The Patriotic Alliance won a key ward off the Democratic Alliance in Cloetesville in Stellenbosch, while the DA won a ward off the African National Congress in the town of Uniondale in George. The two successful ward councillors retained their respective seats, albeit in different party colours.

Former FBI director James Comey surrendered to authorities in Virginia after being charged with threatening US President Donald Trump’s life with a social media post.

The actor, who specialises in physical performance, has created a stunning one-man show that elegantly captures the magic and mystery of the human spirit while flying a flag of defiance against all that would attempt to silence or flatten real creative endeavour.

TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – Taiwan has activated backup communications for its northernmost territory, the remote and strategically located island of Dongyin, after poor weather conditions apparently shifted the wreckage of a ship onto an undersea cable causing it to break.

SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) – An interim report into last year’s Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among 14 initial recommendations, but found Australia’s legal and regulatory frameworks did not hinder security agencies in preventing or responding to the attack.

OAKLAND, California, April 29 (Reuters) – Elon Musk accused a lawyer for OpenAI of repeatedly trying to trick him during a tense cross-examination at a trial that may determine the future of the artificial intelligence company that built ChatGPT.

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not sending their navies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, said on Wednesday his administration is looking at reducing the number of U.S. troops in Germany.