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With a glorious orchestra in the pit and what at times looks and sounds like hundreds of top-calibre singers on stage, Cape Town Opera’s latest rendition of Georges Bizet’s Carmen is balm for the ears and medicine for the soul.
Sixteen months into his second presidency, Donald Trump may be as unpopular as he’s ever been among the American electorate – but his grip on his core base of MAGA voters remains unshaken.
In a viral interview clip circulating on social media, Queen of Gqom Babes Wodumo made it clear that, as far as she is concerned, the list of artists who can genuinely compete with her is very short.
The last time Orlando Pirates won the league title was in 2012. The Buccaneers now have an opportunity to end this drought. But they face an equally desperate Orbit College in Mbombela.
The eThekwini Municipality has been rocked by a staggering R4.4-billion irregular expenditure bill for the 2024/25 financial year, driven by controversial water tanker contracts and severe supply chain management failures.
Percy Tau is again on the lookout for a new club ahead of next season following his release from Thep Xahn Nam Dinh.
Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said it had dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure of its kind in the country, seizing drugs and chemicals worth about $363 million and arresting 10 suspects, including three Mexicans.
The National Consumer Commission has referred a prominent SA airline to the Tribunal, seeking a massive fine for systemic overbooking.
Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel’s far-right police minister have been released from prison and will be deported to Turkey on Thursday, officials said.
The British government published historic documents on the 2001 appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a trade envoy, saying it found no evidence that formal due diligence or security vetting was carried out at the time.
Russia on Thursday delivered nuclear munitions to field facilities in Belarus and showcased elements of its strategic nuclear forces, as tensions with European NATO members rose over the Ukraine war and drone activity in the Baltic.
The Embassy of the Russian Federation has taken note of the opinion piece published in the Mail & Guardian on 19 May 2026, authored by Mr. Wellington Muzengeza, titled “Africa’s new information war: The leaked files that expose a manufactured solidarity.” We consider this publication a poorly disguised attempt to cast a shadow over the […]
Emi Martinez continued to re-write the history books by helping Aston Villa win the 2026 Europa League; their first silverware in 30 years.
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South Africa’s infrastructure ambitions are not constrained by a lack of capital; rather, they are adversely affected by a lack of bankable opportunities.
According to the National Consumer Commission, FlySafair’s overbooking practice violated consumer protection laws, which prohibit businesses from taking consumers’ money for goods or services they cannot provide.
Jeanne Shaheen has questioned Donald Trump’s preference for Afrikaners, despite the UN not designating them ‘as a group warranting refugee status’.
From unregulated weight loss injections to unsafe pain tablets, substandard and falsified medical products pose a threat to people’s health. Spotlight reports on how regulators are fighting the problem in South Africa.
The US indicted Cuba’s former leader, Raúl Castro, on murder charges, fuelling speculation that US President Donald Trump will try to topple the communist state.