Locked into coal: South Africa’s broken transition
Delayed coal closures are keeping ageing power stations online — raising questions about who is shaping the energy transition and at what cost
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NHS cancer jab could mean patients spend hours less in hospital
Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.
The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages
What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays – and what could be done about it?
‘Antonelli puts Russell in shade’ – Miami GP driver ratings
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin rates how the drivers performed during the Miami Grand Prix.
Has tide turned for troubled Spurs under De Zerbi?
Is Tottenham Hotspur’s superb win at Aston Villa the moment the tide turned in their fight against Premier League relegation, asks chief football writer Phil McNulty?
UK to enter talks to join £78bn EU loan scheme for Ukraine
Sir Keir Starmer will meet leaders at the European Political Community summit in Armenia on Monday.
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Energy and Water Seta blew R58m in public funds on building that was never used
More than R58-million in public funds has been lost on an unused building bought by the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority in 2014. Despite years of spending, investigations and criminal cases, no one has been held accountable.
‘I was trying to save a life,’ man who intervened in Golders Green attack tells BBC
Ashkan Asadian said he acted on the spur of the moment without thinking about the danger of the situation.
MUNICIPAL POLL: SA faces a low-trust, high-risk election as disillusioned voters seek alternatives
With trust in government and democratic institutions at historic lows and nearly half of voters feeling unrepresented, South Africa approaches its most challenging local election in decades with many showing a desire for alternatives to established parties.
ANALYSIS: Joburg rows, swims and stumbles towards 4 November poll
Six months before the 2026 local government elections, the DA seems to have stolen a march on opposing parties in the Johannesburg race as its mayoral hopeful, Helen Zille, sets the agenda with a series of campaigning tricks.
Serious injuries as man falls ‘number of floors’
Police seal off a bar in Colmore Row as the venue closes and apologises to customers.
THE AMBASSADOR: Japanese foreign minister’s visit to SA set to intensify relations
Tokyo and Pretoria are strengthening ties against the background of an unstable world.
SANDF ARMS THEFT: Gauteng army base raid: Thieves snatch grenade launcher, assault rifles
Thieves recently broke into the Lyttelton Military Base in Pretoria and stole R4 rifles and a grenade launcher. It’s not the first time the base has been burgled – a previous case was an inside job – and there have been several other crimes targeting the army.
AI AND MEDIA OP-ED: When AI breaks the news: Trust cannot be automated
This May, UNESCO World Press Freedom Day and RightsCon were supposed to come together in Zambia against a backdrop of deep anxiety about the future of journalism and about whether anything resembling a shared digital public space can survive the next decade. Puzzlingly – or perhaps tellingly – the 5,000-people conference about human rights and freedom of expression was cancelled at the last...
Carrick secures Champions League – what are Man Utd waiting for?
Unless Manchester United appoint Luis Enrique, it is hard to think of an acceptable alternative to giving Michael Carrick the job on a permanent basis, writes Simon Stone.
Israel court extends detention of Gaza flotilla activists
ASHKELON, Israel, May 3 (Reuters) – An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters near Greece, their lawyer said on Sunday.
ATHLETICS: Silver-medal South Africans relinquish world relay titles at an electric Botswana event
South Africa relinquished their 100m and 400m men’s titles at the World Athletics Relays on 2 and 3 May, but the winner was Africa after host nation Botswana delivered a great spectacle in Gaborone.
Graduates, freedom and the real cost of unemployment in SA
As unemployment rates in South Africa rise, graduates face uncertain futures, challenging their sense of identity and belonging in a society grappling with economic instability.
Two dead, three injured after explosion in southern England, police say
LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Two people have died and three others, including a child, suffered minor injuries after an explosion at a house in the southern English city of Bristol, with authorities treating the cause of the incident as suspicious, police said on Sunday.