At the first panel of this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival, author and broadcast journalist Mandy Wiener described the government of national unity as an “unhappy marriage where the parents stay together for the kids”.

Mamelodi Sundowns are into the Champions League final for the second successive season. A year ago, their final foray ended in heartbreak. In the 2026 decider against Morocco’s AS FAR, the Brazilians can erase that pain and plaster over what has been a disappointing domestic campaign by their extremely high standards.

A tentative countdown has begun for the inaugural Enhanced Games, a multi-sports event that caters for athletes using banned substances.

What is required is a rethinking of how child protection systems conceptualise vulnerability, how they engage power and how they allocate care.

An Australian court upheld a landmark decision for a transgender woman on Friday, ruling that her exclusion from a female-only app because she appeared to be a man amounted to an act of discrimination.

Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Philippine justice minister said on Friday that the country will “definitely” submit to a request from the International Criminal Court to arrest a top senator wanted for alleged crimes against humanity during his role in a bloody “war on drugs”.

The DA wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the City of Ekurhuleni’s billing woes, following reports that hackers colluded with City officials to siphon R2 billion.