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Trump said it “looks like” Hamas will disarm, even though there are signs the group is regrouping.

A gardener was shot earlier in Hyde Park, north of Johannesburg and is in critical condition

Preliminary investigations indicate that the bus lost control along a curvy mountain pass.

The two men have been charged with attempted murder.

Justice Madlanga pointed out the contradiction in Sibiya’s statement.

A second US aircraft carrier appears to be heading towards the Middle East, as Washington puts pressure on Iran.

The Iranian leadership is weighing up whether resisting US demands is the best option for its survival.

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

Orlando Pirates head coach Abdeslam Ouaddou has explained why Evidence Makgopa was absent in the 2-1 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns.

Plans to change the format of the Women’s FA Cup, which would have seen four sides seeded and pathways to Wembley mapped out from the last 32 onwards, will not be brought in next season.

Brayan Leon has scored six goals in his first seven games for Mamelodi Sundowns. He has proved why he cost a reported R58 million fee.

Alina Muller repeats history from Sochi in 2014, scoring an overtime winner as Switzerland beat Sweden 2-1 to claim bronze in the women’s ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Children to get individual support directly from school instead of via council in attempt to curb spiralling costs

Children in England with special needs will receive individual support and therapy directly from their schools as part of the government’s overhaul of England’s special education provision.

Under the plans, mainstream schools will be given commissioning budgets to spend on...

Notorious TikToker Maryke Erasmus – who Gayton McKenzie once threatened to sue for defamation – share her latest theory on Joslin Smith.

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.

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The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it’s betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

Research adds weight to theory Arrokoth’s two lobes produced by gravitational collapse – and reveals process

It is the most distant and primitive object ever visited by a spacecraft from Earth: now researchers say they have fresh insights into how the ultra-red, 4bn-year-old body known as Arrokoth came to have its distinctive snowman-like shape.

Arrokoth sits in the Kuiper belt, a vast, thick...

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.