More than R58-million in public funds has been lost on an unused building bought by the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority in 2014. Despite years of spending, investigations and criminal cases, no one has been held accountable.

With trust in government and democratic institutions at historic lows and nearly half of voters feeling unrepresented, South Africa approaches its most challenging local election in decades with many showing a desire for alternatives to established parties.

Six months before the 2026 local government elections, the DA seems to have stolen a march on opposing parties in the Johannesburg race as its mayoral hopeful, Helen Zille, sets the agenda with a series of campaigning tricks.

Tokyo and Pretoria are strengthening ties against the background of an unstable world.

Thieves recently broke into the Lyttelton Military Base in Pretoria and stole R4 rifles and a grenade launcher. It’s not the first time the base has been burgled – a previous case was an inside job – and there have been several other crimes targeting the army.

This May, UNESCO World Press Freedom Day and RightsCon were supposed to come together in Zambia against a backdrop of deep anxiety about the future of journalism and about whether anything resembling a shared digital public space can survive the next decade. Puzzlingly – or perhaps tellingly – the 5,000-people conference about human rights and freedom of expression was cancelled at the last...

ASHKELON, Israel, May 3 (Reuters) – An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters near Greece, their lawyer said on Sunday.

South Africa relinquished their 100m and 400m men’s titles at the World Athletics Relays on 2 and 3 May, but the winner was Africa after host nation Botswana delivered a great spectacle in Gaborone.

As unemployment rates in South Africa rise, graduates face uncertain futures, challenging their sense of identity and belonging in a society grappling with economic instability.

LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Two people have died and three others, including a child, suffered minor injuries after an explosion at a house in the southern English city of Bristol, with authorities treating the cause of the incident as suspicious, police said on Sunday.

In a remarkable shift, Terence Tao highlights AI’s potential to transform mathematical research and collaboration, moving professionals into an era of unprecedented scale.

Getting out of a high-inequality, low-growth, low-development trap requires a carefully sequenced strategy to rapidly address some of our most pressing challenges and effect structural changes in our economy. This article deals with some of the high-impact short- to medium-term interventions.

Accusations of supplying arms to Sudanese paramilitaries have renewed focus on the United Arab Emirates’ role in the country, as the war worsens and fresh genocide warnings emerge in Darfur.

Behind the City’s push to enforce rates lies a potential market reset. Long-term rentals could become more abundant even as a deeper affordability squeeze reshapes who gets to live where.