FRIDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2026, 13:37
President Cyril Ramaphosa has instructed the ministers of water and sanitation and cooperative governance and traditional affairs to urgently attend to Johannesburg’s escalating water crisis instead of attending the 2026 state of the nation address.
Vehicle tracking records and Witness D’s statement formed part of evidence used to implicate Ekurhuleni metro police and SAPS officers in the murder of Emmanuel Mbhense, the Madlanga commission has heard.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley won her third election victory, with her Barbados Labour Party sweeping all seats of the island nation’s House of Assembly, state TV CBC Barbados said early on Thursday.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned comments by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe who said Britain had been “colonised by immigrants”, saying they were wrong and would play into the hands of those who wanted to divide the country.
Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was kicked off the Winter Games on Thursday over his “helmet of remembrance” depicting athletes killed since Russia’s invasion despite a personal appeal from the International Olympic Committee head.
The 31-year-old centre-back is receiving rehab after a car accident last year
Massmart is considering closing 20 Game stores in Gauteng, the Western Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal as part of a bigger strategy.
Tens of thousands of cars are being exported from China to Russia under grey-market schemes that often circumvent Western and Asian government sanctions and carmakers’ commitments to exit the Russian market.
Government has called on 4,245 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)-identified victims or their rightful next-of-kin to come forward and claim their final once-off R30,000 reparation.
The finding comes after a review into the death by negligence of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s baby daughter.
Kenya is considering issuing more Eurobonds to pay off maturing debt and smooth its repayment schedule, the East African country’s finance minister said on Wednesday.
Soaring precious metal prices make Olympic medals the most valuable in history.
A Chicago woman shot multiple times by a Border Patrol agent plans to sue the agent and the US department of homeland security after a trove of evidence was released that casts doubt on the Trump administration’s account of the incident, her lawyers said.
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Cape Town has deployed 44 new officers to the N2 highway to boost safety for all road users through 24-hour patrols and advanced technology.
The commission of inquiry tasked with probing alleged efforts to stop the investigation or prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases, resumes on Thursday.
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the high court in Pretoria on Thursday. Five suspects are on trial for the death of the soccer star in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, in 2014.
South Korea’s spy agency says Ki Ju Ae’s prominent public presence indicates she is the chosen heir.