Toxic tar balls threaten endangered seabirds along South Africa’s coast, revealing significant gaps in the country’s pollution monitoring and response capabilities.

More than 50 000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern Morocco due to severe weather and heavy rainfall affecting several provinces, the interior ministry told AFP on Tuesday.

SA Canegrowers seeks to abolish South Africa’s sugar tax, blaming it and cheap imports for industry job losses. However, health advocates argue the levy is vital for reducing obesity and preventing thousands of diabetes-related deaths.

Over about five decades, Dolphin Action and Protection Group founder Nan Rice worked tirelessly to protect dolphins, whales and porpoises, and many other marine creatures, driven by deep passion and unswayable conviction, and reinforced with tenacity, courage and chutzpah.

Buhle Sikade has been using an HIV-prevention injection that gives her almost foolproof protection against contracting HIV through sex – medicine that other HIV-negative people in South Africa will be able to get from 360 government clinics for free from April. Here’s what it’s done for her and how it works.

Last year, we exposed the fact that a completely unqualified 22 year old had been appointed as the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Social Development. She’s been suspended on full pay for three months – and has now quietly resigned, apparently without facing any disciplinary charges – despite the fact that the department has claimed that she was appointed because a falsified CV was submitted.

French authorities summoned billionaire Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” and searched the local offices of his social media network X on Tuesday in a probe into alleged political interference and sexual deepfakes, prosecutors said.

Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

A little number crunching of the fluid mechanics sort helps to explain insane traffic levels at this time of year, but you don’t have to be a mathematician to know the real reason we can end up with situations like Monday morning in Joburg.

With RCL Foods in turmoil over a massive pet food recall, the Monic Group seizes the opportunity to expand, positioning Montego and Marltons as dominant forces in the pet care aisle.

Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country, while a heatwave with hot and uncomfortable conditions persists in the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.