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Drakensberg boys choir late founder leaves lasting legacy
Tributes pour in after the Drakensberg boys choir founder, John Tungay, dies, leaving behind a powerful musical legacy and global impact.
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Top Stories
Tributes pour in after the Drakensberg boys choir founder, John Tungay, dies, leaving behind a powerful musical legacy and global impact.

Top Stories
The presenter and long-time video game fan takes over from Phil Wang as the face of the prestigious show.

Top Stories
Standard Bank is launching a three-year strategy to 2028 that builds on its successful SBG 2025 plan, targeting strong earnings growth as it captures value from four key drivers in Africa.

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A strong intervention team including outside experts is needed, Firoz Cachalia says

South Africa
Khumalo’s trail begins at the Palm Ridge Magistrate Court.

South Africa
South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Google on Monday aimed at advancing digital skills development and integrating artificial intelligence into the country’s education sector. The signing ceremony will take place at Google’s Johannesburg offices in Bryanston and will be facilitated by Higher Education and […]

South Africa
Meta is testing new artificial intelligence features on Facebook and Instagram designed to give shoppers more product information and streamline the path to purchase, the company announced this week at the Shoptalk 2026 conference. The new experience will allow consumers who click on an ad or visit a website from either platform to see a […]
South Africa
Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Digital Transition, Postal and Electronic Communications is advancing its national digital strategy by prioritizing the integration of local languages into artificial intelligence development, in a move aimed at making emerging technologies more inclusive and accessible. Led by the department of Aminata Zerbo/Sabane and implemented through the Permanent Secretariat...

World
The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure, and Iran fired rounds of missiles at central Israel.

World
The bill seeks to change how transgender people are legally recognised and their right to self-identify.

World
It comes as a ship carrying barrels of Russian crude oil arrived in the Philippines earlier this week.
World
The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters in an interview.

Africa
Zimbabwe says it is engaging the Russian government to repatriate bodies and bring home those still alive.

Africa
South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.

Africa
Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.

Africa
The Egypt forward says Liverpool fans “gave me the best time of my life” and “stood by me in the toughest times”.

Business
The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world’s biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran.

Business
Petrol and diesel price under-recoveries have continued to surge in South Africa, with diesel breaching R10 per litre for the first time in history, and petrol moving towards R6 per litre.

Business
Standard Bank has set out its ambitions for the next three years, with the group looking for double-digit headline earnings growth.

Business
Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, has once again been ranked as Africa’s and South Africa’s Most Valuable Bank Brand by Brand Finance for the fifth consecutive year, with brand value growth of 19% year-on-year from R37,8bn to R45bn.

Politics
City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya addresses a media briefing in Pretoria.

Politics
The ANC Limpopo Elective Conference is scheduled to begin on Friday.

Politics
The Nkabinde Enquiry is probing Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.

Politics
Party members took ANC to court over their dissatisfaction over the convening of branch meetings.

Sport
Could data, powered by AI, help bring about a revolution in football? BBC Sport investigates the technological advances that could change the game.

Sport
SA Rugby has confirmed that the model for Springbok ticket prices has been changed in order to accommodate more spectators.

Sport
Tickets for three Springbok home Tests go on sale 2 April, with prices starting from as little as R250.

Sport
Watch Moses Itauma’s top five knockouts as he prepares to fight Jermaine Franklin in Manchester on 28 March.
Education
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Education
[Capital FM] Nairobi — Kenya’s First Lady Rachel Ruto has joined fellow First Spouses from around the world at a high-level summit in White House focused on the future of education and technology.
Education
[Vanguard] On the outskirts of Lagos, where one of Africa’s largest industrial ecosystems is redefining Nigeria’s economic landscape, a quieter but equally powerful transformation is unfolding — one rooted in classrooms, not construction sites. Across Ibeju-Lekki, thousands of students are experiencing a different kind of impact — not measured in barrels of refined petroleum or tonnes of...
Education
A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II.

Lifestyle
Miss SA 2025 runner-up Karabo Mareka celebrates her new job after joining a private aviation company.

Lifestyle
South African actress Londeka Sishi opens up about missing the SAFTAs after winning Best Actress for ‘Scandal!’.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Perez Hilton just came out on the other side of a harrowing stint in the hospital and is here to talk about it.

Entertainment
Saws maintains a consistent outlook of “3mm of rain and a 30% probability of precipitation” for Sunday across both cities.

Entertainment
“He’s a good coach but not in the level of Pitso Mosimane and Rulani. He has a second opportunity now,” Ntombela said.

Entertainment
“He’s a good coach but not in the level of Pitso Mosimane and Rulani. He has a second opportunity now,” Ntombela said.

Entertainment
An official launch date for what will become Toyota’s most affordable off-roading SUV is still to be set.

Science/Tech
The Post Office rescue is stuck between a minister who wants to wait and BRPs who say time has run out.

Science/Tech
“There’s no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public. “The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.”

Science/Tech
From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are made. It’s not all going as planned.

Science/Tech
The ruling could be the beginning of the end of the social media era as we know it, writes the BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman.
Motoring
Motoring

Motoring
One of South Africa’s largest fuel station chains has instructed forecourt owners to raise diesel prices multiple times this week.
Motoring

Health
Jersey’s wellbeing score is below UK and France in survey of data from 41 countries.
Health
The Trump administration had options for offloading contraceptives once destined for Africa, a newly obtained memo shows. Instead, it has let them collect dust and go bad.
Health
The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.
Health
A short-term funding bill enacted this week will ensure that more than 12,000 Floridians do not lose access to a program that helps pay for H.I.V. medications.