THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 2026, 05:20
Police in Nigeria’s central Benue state said they had rescued 18 passengers abducted from a bus last week, including eight students travelling for university entrance examinations, and arrested seven suspects.
Western Cape police are investigating an armed robbery in which a domestic worker was allegedly held hostage by a group of men during a targeted break-in at a house in Glenhaven, Bellville South, belonging to Cape Town underworld figure and suspected Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome Booysen.
Bill targets land invasion instigators with fines, jail and faster evictions
Tesla denies wrongdoing, blames ‘reckless’ driving for fatal Florida accident
Today, Grogor owns majority shares of Golden Gloves, Africa’s No 1 boxing promotion company
Claims include that a senior police officer helped suspect Rassie Nkuna evade arrest
Cassius Mailula could return to Toronto in the US when his loan deal with KV Kortrijk expires at the end of the season.
More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the city. The research shows the worst impacts are concentrated in historically disadvantaged communities and calls for targeted action
Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls in January
A right is only as real as the distance it can travel from judgment to daily life – and for domestic workers, that distance has long been a chasm where dignity disappears. South Africa has crossed it on paper; what remains is whether ordinary employers will close it in practice.
The 10th UN secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1 2027
Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga, a senior advocate with the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit investigating outstanding Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions, has set out how he sought clarity on Jackie Selebi’s claim that senior ANC leaders were about to be arrested.
Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina will make life tough for the co-hosts, and Qatar might not be slouches
Five educators have been killed in Ekurhuleni in suspected targeted attacks
Pitso Mosimane and his agency are facing a lawsuit of R1.2 million from an Iranian agent who claims he was never paid his commission.
When Alsace chef Michel Husser joined Alliance Française’s Sarah M’bodji in Durban, it was to share know-how gleaned from his 90-year Michelin-star roots with trainee culinary students. The city’s flavour profile hit a new high.
Rehabilitation of Gaza has been projected by global institutions to cost about R1.14-trillion
More rainfall is expected in parts of Cape Town on Tuesday. City of Cape Town teams are still out assessing and conducting mop-up operations following heavy rainfall over the weekend.
Chief Executive Catherine MacGregor on Tuesday said she attended a dinner held on April 7 with Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far right National Rally political party, to try and influence the party’s stance on energy policy which she called “bad for France”.
Myanmar’s new military-backed government wants to hold peace talks with opposition armed groups by the end of July, the country’s junta leader-turned-president said, but two key rebel groups rejected the offer on Tuesday.
Pope Leo sets off on Tuesday for Equatorial Guinea, led by the world’s longest-serving president, on the final leg of a four-nation Africa tour during which the pontiff has issued sharp denunciations of despotism and inequality.