THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2025, 23:46
As South Africa prepares to embark on a historic journey of introspection and renewal, tensions around the country’s much-anticipated National Dialogue are bubbling to the surface.
Five people have been shot and killed in separate incidents in the Mfuleni township this week, prompting the Western Cape police to increase their deployment of officers in the area.
The Department of Water and Sanitation has called for calm in Odendaalsrus in the Free State as it investigates the safety measures at a construction site where an 11-year-old boy drowned.
The South African National Defence Force has called on its members to preserve the dignity of their official outfits following the distribution of a video showing a uniformed member undressing.
A high-ranking officer, who has been arrested three times since early 2022 in three separate tender fraud cases, is still employed by the police.
The 9th of August commemorates the march by 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in 1956 in protest against the dompas, a major symbol of oppression. But this activism tends to get lost in a “cloud of fluffiness”, characterised by special offers, “pretty clothes” and fickle messaging.
MK Party president Jacob Zuma’s about-turn on Morocco was influenced by a number of factors – one of which is Orania, the Afrikaner enclave.
Two Cape Town police stations were thrust into the spotlight this week following two separate, unsettling incidents, one involving theft within the station and another, a wounded man collapsing inside the charge office.
The media and other “lower-ranking” individuals waited for hours in a glamorously decorated marquee as the president, the Gauteng premier, MECs, and mayors toured the new Zuikerbosch purification plant system without them on Friday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed that during a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, they discussed the 30% tariffs imposed by the United States on South African exports.
The Eswatini government sought to allay any fears raised by South Africa about its decision to house dangerous immigrant criminals from the US.
Terrorist groups in Africa are using artificial intelligence to produce propaganda videos and spread disinformation against government agencies. In response, governments are beginning to deploy the same technology to track, predict, and deter extremist activity. As AI plays a growing role in both terrorism and counterterrorism, the African Union has introduced a continental strategy to […]
The United States government has temporarily halted visa applications by Zimbabweans at its Harare embassy as part of a bid to curb overstaying.
As resource scarcity and food insecurity intensify across Africa, precision agriculture — powered by technologies such as the Internet of Things, drones, GPS mapping, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence — is transforming how food is grown, monitored, and managed. Abdel Aziz Belal, president of the African Society for Precision Agriculture and head of the Agriculture […]
Africa’s AI sector may account for just 2.5% of the global market, but momentum is building fast. Valued at $4.51 billion in 2025 and projected to hit $16.53 billion by 2030, the continent’s AI ecosystem is attracting unprecedented funding, with eight early-stage startups raising over $1 million each this year. Investor appetite has been boosted […]
Airtel Nigeria is investing $120 million to build a 38-megawatt data centre in Eko Atlantic, Lagos, with a core mission to power artificial intelligence infrastructure. The facility, now under construction, is set to go live in 2026 and has already received its first shipment of high-performance GPUs, marking a crucial milestone for local AI model […]
The 4-year-old girl who was allegedly drowned, beaten, and raped by her father in Eldorado Park has died, hours after her parents made their first court appearance.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has issued a landmark ruling, affirming the Zambian government’s right to repatriate and accord a state funeral to its late former president, Edgar Lungu.
Prominent Sea Point lawyer Gary Trappler will have to wait another two months to learn his fate after being found guilty of malicious damage to property in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court last month.
The University of Cape Town will open its doors to the Department of Higher Education and Training for its investigation into the alleged discriminatory awarding of marks.
Four people were shot in two separate incidents in New Brighton, Gqeberha, on Thursday night.