As expected, the SA Reserve Bank kept the interest rate unchanged for the second time, but with a much more hawkish stance than before.

France has, under pressure from Washington, revoked an invitation to President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the G7 summit in Evian in June, the Presidency confirmed to News24 on Thursday.

South African MMA fighter Nkosi Ndebele will headline the first edition of PFL Africa season two. The 31-year-old clinched the bantamweight title in the inaugural season of the event on African soil in 2025.

Gabrielle Goliath will independently exhibit her performance artwork in Venice, after Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie’s cancellation of her Biennale submission.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to “surrender”, as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a “buffer zone” inside Lebanon.

The Springbok Women’s Sevens have secured World Championship qualification after a dominant campaign in SVNS 2 and 3, overcoming a third-place finish in Uruguay to seal a top-four spot with one tournament to spare.

While other countries that depend on fuel imports have embraced work-from-home policies in an effort to deal with rocketing prices and supply shortages, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has confirmed this is not South Africa’s position.

In a moment dramatically captured on video, a firefighting helicopter crashed during intense operations above Hout Bay. In a rare stroke of luck, the experienced pilot walked away. Investigators are now probing what went wrong in one of the most dangerous jobs in the sky.

More than 17 000 bottles of Slimsy fruit juice concentrate have been recalled because of health and safety concerns.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in Pyongyang on Thursday, Belarusian state media reported.

A marine drone struck a Turkish crude oil tanker that had departed Russia, causing an explosion in the Black Sea near Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait on Thursday, Turkey’s transportation minister said.

At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a U.S. court on Thursday on criminal charges including narcoterrorism, a statute that has rarely been tested at trial and has a limited record of success.

The ANC Eastern Cape’s much-anticipated provincial conference has been interdicted.

The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein has dismissed the latest bid by former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s ex-PA, Moroadi Cholota, to challenge the legality of her “asbestos scam” extradition and prosecution.