The president said he had asked DA leader John Steenhuisen to provide, for approval, a replacement for former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Andrew Whitfield.

A 12-year-old Gqeberha girl who went missing on Tuesday was found dead in bushes close to her homestead on Friday morning.

Lebohang Raputsoe dazzled in a baobab-inspired costume at the Miss Supranational National Costume preliminaries in Poland.

Africa’s new space agency has an important role to play in coordinating satellite data and boosting connectivity.

Standard Bank has increased its retirement age for executives from 60 to 63 years.

After recently graduating from high school in Italy, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is looking forward to focusing fully on his racing.

Dogs, cats, rabbits and cattle were among about 30 distressed animals the Cape of Good Hope SPCA and Animal Welfare Society rescued amid heavy downpours on the Cape Flats.

As the Department of Agriculture rolls out its vaccination plan, an industry expert offers long-term solutions to foot-and-mouth outbreaks.

Japan’s education minister reacted angrily after the arrests of two teachers who allegedly shared photos showing girls’ underwear in a group chat.

South Africa’s Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo and several other colleagues have appeared where they are meant to be putting suspects — in a courtroom dock. They face corruption and fraud charges.

Priscila Tobeka Jantjies has been fighting a lengthy battle with the Eastern Cape Department of Health over a promised R500 000 “humanitarian” payment following complications from a tooth extraction that she claimed left her disabled.

Universal health coverage is a huge goal, and a necessary one, despite what the naysayers say. It is about reaffirming our commitment to humanity, to the values espoused in our much-vaunted Constitution, especially in the Bill of Rights.

Diabetes has launched a full-blown missile attack on our health system and our households. It is now a national emergency, stalking us in rural clinics and urban e-hailing taxis alike.

SANTIAGO, June 27 (Reuters) – Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world’s largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed and even whether an asteroid poses a threat to Earth.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s public statement that he fired DA Deputy Department of Trade Industry and Competition minister Andrew Whitfield because he had travelled outside the country still leaves many questions unanswereed. The apparent mystery around this decision is what gives it so much power. And the DA is now in a difficult position where it cannot accept this, but cannot easily...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court may rule on Friday on Donald Trump’s attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thousands of babies born each year as the Republican president seeks a major shift in how the US Constitution has long been understood.

The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programmes that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according to three US sources familiar with the matter.

Siya Kolisi’s late withdrawal from the Springbok side that will face the Barbarians on 28 June means Jesse Kriel will captain the national team for the first time.

The National Arts Festival in Makhanda kicked off on 26 June with an opening ceremony.

Dusk, in central old Stellenbosch, has made a considerable mark in a few short years. The space is suitably dark and elegant. The food is inventive and playful. The wine is perfectly matched to the exemplary food. Is this not enough?