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The Foreign Affairs Committee says Ian Collard will only be giving evidence in writing.

Two goals in stoppage time and pitch invasions by both sets of fans. The last day of the National League season lived up to its billing.

Klaudia Zakrzewska, 32, from Essex, dies in hospital after a collision on Argyll Street in Soho.

Police said two boys, aged one and three, died at the scene.

Linah Machete and two other people died, 123 others fell ill after consuming food at a funeral

Diepkloof residents say they have had no electricity since Monday.

A Cairo-based artificial intelligence startup has released Horus 1.0-4B, a fully open-source large language model built in Egypt that outperforms several significantly larger global models on multilingual and Arabic-language benchmarks, in what developers describe as only the second open-source Egyptian AI model released in recent years. TokenAI, founded by developer Assem Sabry, released the...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has overseen the launch of The Spine, a mega development in New Cairo described as an AI-powered cognitive city that its developers say will contribute approximately 1% of Egypt’s gross domestic product and create more than 150,000 jobs. The project is led by Talaat Moustafa Group in partnership with the […]

The two Americans who reportedly worked for the CIA died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab.

More than 500 political prisoners are thought to still be in jail, despite the releases since the amnesty law was brought in.

The 300 couples were selected in a draw of nearly 2,000 people to be a part of the joint celebration.

Gunfire and explosions have rocked Mali’s capital Bamako and other key cities in one of the most significant coordinated attacks in years, as armed groups, including jihadist insurgents and separatist rebels exploit worsening insecurity in the Sahel region.

Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.

Michael Eneramo, who won 10 caps for the Super Eagles, dies aged 40 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a friendly game.

What court papers and sources close to the investigation have told the BBC about the scope of the plan.

A Ghanaian national was confronted by South Africans in a viral clip and questioned about his immigration status.

More middle-class South Africans are turning away from the Western Cape for property. 

Faerie Glen Shopping Centre in Pretoria is undergoing a significant redevelopment, with the mall set to add a new restaurant hub.

Freeway Toyota in Johannesburg has rolled out a fully integrated café at its dealership as part of a broader vision to enhance the branch experience.

Phadi was officially announced by the party’s leader Herman Mashaba in eMalahleni on Saturday

Advocate Mojanku Gumbi will deliver Nkadimeng’s memorial lecture at the University of Limpopo.

Premier Thami Ntuli has highlighted the importance of safety in communities. 

The IEC leadership has been on a week-long engagement with stakeholders in KZN

Cardiff City celebrate League One promotion with a party in the sunshine – before turning their attention to the Premier League.

Manchester City head coach Andree Jeglertz brushes off a setback in his team’s WSL title pursuit, but Arsenal could soon be breathing down their necks.

Liverpool will have to “wait and see” whether Mohamed Salah has played his final game for the club, says manager Arne Slot.

Wolves manager Rob Edwards says his team “gave their all” but will have to “dust ourselves down and go again,” as his side are beaten 1-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Do No Harm, a conservative group, wants the scholarship, which has helped islands’ underserved communities, declared unconstitutional

Doctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands’ most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed suit.

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South Africans are spending more on weight-loss medicine while still making room for coffee, takeaways and small rewards.

Cape Town, Durban and Joburg restaurant nominees for the 2026 South Africa Restaurant Awards have been revealed…

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Lady X has worked with artists such as DJ Maphorisa, Black Motion, Mo Flava, and Tyler ICU to name a few.

The Joburg-based side still have two regular season games remaining, against Leinster and Munster in Ireland.

Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 26 April 2026.

There are a few double-cab bakkies available in South Africa for less than R400,000.

Nissan plans to ramp up production in Egypt after leaving South Africa.

The price difference between South Africa’s two cheapest electric cars is only R2,000.

These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

Hattie Underwood is a recovered alcoholic and she told 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty how she used delivery apps to “anonymise” her alcohol consumption.

There are currently 687,958 people waiting for any type of NHS treatment in Wales.