Tjing Tjing and Mochi Mochi, iconic Japanese-inspired spots in Cape Town, will close on 18 April after 15 years.

Spier Light Art invites viewers to explore installations that address colonial history, humanity’s relationship with nature and our role in witnessing South Africa’s past.

The leaders of Iran, Israel and the US all voiced defiance and vowed to fight on as the Middle East war approached the two-week mark, killing thousands of people, disrupting the lives of millions of others and ‌shaking financial markets.

SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) – One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of age-gating methods they are using.

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident US Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.

HAVANA, March 12 (Reuters) – Cuba said on Thursday it will release 51 prisoners in the coming days under an agreement with the Vatican, at a time the Communist government has come under increasing pressure from the United States to reform its one-party rule.

BAGHDAD/PARIS, March 13 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an attack in northern Iraq that killed one French officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region.

The purpose of News24’s reporting on Akkerland was to dispel the myth that the farm was expropriated without compensation. Judge Bernard Ngoepe from the Press Council’s appeals committee agrees, writes Pieter du Toit.

News24’s reporting that Akkerland was not expropriated without compensation and that it was later sold for R80 million has been confirmed as fair and accurate by the Press Council’s Appeal Panel.

South Africa faces a crisis where crime and corruption have cost the country an estimated R1 trillion and 1.6 million jobs, while youth unemployment remains at 45.1% despite R70 billion in annual government spending, revealing fundamental structural failures that require comprehensive reform of both security institutions and economic development approaches.