Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban heat vulnerability, with most of the highest-risk cities in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria’s increasingly close relationship with France marks a departure from six decades of foreign policy aimed at reducing French influence in West Africa. An increasingly close relationship with a power that has long sought to undermine Nigerian influence in West Africa will benefit only politically connected business elites.

Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday.

South Africa has a structural unemployment problem that is not primarily caused by increased labour migration.

South Africa has no shortage of graduates. It does, however, have a shortage of technicians, artisans, engineers, coders and other skilled workers. That contradiction lies at the heart of what BMW South Africa chief executive Peter van Binsbergen sees as one of the country’s biggest economic challenges. “There is a need for technical skills In […]

Iran football fans living in Los Angeles explain why they want to wave Iran’s pre-1979 Islamic revolution flag and dismiss the one that is on their team’s shirt.

Orlando Pirates have brought in four new players ahead of next season while parting ways with six of their stars.

Subhan Ahmed, 18, is charged with assisting an offender after four Jewish ambulances were set alight.

Maj-Gen Khan wants an interdict for the commission not to download data on his devices

Across the African continent and in Azania, dangerous forces are deliberately nurturing Afrophobia, tribalism and ethnic chauvinism among black people.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday said Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the response in the hardest-hit province.

The North-West University 2027 application season is open.

Agritech start-up Flockify is transforming how livestock farmers manage their operations by combining digital innovation with practical farming experience.

Volkswagen has added the Amarok Dark Label to its local line-up.

Explore how Cyril Ramaphosa’s “Active Non-Alignment” in foreign policy affects South Africa’s fuel prices, jobs, and R3 trillion investment goal.

He is out on R20 000 bail and is expected to appear in the Kempton Magistrate’s Court in July

Three people suffer knife wounds and a pupil is arrested at the school on Plant Hill Road in Blackley.

Joburg emergency services responded to a Claremont fire that killed four people

The D350 pairs effortless torque and economy with luxury and road presence

A new food innovation is aiming to change how consumers think about convenience meals.

South Africa’s economy grew by 0.5% in the first three months of 2026 compared to the previous quarter.