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Police have detained Mugabe’s son and one other person.

One person has sustained second-degree burns and is currently receiving medical treatment.

This follows a decision to hike membership contributions by 9.8% this year.

A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

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.

Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

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.

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

MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission

Scotland defender John Souttar signs a new contract with Rangers, keeping him at the Ibrox club until May 2027 and ending speculation over his future.

England forward Bukayo Saka commits his future to Premier League leaders Arsenal by signing a new five-year deal.

The USA need an extra end to beat Switzerland 7-6 in a dramatic finish to qualify for the women’s curling semi-finals, knocking Great Britain out of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has called for the rules to be changed over goalkeeper timeouts.

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.

Episode five of ‘Uthando Nes’thembu’ revealed just how complex the issues between Musa Mseleku and Thobile MaKhumalo truly are.

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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.