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This is excellent news for the event, which is already the premier marathon in Africa and about to complete the final phase of the candidacy process to become an Abbott World Marathon Majors event.

The Pretoria high court has ordered the Gauteng transport department to pay more than R154m to bus operator Putco over unpaid subsidised bus service contracts

Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula admitted in a podcast interview that her party, the ANC, ordered her and fellow MPs to vote against the section 89 independent panel report in 2022 — a decision she now regrets

The dept’ spokesperson Chrispin Phiri says there’s no evidence showing migrants being killed in SA.

The provincial Transport Department says two of the crashes occurred in the Mopani District.

So far, 800 people have indicated their willingness to return to Ghana.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government’s economic policies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people.

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

This is a list of the top 40 soft drinks that contain the most sugar in South Africa

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

This Victorian-era town in South Africa is famous for some of the biggest diamonds ever discovered.

The vast majority of South Africans are underpreapared for retirement, but Ninety One says that there are several methods to improve your retirement outcomes.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Marta Kostyuk dedicates her French Open first-round victory to Ukraine after Russian drones and missiles struck the country.

Glamorgan’s Jersey-born batter Asa Tribe continues to stake his claim for a senior call-up by impressing for England Lions in South Africa.

On the final episode of Football Focus, the hosts and pundits reminisce on their fondest memories from their time on the show.

Former Orlando Pirates midfielder Steve Lekoelea wants the Buccaneers to bring in new strikers next season.

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

A once-overgrown wetland tucked away in Muizenberg Park is making a comeback after years of community-driven restoration work.

An SAA Airbus A320 landed, rather miraculously, in Gqeberha after storm diversions left the aircraft with critically low fuel reserves.

Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…

MaMkhize has distanced herself from a popular Facebook profile in her name, known for posing controversial comments…

Chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli and secretary‑general Fikile Mbalula allegedly clashed over representation.

The Sharks have already secured the return of former Bulls and Saracens scrumhalf Ivan van Zyl, while Bradley Davids recently signed a contract extension until 2029.

More affordable hatchbacks are closing gap to the long-dominant VW Polo and Polo Vivo.

Security guards were allegedly accosted by six armed suspects who forced them to lie down before ordering them to open the cash van.

Unsurprisingly, the Denver gorpcore brand that makes many of the best bags in the world has delivered a perfect backpack.

Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another way

In 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the “best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed journal Science.

I remember a colleague from the World Wildlife...

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Twin of the Indian-market Renault Duster, also coming to South Africa this year, will make its world premiere on 9 July.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.