News South Africa

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at a black tie gala on Saturday night was a “pretty sick guy” who had been flagged to law enforcement by family members.

Triple Le Mans 24 Hours winner and former grand prix racer Allan McNish has been appointed racing director of the Audi Formula One team, they announced on Friday.

New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing course from previous years. It’s good news, even if it’s not clear why it’s happening

Freedom Day commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.

The policy was intended to provide a regulatory framework to ensure safeguards around the use of AI.

Freedom Day 2026 marks the 32nd anniversary of SA’s first democratic elections held on 27 April 1994

A tip off led officers to search the suspect’s luggage and discover the cocaine worth R8.7 million.

The dispute was initially between two families before escalating into a cycle of reprisal attacks.

With Rai’s passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments.

The UK’s maritime monitor has reported at least four suspected piracy incidents in the past week off the coast of Somalia.

Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled the memorial in Pyongyang.

Clashes resumed in Kidal following coordinated attacks across Mali by armed groups on Saturday.

The activist has condemned France’s influence in West Africa and been accused of being a “Russian mouthpiece”.

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.

Another African country is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for some of South Africa’s most important companies. 

Edify has called on the South African education system to focus on subjects that can help students get jobs.

Afrika Mayibuye Movement is staging the event on the eve of the official Freedom Day festivities

The SACP has taken a resolution to contest the elections independently

Mashaba says illegal migration puts significant strain on the delivery of basic services.

Don Nkadimeng is remembered as being opposed foreign interference in African politics

Could a Premier League club lose their European place once again because of dual ownership issues?

Where will Chiefs finish?

Contract news.

All you need to know.

Hundreds of senior staff in territory benefit from nearly £30,000-a-year grant per child not available to staff in group’s other hubs

HSBC is reportedly reviewing a perk that covers school fees for bankers in Hong Kong as part of a big overhaul of the bank under chief executive Georges Elhedery.

Europe’s largest bank is considering whether to scrap the perk for new employees or make changes...

Social media users slammed radio personality and podcaster DJ Speedsta for pulling his girlfriend, Shamiso Mosaka, at the Metro FM Awards.

Brother and sister-in-law Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt are getting honoured with their stars in the same day.

Here’s what to anticipate for the upcoming SASSA Workers’ Day long weekend, following agency’s Easter payment debacle …

Postponed meeting still promises millions.

The Lions will next be in action in Ireland against Leinster in the first of two away games to end their URC round robin campaign.

The cops were among eight suspects caught stealing stock from a storage facility

Orlando Pirates were thought to be leading the race for his signature in the previous transfer window.

The horror of sports lessons put three in 10 of British 50 to 65-year-olds off exercise for life. I wish I’d known sooner that movement can feel so good

Surprising news: three in 10 50- to 65-year-olds in a recent Age UK survey said school sports memories had put them off exercise “for life”. Only three in 10? When it comes to exercise, there are surely two kinds of people – the handful...

A recent attack on Sam Altman’s home and OpenAI offices has put corporate security under renewed scrutiny. Records reveal how much some tech firms spend to arm up.

From Uniqlo to Puma, here are some of the top Pokémerch money can buy … for now.

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil, and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops.

South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority has cancelled the Vereeniging Airport’s licence.

Fuel prices are expected to increase once more in May, but not by as much as was feared earlier this month.

Toyota’s sales have been hit hard by the Middle East conflict.

The Transport Department hopes to invest R2 trillion in South Africa’s rail network by 2050.

Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis.

The proposed legislation was supported by MPs but has not cleared its stages in the Lords.