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An Electoral Court majority has found that former president Jacob Zuma qualifies for appointment to the National Assembly because the 15-month prison term he received from the Constitutional Court for contempt could not be appealed, therefore it did not qualify as a “sentence”.

Angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to get their jobs back.

Defence counsel Thulani Mngomezulu said he is unwell.

The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but it says the move will only be viable as long as there is economic growth and sufficient tax revenue to fund it.

A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he did not have a lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration.

Joan Donoghue speaks to BBC Hardtalk about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel.

Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.

China’s foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a “downward spiral”, as the visiting secretary of state raised concerns on issues including support for Russia.

The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.

Three more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targeting millions of children in a continent that accounts for 95 percent of malaria deaths, the UN said Thursday.

Tanzania on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded” allegations of killings, reape rights abuses and the planned evictions of over 20 000 people that led the World Bank to suspend funding for a $150 million conservation project.

Burkina Faso’s military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Implats is looking to retrench thousands of workers, adding to the major job cuts affecting those in the South African mining sector.

The NCOP has approved two reports from the Ethics Committee which updates ethical codes of conduct and exposes and seeks discipline for members who failed to disclose interests.

A slight boost to the rand won’t do much to prevent a petrol price hike next week – but diesel users should at least get some relief.

The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC

Steenhuisen warns South Africans not to be fooled by what he called load shedding manipulation

The court had ordered the ANC to hand over its full cadre deployment records to the DA.

The IEC has disbursed R342 million to be shared among political parties in the national legislature.

Stormers director of rugby John Dobson is under no illusions about the importance of Saturday’s URC clash against log-leaders Leinster at Cape Town Stadium.

Daizen Maeda is on course to feature in Celtic’s title chase after making a quicker than expected recovery from injury.

Mngqithi is in talks with Sundowns and not Chiefs but is he making the right decision by wanting to stay at Chloorkop?

The California university cancelled Asna Tabassum’s speech because of ‘security concerns’. The real reason is cowardice

When Asna Tabassum, a hijab-wearing Muslim, was announced as the valedictorian for the University of Southern California class of 2024, my initial reaction was the thought of my south Asian mother saying, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you valedictorian?” But what...

Teachers say behaviour getting worse as survey also shows parents getting less supportive of school policies

Only two in five children in England say they always feel safe at school, according to a government survey, and teachers from across Britain have told the Guardian they have seen pupils’ behaviour deteriorate over the last two years.

Teachers said violence and abuse aimed at school staff...

Expensive equipment and music belonging to Afrotainment artists were stolen during a burglary at DJ Tira’s studio.

Chrissy Teigen gave her palate-popping approval to Meghan Markle’s latest venture, in a mouthwatering endorsement,

Janet Jackson unveiled her near-casting as the iconic Storm in the X-Men franchise, a role eventually immortalized by Halle Berry.

The Women King star Chioma Umeala is driven by closing the gap in terms of representation for black women in the world of animé.

The Film and Publications Board has scrapped recently-introduced regulations that would have forced Internet service providers and social media platform owners to police their content for disinformation and misinformation.

The regulator will check whether Tesla’s fix adequately addressed safety concerns.

Skyworth, KwaZulu-Natal’s largest electronics manufacturer, has successfully launched the award-winning Nex Playground motion games into South African retailers and announced that it has begun rolling out the first of its digital lifestyle products under a new brand, QVWi.

TikTok but without the algorithm? TikTok by Meta? A new law this week puts the platform on a death watch—and none of the potential outcomes look great.

Newly launched Chery-owned brand’s latest models will also be the most powerful ever sold in local soil.

The South African Weather Service is partnering with French company Meteorage to improve the use of lightning data for the safety of people, animals and infrastructure.

The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.

More than 530 stranded loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been admitted to the Cape Town aquarium’s Turtle Conservation Centre in just two weeks.

Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.