Some young attendees say the event demonstrated a more inclusive French culture taking shape.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.

Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe run the London Marathon together in memory of Alice and Elsie.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was supported by MPs but has not cleared its stages in the Lords.

Beatles star reveals all about his new country album, being a Sir and coming up with the phrase A Hard Day’s Night.

Conspiracies are running rampant online after the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 people tied to sensitive US research.

Discriminatory procurement practices keep black law firms small, while many black advocates are forced to leave the Bar. LPC statistics for 2024 show that the largest majority white-owned law firm has 396 partners, compared with 18 in the largest black-owned firm

With a deluxe edition of her latest album on the way and a milestone performance only days away, Nanette is ready to step into the next stage of her ascendancy

Powerful executive and dismissed employee were central players in the funding of dodgy BEE consortium

Explosive testimony before the Madlanga Commission has laid bare allegations of cartel-linked corruption involving senior police officials and municipal departments, raising fresh questions about procurement processes, criminal accountability and governance in South Africa’s law enforcement system

Leaving the township can change your surroundings but unlearning the fear it taught your body is where the real work of freedom begins

A Freedom Day weekend gathering at the Soweto Theatre, where families are invited to experience music, food and wellness, fully present and fully sober

The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated into lasting prosperity for many beneficiaries

The ANC president was the quiet architect of liberation, carrying a people through the long wilderness of exile, sustaining hope when the promised land seemed impossibly distant

The democratic breakthrough of 1994 stands as one of the most significant political achievements of the modern era. Against the odds, South Africa chose negotiation over civil conflict, ballots over bullets, reconciliation over revenge

A one-woman performance that confronts memory, violence and complicity, as Vuyelwa Maluleke reclaims language to tell a black queer township story on her own terms

Earth Day should remind us that the planet is protected by political courage, international accountability and the choices states make about the systems they build and defend

The long-awaited ‘Michael’ biopic dazzles with iconic recreations and a star-making performance but struggles to uncover the man behind the legend

If we are to honour our freedom, we must also stand in sympathy with our neighbours, whose struggles remind us that democracy is never guaranteed. Their pain must be felt as our own and their hopes embraced as part of our shared destiny

Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue to undermine basic rights and deepen inequality