SATURDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2025, 07:01
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Togo’s president, Faure Gnassingbe, in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus on developing ties between Moscow and the tiny phosphate-producing country on the West African coast.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it regretted Warsaw’s decision to close Russia’s last operating consulate in Poland, in Gdansk, a move it said showed a lack of common sense.
‘George is our battlefield for 2026,’ said Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie recently. Within the space of three weeks, three DA ward councillors have resigned from the municipality and joined his party. Now, there’s a new coalition in place, and a new mayor. This sets the stage for an election race that’s bound to bring more drama to the Western Cape municipality.
Johannesburg has always been a city that refuses to sit still. It shifts, mutates and, of late, it crumbles. But it’s also a place of constant reinvention, where stories are written daily in the language of hustle, hope, contradiction and despair.
The Met Office has issued an amber warning as up to 25cm of snow is set to hit parts of the UK this week. Time to stock up on bread and milk.
Inflation reached its highest rate in 13 months, at 3.6%, but core inflation remains quite cool.
Here are the pros and cons of a flexible investment or a voluntary annuity.
Riaan Manser and his family spend the weekend driving to the Langeberg mountains to take in the famous forests and towering redwood trees at Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve.
Cape Ballet Africa brings a beloved masterpiece of classical ballet to local audiences.
The task is immense. Between now and 2100, roughly one billion Africans will join the labour force. Four factors are likely to play a pivotal role in whether they will find jobs or be forced to seek a better life abroad.
Schools in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have sounded the alarm, saying that the National Lotteries Commission has not honoured its commitment to them as part of the NLC’s “good causes” funding mandate. The National Lotteries Commission allocates a portion of the National Lottery revenue to non-profit organisations, schools and sports clubs to develop their facilities, giving out an average grant...
US President Donald Trump said that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
Rachel John, a Dutch influencer with a love for South Africa, sparks curiosity as she’s spotted courtside with Siya Kolisi.
Top South African bankers are the most optimistic they’ve been about the nation’s economic prospects in about two decades after a spate of good news.
A principal and administrative staff member were killed in a shooting at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, on Tuesday evening, according to the provincial education department.
This Is Wild: The Best of Carlos delivers 180 cartoons from eight years of satire.
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AMSTERDAM, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.