slap in the face for the government’s attempts to downplay the marches and protests by citizens from other African countries
Entertainment
“Harry Kane is the best transfer we’ve ever made,” Hoeness told German TV.
Entertainment
Real Madrid ended a troubled La Liga campaign with a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao in Alvaro Arbeloa’s last game…
Entertainment
Captain’s chairs and various cabin configurations makes MPV great alternative to SUV.
Science/Tech
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in shared content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure to hide connections to malicious domains. Researchers say the vulnerability could impact roughly 88 million domains and can bypass DNS filtering and protective DNS controls, potentially enabling stealthy command-and-control communications and other evasive...
Science/Tech
Tesla’s upcoming Cybercab “has been certified at 165 Wh/mi,” reports Electrek — which makes it “the most efficient electric vehicle ever produced — by a wide margin.” The next most efficient EV on the market, the Lucid Air Pure, consumes 28% more energy per mile. Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy confirmed the figure, which represents a certified rating — not a marketing claim...
Science/Tech
Linus Torvalds spoke this week at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America, reports ZDNet — and described how AI is impacting Linux kernel development:”In the last six months, we’ve seen a lot more commits,” Torvalds noted, estimating that “the last two releases, it’s been about 20% more commits than we had in the previous releases over many years…. The real change that...
Science/Tech
A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the U.S. House of Representative, reports California news station KCRA:A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent has advanced in the House, reigniting an age-old American debate around the twice-annual clock changes. And this time, the proposal has the president’s backing. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will...
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Motoring
Final specification and pricing will only be announced once a launch date is provided.
Health
Kinshasa residents continue to pack markets, bars and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of the virus.
Health
A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.
Health
Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.
Health
The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.