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Inequality and poverty undermine youth participation in democracy

Service offers flexible errands from townships to suburbs

Johannesburg is facing a severe crisis as unpaid municipal bills have surged to R71.9 billion, undermining infrastructure investment and threatening the city’s financial health.

Two pregnant women tell the BBC’s Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.

Youth Capital calls for urgent intervention to address systemic challenges facing TVET colleges.

Thabo Bester makes urgent application challenging charges linked to his escape from custody.

Former Vlakplaas commander De Kok has refuted any involvement in execution of the Cradock Four

They’re accused of shooting a 23-year-old gardener at the Mugabe residence in Hyde Park in February.

Colombian officials say that a military cargo plane with 128 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia.

Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack after four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire.

Moses Itauma, one of heavyweight boxing’s brightest prospects, says he found the answers to questions about his identity on a trip to his father’s village in Nigeria.

A court in Cape Town found Iain Wares guilty of indecently assaulting a former student who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.

The videos sparked widespread anger, leading to the hashtag #StopRapingWomen to trend on social media.

The reported disappearance of Raphael Tuju has led to claims he may have been abducted.

Custom mobile apps give medium-sized businesses a practical way to modernise operations, connect teams, and improve customer engagement.

It comes as countries across the region are taking various measures to weather the soaring cost of fuel.

Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Tuesday, 24 March 2026.

South Africa’s hopes of interest rate cuts this year have been dealt a serious blow, with growing uncertainity due to the war in the Middle East.

ActionSA files complaint against senior DA representatives over alleged additional payments…

Tuesday’s testimony to centre around alleged tender manipulation in the City of Tshwane.

ANC Eastern Cape to convene emergency meeting over Secretary’s damning letter to senior leaders.

Former apartheid police commander Eugene de Kok is testifying at the Cradock Four inquest.

A well-known former Springbok player has suggested Rassie Erasmus may not enjoy such overwhelming support after next year’s World Cup.

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Tana Umaga and Mike Blair headline the All Blacks’ assistant coaching group to take the team through to the 2027 World Cup.

Miguel is staying put.

School leaders believe some deploy a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances, new research suggests

The top 500 secondary schools take in half as many disadvantaged pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) as the average comprehensive, in what is believed may be a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances.

New research from the Sutton Trust...

A growing trend has seen more South African parents pulling their children out of private schools for cheaper, and quality alternatives…

Former Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi celebrayed ‘one beautiful year’ of marriage, who is her husband, Luthando Bolowana?

Social media almost erupted with excitement following a post from Queen Nomzamo about her sister-wife Queen Nozizwe.

There is good news for Older Person’s SASSA grant recipients in that they’ll be paid on Thursday, 2 April, prior to the Easter long weekend.

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Dinesh Nandkisoor handed himself over to the Randburg Police Station on Monday.

Mkhwanazi’s bold appearance exposed the scale of corruption and danger facing honest officers battling powerful criminal forces within policing ranks.

Fans celebrate as global rap powerhouse Dave finally announces long-awaited South African arena performances this October.

Amazon says its AWS cloud region in Bahrain has again been hit by drone-related disruption amid the Iran war.

When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today’s alarming calculations

The primary unit of climate collapse is the zettajoule. If you have never heard of this term, you are not alone. Even scientists who work on a planetary scale struggle to relate the immensity of the change measured by this titanic unit of energy.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has been denied a licence and spectrum access by Namibia’s telecommunications regulator.

Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knotty problem of consciousness, and they provided the spark for the latest book from award-winning author and journalist Michael Pollan. In A World Appears, Pollan goes in search of answers about what we do and don’t know about consciousness, and...

Oil prices have shown signs of recovery despite the ongoing Middle East tensions.

E-hailers in South Africa will be hit hard by next month’s fuel levy increases.

The government has assured motorists that South Africa’s fuel supply is secure for the time being, but motorists are already reporting fuel shortages at stations across the country.

Motorists have been warned to remain vigilant to avoid becoming victims of road spiking.

The UK has failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. Can it regain its status, and how?