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Emma Raducanu’s French Open campaign comes to an early end as she suffers a frustrating first-round defeat by Argentina’s Solana Sierra.

Body found after Plastic View informal settlement shack fire on Sunday morning in Pretoria

The two bodies were discovered near a river on Friday by other tourists.

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

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.

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.

Two European countries are targeting skilled South Africans with remuneration packages that are hard to say no to.

A recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court has clarified a significant aspect of eviction law in South Africa.

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.

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.

AS FAR host Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2026 CAF Champions League final second leg. Here are the confirmed starting line-ups.

Liverpool have crept over the line to secure Champions League qualification a year after winning the title, so what comes next for boss Arne Slot?

Liverpool, Bournemouth, Sunderland and Brighton all secure European qualification on the Premier League’s final day.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his support behind Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of their CAF Champions League final second leg.

Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable deposits and add-ons

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s flagship expansion of funded childcare hours.

Phillipson has written to the Competition and...

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...

Chris Brown receives an honorary PhD in Visual & Performing Arts from Harvest Christian University at a graduation ceremony

Social media users had some of the most hilarious reactions to Unathi Nkayi’s alleged drunk driving arrest.

US actress Gabrielle Union buried her late father’s ashes in a Cape Town vineyard which she has praised for being ‘black-owned’…

A 25-year-old local spearfisherman who was feared missing off the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast has been found safe after a search operation.

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Guardiola made his entrance to a rousing reception alongside a giant banner bearing his face and the message “Game changer. History maker. City forever.”

The South Africans generally did well in the tournament played in Antwerp, Belgium.

Here’s what the latest forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 25 May 2026.

South Africa has the legislation to respond to nation-scale DDoS attacks but the practical capacity does not exist.

Opting for the RAV4 means a bigger engine, in this case, 2.5-litres versus the Corolla Cross’ 2.0-litres.

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.