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The jobless rate rose by 4.2% between December and February, official figures show.

Rise Mzansi stepped up its battle against the DA by zooming in on the Western Cape’s growing housing crisis.

The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason on what the former prime minister has to say about the state of conservatism.

Iran has promised to again attack Israel should its interests be threatened in any way. Israeli military leaders have vowed a response to Iran’s weekend attack, while allies and unfriendly nations both call for restraint.

Nafiz Modack’s corruption trial was on again – just for a day – with heated debate over whether the police are allowed to lend money to the public, accept rewards, or even gamble. A retired police commander says no, but Modack’s lawyer demanded proof of this.

Gauteng education authorities are investigating a drowning incident in Centurion.

Significant damage reported across KwaZulu-Natal due to days of heavy rain.

A suspect has been killed in a shootout with the police following an ATM bombing in Tumahole.

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

Official figures also highlighted the challenges faced by the country’s crisis-hit property sector.

The Prime Minister has told “Bollard Man” Damien Guerot he can stay in the country as long as he likes.

The college women’s basketball sensation has driven massive interest into the sport.

The driver is due to appear in court on a charge of reckless driving, police say.

Former Zambia captain Rainford Kalaba suffers internal injuries following a fatal car accident on Saturday.

The devastation of Cyclone Freddy, which Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe, is being exacerbated by the drought brought on by El Niño

Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

Retailers have been obliged to sell items at prices that are often significantly more expensive in US dollar terms than those same items for sale on the street.

Domestic issues, such as concerns over the upcoming national election, are not severly impacing the rand, with financial markets looking overseas.

Overall South Africa exported about $2.5bn of agricultural products to the EU last year and $13.2bn in total to all destinations.

Spot gold rose 0.1% to $2 384.75 an ounce as of 9:03 a.m. in Singapore, not that far off an all-time high of $2 431.52 reached on Friday.

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is expected to resume its business today.

Reports of Knysna’s decay appear to be greatly exaggerated.

The beleaguered ANC-administered Msunduzi Local Municipality’s debt to Eskom and uMngeni-uThukela Water, among other creditors, has skyrocketed to a staggering R1.9 billion.

The rallies were planned for Saturday at NU2 Stadium in Gqeberha, and at GNF Auditorium in East London.

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The University of the Free State Shimlas and the UCT Ikeys will contest the 2024 Varsity Cup final in Bloemfontein next week.

South Africa’s Gerda Steyn won an incredible fifth consecutive Two Oceans Marathon victory on Saturday. Take a look at her splits.

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Wow! Rapper Cassper Nyovest (33) has revealed his wedding ring for the first time since getting hitched to Pulane.

A South African on social media shares a shocking R2000 Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin price from popular nightclub, Konka.

NB Publishers last week revealed that Ferguson was to release a book about Anele Tembe and AKA’s relationship, titled ‘When Love Kills’.

Zuluboy is part of the cast of a new crime-drama on Mzansi Magic, ‘Code 13’, which made its debut on Sunday evening.

Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard and wife, Marise, shared their maternity shoot ahead of welcoming their little ‘Pollie’ next week.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 has five awesome features that make it stand out in the South African smartphone market.

Mark Zuckerberg won his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.

The chief of Google’s AI business said that over time the company will spend more than $100 billion developing artificial intelligence technology in what has become a gripping arms race in Silicon Valley.

Starlink will block South African users and people in other countries where it is not officially available at the end of the month.

Milano’s production in Poland and not Italy violates a law forbidding the use of Italian sounding names being used on products not made in Italy.

Abu Dhabi will again be the season finale, while Australia becomes the season opener for the first time since 2019.

South Africa is among 175 countries negotiating on a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

A waterless toilet solution is being rolled out in informal settlements in Durban and for R350 a month, residents can use it.

While Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe have declared state disasters owing to a drought, South Africa’s food supplies are still at comfortable levels, says government.

South Africa’s fossil fuel subsidies tripled in five years from R39 billion to R118 billion by 2023, a new report shows.