Cape Town’s authorisation of two colossal data-centre complexes has ignited the predictable chorus of public alarm. The arithmetic alone is staggering: an annual electricity demand of 174 megawatts and billions of litres of water in a country already struggling with energy instability and chronic water stress. Such figures understandably provoke anxiety, yet to anchor the debate solely in...

Researchers are calling for the adoption of double-duty actions that address both the longstanding burden of stunting and the rapid rise in overweight and obesity in children.

A comparison of the two squads reveals why the Springboks are better equipped to maintain their effort across the Greatest Rivalry series – particularly at the scrum.

The 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for music will be performing at Spier on 31 July and 1 August as part of Brett Bailey’s The Routes of Sound, a curated circuit of otherworldly sonic performance.

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, targeted the right-wing activist for his political views, prosecutors said on Tuesday, citing Kirk’s opposition to gay marriage and transgender rights.

Chinese sales agent Winnie Zeng has taken an unusual step to protect herself from an uncertain future: she now shares her rented bed with a stranger to cut costs.

The new head of an Indonesian government agency overseeing President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious multibillion-dollar plan to hand out free meals vowed on Wednesday to fix the scheme’s lingering problems after a poll revealed a dramatic decline in public approval ratings.

Fifteen elephants died in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem from June 24 to July 24, with preliminary tests detecting a potential toxic substance in samples from several animals, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement late on Tuesday.

Daily Maverick’s flagship event returns to ask whether South Africa’s cities can be fixedTickets are now on sale for the 11 September 2026 Gathering at the CTICC in Cape Town, held in partnership with Ninety One.

Here’s a traditional way with chicken – breast fillet with a stuffing – that features pancetta and fennel. It’s delicious and makes a showpiece dinner table main course. But for us it was just supper.