Minister Gayton McKenzie has been accused of contravening the right to freedom of expression after cancelling South Africa’s Venice Biennale submission, which deals with the Gaza genocide.

The meat is braised low and slow until it’s tender and soft, while fluffy dumplings soak up every drop of that rich, savory gravy.

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Three people are unaccounted for as out-of-control bushfires rage in the Australian state of Victoria, destroying homes and burning through vast swathes of bushland, authorities said on Friday.

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Honduran opposition legislator Gladis Aurora Lopez was injured on Thursday after an explosive device was thrown near her at the National Congress, her National Party said in a statement, as tensions remain high following the country’s disputed presidential election.

ALEPPO, Syria, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Syria’s defence ministry declared a ceasefire in three neighbourhoods of the northern city of Aleppo early on Friday, a move that could halt fresh fighting between government troops and Kurdish fighters.

Jan 8 (Reuters) – A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, authorities said on Thursday, leading local officials to call for calm given public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota woman a day earlier.

The famous route is still regarded as the pinnacle achievement for sea swimmers in Cape Town – just don’t compare the depth of the challenge of a skins swim to that of a wetsuit attempt.

Just off St George’s Street, the main road that runs through Simon’s Town, lies an idyllic enclave that has thwarted the ambitions of developers for more than a decade. But now, despite a unified front between homeowners and the displaced Malay community – not to mention the archaeological value of the site as a former supply farm for the Dutch East India Company – a well-known...

Iran faces a nationwide internet blackout as anti-government protests over economic distress and inflation spread. Amid rising unrest, US President Donald Trump has warned against the use of force by security services.

The Kouga municipality has been rocked by devastating wildfires, leaving residents in a state of heartbreak as homes and farms are consumed within moments. Evacuations were ordered in multiple areas as the fire threatened local infrastructure.

An annual gathering at a Cape olive grove honouring those in the anti-apartheid church struggle is more than commemoration, it is an act of political recovery.

The SA Navy will join warships from China, Russia and Iran in practising maritime safety and protection operations.

Crimes committed against members of the LGBTQIA+ community, including the murder of the first openly gay imam Muhsin Hendricks (58), raise serious concerns about the persistent failure to adequately investigate and prosecute alleged hate crimes. Hendricks was murdered in February 2025, and to date, no arrests have been made, reinforcing fears that violence targeting LGBTQIA+ people continues to...

Artists selected for the sixth phase of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme have still not been paid.

Director-General for Basic Education Hubert Mathanzima Mweli responds to recent claims about the ‘political theatre’ surrounding the annual announcement of the matric pass rate, arguing that attempts to present a narrative of decline in education are ‘misleading’.

In the midst of the urban decay in Johannesburg’s inner-eastern suburbs, something remarkable is growing. A once-neglected field in Bez Valley has been transformed into a working, thoughtful and increasingly thriving urban farm known as Marais-BezValley-garden