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Suspended Sergeant Fannie Nkosi of Gauteng’s Organised Crime Unit faces multiple charges after police found firearms, cash hidden under a mattress and six ‘undetected’ case dockets at his home last week, marking the second high-profile raid on his house since October 2025.
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are on their way home after being allowed to leave the country, the French president says.
April 7 (Reuters) – China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, whileWashington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway.
MTN awarded nearly R160 million in performance-linked shares to executives under its Performance Share Plan, including R39.97 million to CEO Ralph Mupita.
The political parties are calling for judges to undergo lifestyle audits, citing accountability concerns, judicial overreach and the delayed Phala Phala judgment
Only one permanent executive director, millions in lost funds, and long-term acting managers — Nelson Mandela Bay’s leadership crisis is hurting service delivery, say opposition parties.
The Alexandrine parakeet was discovered near Terminal 1 by airport police on Easter Sunday.
On Tuesday residents took to the streets burning tires and demanding urgent action over rising crime
BUDAPEST, April 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance lashed out on Tuesday at what he called “disgraceful” European Union interference in Hungary’s election, even as he openly endorsed Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of both President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, days before the vote.
A New York Times analysis found Google’s AI Overviews now answer questions correctly about 90% of the time, which might sound impressive until you realize that roughly 1 in 10 answers is wrong. “[F]or Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day,” reports Ars Technica. From the report: The Times conducted this analysis with the help of a startup called...
The unit says its investigation is at an advanced stage and a report will be released in September.
Nandi Madida joins the Gates Foundation as a Global Creative Councillor, continuing her advocacy for mothers and children across Africa.
Chiefs are cooking.
The AI lab’s Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They’ll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities.
The Democratic Alliance has accused Mayor Babalwa Lobishe of misleading Parliament — a criminal offence — when she was called to account for persistent municipal failures in the metro.
Without sufficient water pressure to fight fires – driven by years of poor maintenance, pipe bursts and blockages – buildings across Johannesburg are losing insurance cover, exposing businesses to catastrophic risk and accelerating disinvestment in already fragile parts of the city.
As Gauteng experiments with new populist coalition politics, Johannesburg already shows us what this could look like for the rest of South Africa.
The Microsoft co-founder is the latest high-profile figure to agree to testify before the committee investigating Epstein’s wrongdoing.
Defending Masters champion Rory McIlroy speaks to BBC Sport NI’s Stephen Watson about his return to Augusta National.
The ANC’s deal with the EFF – with MK possibly next – may preview South Africa’s political future, even as public support for democracy hits troubling lows.
The first images from Artemis II reveal what the moon looks like just 7,000 km from the surface—and confirm that NASA is ready to return to Earth’s satellite.