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The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning, and heavy rain in parts of the North West, Gauteng, Northern Cape and Limpopo.
For Earth Day, a different take on eco-friendly habits through the eyes of a reusable shopping bag and a plastic bottle.
The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1 100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting US visas, according to an advocacy organisation that works on their behalf.
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A 20-year-old innovator from Umbilo in Durban has developed a low-cost hydroponic farming system that can address food insecurity in urban areas while reducing water and energy use.
Brig Abraham Nkhwashu, a suspended Sedibeng district cop, said if he wanted to tamper with the Armand Swart case, he would not have moved the docket out of his district.
A request made by the municipality of Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, for additional financing from the Agence Française de Développement has been turned down, a person familiar with the situation said.
A gunman killed a Canadian tourist and wounded thirteen others at Mexico’s ancient pyramids on Columbine’s anniversary, carrying an AI-edited photo of himself with the killers. The World Cup begins in seven weeks. There were no metal detectors.
Orpen Road update as officials assess damage, confirm repairs, and outline the way forward after heavy rains disrupt access.
What the communities in Mokhotlong gave – and what the celebration will not say
A scathing bail judgment against Sgt Fannie Nkosi lays bare a case that goes to the core of policing, with the court finding his release would not be in the interests of justice.
GWM was one of the first Chinese car companies to launch in Europe
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Allowing entry without a valid passport would violate South Africa’s laws
The uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab lenacapavir (LEN) in South Africa will be heavily affected by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the country, a new report has found. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with doctors, nurses, peer counsellors, transgender and young people, sex workers, gay and bisexual men and government health workers with personal...
Iranian forces targeted three container ships on Wednesday, seizing two and firing on a third, global security monitors and the country’s Revolutionary Guards said, the latest incidents to threaten a crucial trade route in the Middle East war.
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) was established in terms of section 146 of the Constitution, which provided for a body to regulate national lottery activities and ensure that proceeds benefit social development. The Lotteries Act 57 of 1997, as amended, gives effect to this mandate and legally establishes the NLC in terms of section 2 […]
Eskom says South Africa is unlikely to experience load-shedding between April and August, citing improved plant performance, fewer breakdowns and reduced diesel use
The Pretoria magistrates court rejected Nkosi’s bail application after he was found in possession of a prohibited explosive and case dockets and for failing to properly store firearms and live ammunition