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As the national ANC officially inaugurated the party’s Eastern Cape provincial task team at the City Hall in KuGompo City late on Thursday, fresh warnings of legal action against the troubled party again emerged.

The host joined Sir Paul and the band to close out the show with a performance of the Beatles’ Hello, Goodbye.

When households stop farming, it breaks the generational transfer of knowledge and skills essential for sustaining rural farms, write Sibongiseni Peacock, Scott Drimie and Kenneth Carden

The rural economy can be resuscitated and sustained with a simple strategy: counter the dominance of foreign-owned spaza shops by strengthening locally owned ones, writes Sizwe Kupelo, government spokesperson

Proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial are expected to resume on Friday.

The DA has questioned whether Didiza should recuse herself from the impeachment process.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile was answering oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday.

The mayor says all documented foreign nationals need protection.

The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage.

President Trump’s announcement stirred confusion in Europe following weeks of changing statements from his administration about reducing the American military footprint in Europe.

President Donald Trump and America’s top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island’s former leader, Raúl Castro.

The body of Matthew Cameron Paton, 53, was found on Thursday, about 300m (984ft) down an abyss.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

Mali is a landlocked country and depends heavily on fuel transported from neighbouring countries.

Nine deportees arrive from the US as part of Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee has approved plans for affordable housing and mixed-use development on a municipal parking lot at the Cape Town Civic Centre.

Borrowing, the difference between spending and income from taxes, was £24.3bn last month.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Friday, 22 May 2026.

Roelf Meyer handed over his credentials to President Donald Trump at the White House.

The ANC has opened mayoral nominations to the public, allowing non-members to apply or be nominated as it reshapes its candidate selection process ahead of the local elections

The FF Plus says the ANC has failed South Africans through poor governance.

Australia’s Tour Down Under will become the first World Tour race to host men’s and women’s stages on the same course and day, over the same distance.

Kaizer Chiefs are set for major changes ahead of next season, with co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef expected to leave.

Orlando Pirates could be forced into a major attacking rebuild next season, with the club searching for a prolific striker.

Ahead of the Challenge Cup final on Friday, will Ulster salvage their season with silverware against Montpellier in Bilbao as they look to end a 20-year trophy drought?

The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.

If you want to win your share of the jackpot, you have to play! You know what they say, you’ve got to be in it, to win it.

Raising funds and setting a world record, all in one shared costume, are the goals of two runners participating in the Cape Town Marathon.

The South African Human Rights Commission is investigating Dis-Chem shareholder Mark Saltzman over hate speech.

SRD has been a lifeline to millions but soon the SASSA Livelihood Grant will take over the reins permanently. Here’s how it’ll work …

With her own show and her own name above the title, Londie London is betting that the world is finally ready to meet the real Londi Zulu.

All five of them are expected to appear at the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 22 May 2026.

Volunteer emergency workers say overcrowded hospitals and resource shortages are placing critically injured patients at severe risk across Gauteng.

The Stormers are eager to banish the disappointment of finishing third on the URC log by getting through to the semifinals.

GRANITE BAY, CA — HIPAA also requires healthcare providers and organizations to implement specific administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to secure electronic PHI (ePHI) against unauthorized access or breaches today and for many years ahead. By now most of us should have heard of the term harvest now decrypt later (HNDL) which refers to the […]

The Gautrain Management Agency reportedly plans to launch its own Uber- and Bolt-style e-hailing service in October.

How to adapt to the cyber risk posed by the growth in the workforce of non-human colleagues.

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The number of melanoma skin cancer cases has risen above 20,000 a year for the first time in the UK.