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South African lifestyle brand Freedom of Movement has gone from a university dorm room to international shelves.

The full supervisory board of Milieudefensie has resigned after hiding Donald Pols’ pro-apartheid past from its staff.

A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily.

Keeping you updated with all the latest developments at the 2026 Fifa World Cup

By Unati Peter, Acting CEO of the Mandela Bay Development Agency Visit Mandela Bay Development press office When high winds and heavy rains tore a section of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium roof early in May, many residents asked the same question: will we still see the Springboks in June? That concern was natural. The […]

“I enjoy my side hustle and I want to continue doing it as long I still can,” said the 54-year-old married father of one child.

This case has already exposed a cruel truth about life in SA, says the writer.

Consuming dairy foods daily, exercising, and getting exposure to the sun helps build bone health

Filmmaker, actor and activist Mmabatho Montsho in her latest project brings awareness that period pains are more than a private struggle for women – they are a social, economic and workplace issue that deserves urgent attention.

Tshepiso Lekopa the baker

On World Oceans Day, celebrated on 8 June each year, it’s important to recognise that the ocean does extraordinary work. It stores 98% of all CO2 on the planet, absorbs at least a quarter of all human-made CO2 emissions annually and soaks up at least 90% of the excess heat generated by the emissions. It is the flywheel of the global climate

At least 10 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat carrying about 60 people capsized near Malta , the Italian coastguard says.

Israel said it struck military targets in western and central Iran, even after US President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday acknowledged the adverse effects that illegal immigration has on the country, saying it poses a risk to the country’s security, stability and economic progress.

Elderly social grant beneficiaries have told Sowetan they were approached by people claiming to be linked to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), asked for their ID numbers and signatures, and later discovered money was being deducted from th

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