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Roelf Meyer is set present his credentials to Donald Trump this week, in a critical mission to repair fractured diplomatic relations.

Joe Sibanyoni case exposes troubling weaknesses within National Prosecuting Authority

Considering 44.2% of the country’s population comprises of young people under the age of 25, the statistics on youth unemployment are catastrophic at best and loom as a tinderbox that can detonate with disastrous consequences at worst.

It is now likely that we will have another new prime minister, possibly within weeks, or perhaps within months, our political editor writes.

Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was killed in Vosloorus on the East Rand in October 2014.

Joe Sibanyoni, Oupa Sindane, Phillimon Msiza and Daniel Masilela were facing charges of extortion

Karim says Ebola is a public threat on the entire African continent.

Murder accused, Matipandile Sotheni, faces 16 counts linked to the killing of Witness D.

The Kremlin has said Putin and Xi plan to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, but also “key international and regional issues.”

President Donald Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war.

Starbucks withdrew the campaign for its drink tumblers after many said it referenced a bloody crackdown.

An investigation found that 177 human specimens from dozens of bodies were secretly kept by a museum.

Key roads have remained largely empty and some schools have asked students to stay at home.

New research links rural solar adoption to mobile money use, while raising concerns about inequality

Francis Ngannou reaffirmed his claim as the best heavyweight in the world with a first-round knockout win over Philipe Lins at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

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

Faster mobile app launches are shaping business success, with Cirrus Bridge enabling scalable and efficient development.

The shop can now make £2,000 in one day after moving to trade outdoors just one day a week.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Tuesday, 19 May 2026.

National Orders are the highest civilian honours that South Africa bestows on its citizens.

The announcement was made during a media briefing in Durban on Monday evening.

The party says Sipho ‘ES’ Mbatha is alleged to have extorted money from individuals.

Lwazi Magaqa was reacting after the Pietermaritzburg High Court allowed a postponement

Cricket fans have been left infuriated after the Proteas’ iconic New Year’s Test at Newlands sold out in strange circumstances.

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the Canadian Grand Prix.

George Best would have been 80 on 22 May. Take a look back on an unforgettable career and enjoy five of his most memorable goals.

Former England players and coaching staff reflect on whether intense Premier League rivalries may have undermined the so-called Golden Generation at the 2006 World Cup.

Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid it

One in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL).

Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with...

A Facebook post about an elephant protecting a dead safari park ranger has gone viral, prompting SANParks to step in and call foul on it.

Rachel Kolisi revealed that she has been admitted to hospital but reassured her fans and followers that ‘all is well’. Take a look…

With the official launch just weeks away, calls from civil society to scrap AARTO are growing as delays draw comparisons with e-tolls …

According to an insider privy to information, the Libyan giants will table offers for the Bafana Bafana stars at the end of the season.

Clairvoyant says tarot cards point to major global change ahead and the collapse of outdated systems by 2028.

Behind every irregular tender award lies lost employment, shuttered presses and families caught in the fallout of graft quantified only in rands.

Study of Channel finds levels of toxic Pfas in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage

Scientists have found high levels of toxic Pfas, or “forever chemicals”, in soil, water and throughout the marine food chain in the UK’s Solent strait, including at protected environmental sites, according to a new study.

In some samples, pollution was 13 times the...

Pope Leo’s first encyclical takes on AI, with Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah joining the Vatican launch.

Lititz, PA  — After deploying Helpany’s radar-based AI platform in January 2026, United Zion senior living community cut falls by 70% in four months — and closed April with zero recorded falls, a first in the community’s history. United Zion Retirement Community, a senior living community in Lititz, Pennsylvania and the first community in the […]

When Hims launched its men’s wellness platform in 2017 with a stripped-down telehealth model for finasteride and minoxidil, the pitch was disarmingly simple: skip the dermatologist, skip the awkward pharmacy run, get hair-loss medication delivered for the price of two coffees a week. Eight years later, the company reports roughly 2.3 million subscribers across its […]

Second round of this year’s series didn’t disappoint the Red Star faithful.