Darren Wilken, a 35-year-old South African man, stands accused of hosting and distributing child pornography on a global scale for financial profit.

The Middle East ceasefire and new US President Donald Trump’s inauguration have made the past few days among the most consequential in years. While the ceasefire can offer some modest hope for better, the new president’s inauguration speech careened down a dangerous highway at high speed, without restraints.

Sunday’s delayed start to the Gaza ceasefire and incidents on Monday in which Israeli troops shot at Palestinians approaching them underlined some of the hiccups likely to face a deal that will play out in the shadow of mutual mistrust and bitterness.

Of the many sins perpetuated by the ANC, this may be the worst — the refusal to innovate a new approach to the resource sector, a gleeful willingness to allow corpses of the poor to rot in mine shafts, and a gangland approach to regional deal-making.

The EFF has announced its intention to report Kenny Kunene, the deputy president of the PA, to the South African Human Rights Commission.

Two brothers from eMalahleni in Mpumalanga have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a man they accused of theft.

Nu Holdings Ltd, the fintech that created Latin America’s most valuable lender in Nubank, is considering moving its legal domicile to Britain ahead of a global expansion that may include the United States, its founder and CEO David Velez told Reuters.

Last year, 2024, was celebrated as the year of elections with 72 countries and billions of people heading to the ballot box. Eighteen African countries held presidential elections, but many of them ushered in growing authoritarianism.

A recent set of reports, revelations and decisions by the ANC may serve as a reminder of how the party is finding it impossible to ‘renew’ itself. As a result, the party is now more likely to simply continue its decline.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday hailed the opportunity to achieve a just peace in Ukraine, which is battling an almost three-year Russian invasion, as he congratulated US President Donald Trump on his inauguration.

President Donald Trump said on Monday he will declare a national energy emergency aimed at boosting US oil and gas production, and lowering costs for US consumers.