WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, as his administration played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised a day earlier.

The manhunt for the killers of a Mossel Bay couple in the Kruger National Park continues as trackers discover tyre tracks leading into Mozambique. The murders happened as SANParks introduced measures to protect tourists in the north of the park.

After months of denying any knowledge of an investigation, Swimming South Africa has confirmed that it was notified last week of an investigation by the state’s integrity unit, and a request to meet.

Amid growing xenophobic violence in Durban, refugees are terrified as a June 30 deadline looms, exposing the urgent need to address who is fuelling this fear-driven movement.

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry continues to send ripples through the SA Police Service, this time with the arrest of a captain from the police’s forensic lab.

Three years ago, Krasimir Kamenov and three others from Bulgaria were murdered in the upmarket Cape Town suburb of Constantia. While police asked for the public’s help in tracing suspects, there have been no arrests in a case that has attracted global attention.

Pharmacy group Dis-Chem says Mark Saltzman is not a board member, employee or company representative, as the SAHRC launches an investigation into social media posts reportedly linked to him.

In near-perfect conditions, three of the four races in the Cape Town Marathon were run in record-breaking times, with the men’s elite race producing the fastest marathon on African soil.

An out-of-control pest is invading southern Africa’s major river systems: the Australian red claw crayfish. Researchers warn that this highly invasive species is moving dangerously close to the Okavango Delta.

The Nelson Mandela Bay metro had another day of fuel outages as the city hit a further snag in the renewal of its fuel contract, but the MMC for Budget and Treasury, the EFF’s Khanya Ngqisha, said last week that the problem had been sorted out.

The organisers of South Africa’s four-tournament ATP Challenger series want new fans for a sport that’s been in the wilderness domestically

KYIV, May 24 (Reuters) – Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles on Sunday in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the four-year war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital.

‘Not my problem’ is no longer an option for the Minister of Water and Sanitation and the Eastern Cape Premier when it comes to a rural Eastern Cape water crisis. This comes after the Mthatha high court rejected their attempt to avoid responsibility for ensuring two Centane villages have access to potable water, after years without supply.

LAGOS, May 24 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries, results showed on Sunday.

Events in Durban and Joburg last week showed again the political power of prejudice against migrants. The temptation by politicians who have failed in our cities to use this issue in local elections is growing stronger. Nothing good will come from this.

From Investec’s private banking ambitions to Spear’s Western Cape office bet and Vukile’s Italian tilt, the JSE’s growth playbook is widening. But scaling exclusivity, paying fair prices and protecting retail investors remain the catch points on this week’s capital-market chessboard.

The moral and legal issues that surround mass hunger should no longer be avoided in South Africa.

The horror of 19 March 2026 still haunts a Cape Town father, the night police asked him to lift a blanket and identify what remained of his 79-year-old mother, known to neighbours simply as ‘Auntie Connie’. Beneath the sheet lay her mutilated body. He saw only her naked chest. Her head was missing, her arms severed, and both hands were gone.

After readers helped Daily Maverick track the extent of broken streetlights across Joburg, we visited one of the worst-affected areas, Lenasia South, to see how unlit neighbourhoods fuel a surge in crime and community distrust ahead of the 2026 local elections.