News24 | New war between Hamas and Israel ‘almost inevitable’ as Palestinians live trapped in Gaza
Despite a ceasefire in place since October, families continue to pull bodies from the rubble in Gaza.
WEDNESDAY, 06 MAY 2026, 12:38
Despite a ceasefire in place since October, families continue to pull bodies from the rubble in Gaza.
Four of South Africa’s top law firms are suing the government over new black employment and ownership targets aimed at undoing decades of racial injustice, calling them “irrational” and saying the timeline is unrealistic given the expertise required.

Brazil assistant manager Davide Ancelotti sits down with BBC Sport’s tactics expert Umir Irfan to discuss his coaching philosophy, inspirations and ideals.
Pick n Pay has launched a Section 189 process to overhaul conditions for 22 000 store workers.

The curious case of Tyler Dibling – BBC Sport chief football writers asks what has happened to Everton’s £40m youngster and what does the future hold?

Tenby is a “dead zone” for mobile signal, a business owner said, with the issue driving away customers.

Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers will face one another in a best-of-seven series in the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the NBA play-offs.

Former broadcasting executive Neil Duncanson and author Alex Fynn, who made remarkably accurate predictions about football’s future in 1994, discuss what the game will look like in 10 years’ time.

The BBC has been speaking to people living in one of England’s poorest communities.
From 5 to 7 May, the Constitutional Court will hear two of the multiple challenges to the National Health Insurance Act. Sasha Stevenson considers what will be at stake in these first, potentially landmark, cases involving the process that led to the act.

The South African singer gave it everything in Saturday’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ semi-final. The votes didn’t go his way, but what a journey it was

Hantavirus concerns may rise after a cruise ship passenger is treated in Johannesburg. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, and local risk.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in “critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson said
Iran warned that it would consider any US attempt to interfere in the Strait of Hormuz a breach of the Mideast ceasefire, as US President Donald Trump said the United States would begin escorting ships through the blocked waterway.
LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Britain is set to enter talks to join the European Union’s 78 billion pound loan ($106 billion) to Ukraine, the government said on Sunday, in a further sign of deepening European defence ties under rising U.S. pressure.
May 3 (Reuters) – Three people have died and three are ill after aNetherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory illness, authorities and media reports said on Sunday.

As unpredictable as elections may be, the best outcome for voters in the 4 November local government elections would be an electoral system which incentivises and rewards candidates for consistent engagement with communities rather than media engagement for their political party

Delayed coal closures are keeping ageing power stations online — raising questions about who is shaping the energy transition and at what cost
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.