FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026, 05:31
Glitter, vocal gymnastics, on-stage flames — the show goes on on the Eurovision stage in Vienna, even though five countries are boycotting this year’s contest due to Israel’s participation.
Ignored recommendations, weak internal controls and oversight failures, irregular contracts, and administrators receiving packages of R500,000 above a proposed R2.5m salary cap have plunged the Construction Education and Training Authority (Ceta) deeper into crisis, while students waiting for stipends continue to suffer.
Amid competing claims over his bail eligibility, National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams’ fate hangs in the balance as the court considers his alleged role in obstructing justice in a murder investigation.
The social development minister, who was finally axed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday after months of scandal, leaves behind an inglorious legacy.
Characterising repeated legal challenges as a ‘Stalingrad defence’ tactic that has stalled justice for years, Judge Nkosinathi Chili has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma’s long-running 1999 arms deal trial must finally proceed.
They were passengers on a plane to Johannesburg with an infected Dutch woman who later died.
The government said its in-house IT system was “more flexible” while meeting “high standards” of security.
There was plenty of choreographed ceremonies, but there was no sweeping trade breakthrough as Trump met Xi in Beijing.
There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.
A growing number of writers are leaving Substack for alternatives most people haven’t heard of like Ghost, Beehiiv, Patreon, and Passport. The reason, writes The Verge’s Emma Roth, is the “platform’s increased focus on social features as well as a pricing model that puts a chokehold on their business.” From the report: Sean Highkin, the creator of the NBA-focused publication The Rose Garden...
The Green Party leader previously told Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett “you have my vote”.
Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through the area captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Italy says the incident happened at a depth of 50m. Maldivian rescuers have so far found one body.
Boity Thulo’s R4 million home was given the Top Billing treatment despite reports she has defaulted on a home loan…
Political turmoil continued in Westminster on Thursday after Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned Starmer’s government saying he had “lost confidence” in his leadership.
Nelson Mandela Bay metro finds itself in a Catch-22 situation as the company it irregularly leased a municipal asset to, raising public backlash, has now failed to pay its electricity bill.
Cuba’s aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged economic crisis, made worse by a U.S. energy blockade of the island.
Kylian Mbappe and Ballon d’Or holder Ousmane Dembele will lead a star-studded France attack after Didier Deschamps announced his 26-man squad for this summer’s World Cup.
Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.
Large parts of Nelson Mandela Bay have been without water for up to 20 days, while teams scramble to restore electricity outages that have lasted for more than two weeks.
A moped had been used in the deadly stray-bullet shooting of a 7-month-old in Brooklyn last month, officials said.