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As the Artemis II mission pushed humans farther into space than ever before, South African engineers at South African National Space Agency quietly played a critical role, tracking the Orion spacecraft from Hartebeesthoek and helping maintain contact during key phases of the journey. The mission highlighted how global collaboration, including expertise from the Global South, underpins even the...
Trump has backed himself into a corner with threats that the US military can’t feasibly carry out in a one fell swoop, military experts told the BBC.
Trump warns “a whole civilisation will die tonight” unless Iran reaches a deal.
Attacks have targeted bridges, steel plants and pharmaceutical facilities, verified videos show.
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Wednesday, 8 April 2026.
Donald Trump is no stranger to provocative language. But his threat to wipe out Iranian civilisation and other recent menacing comments have prompted critics to question the US president’s mental health.
SA’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir – 37 920 doses – arrived last week at OR Tambo International Airport via two shipments from Dublin.
The South African police service (SAPS) is investigating reasons why Sgt Fannie Nkosi was unlawfully in possession of police dockets which had been closed as undetected.
Ramaphosa says area was most affected by apartheid violence
The Department of Health allows some public sector doctors and nurses to moonlight in the private sector, but the relevant policy and its implementation caused much controversy over the years. Set against the wider management dysfunction in several provincial health departments, the issue is coming to a head.
South Africa’s next big agricultural export may not come from vineyards or citrus groves, but from pistachio orchards stretching across the Northern Cape. What is taking shape in the Karoo is not just a new crop, but a new way of financing agriculture – slower, risk-sharing and built for the long haul.
Recent surges in fuel, food and power prices reveal a wearying connection between government mismanagement, inflation and the daily financial struggles of South Africans.
SA’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 doses — arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two shipments from Dublin. The batches reached the country six weeks later than expected. The delay of the shipment meant the health department couldn’t start its roll-out on April 1, as it had originally planned, and had to postpone it to mid to late May
Detectives determined there was “insufficient evidence” to bring criminal charges against the unnamed man.
How much hardship are societies in developed, Western countries willing to endure? This will be the question that the wartime leaders of Iran will be hoping to expose.
I feel strongly that a certain rigour or strength is built in children when they contend with current events and have a wider awareness of the world we live in.
Farmers in the Western Cape face rising input costs due to the Middle East war, affecting winter crop planting amid previous replanting challenges and global commodity pressures.
The dispute reveals a deepening rift over money, control and transparency within the award-winning gospel group
Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.
Yolanda Faro says that the testimony of corruption revealed at the Madlanga Commission concerning corruption in her department is alarming