Lesotho offers a rare window into how the Trump administration is leveraging foreign aid to advance its geopolitical agenda, and how smaller countries are responding.

The City of Cape Town will not seek leave to appeal the recent Western Cape High Court ruling on its fixed tariff structures and will instead open a supplementary public participation process on amendments to its proposed 2026/27 budget.

The National Prosecuting Authority on Friday said it was concerned about how the chief magistrate handled the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case after it was struck from the roll this week.

The British police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be long and complex, senior officers said, after his arrest earlier this year on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that can include sexual impropriety.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Cuba that the United States was laser-focused on changing the communist system, after the island was stunned by a US indictment of its former president Raúl Castro.

Pieter Rietveld almost didn’t go to Bloubergstrand on Mother’s Day morning two weeks ago. But another man, Colin, can be very grateful that he did, as Pieter was called on to save him from a riptide for the second time in two weeks.

Those who loved her remember a woman who gave everything — to her art, to her city, and to every person lucky enough to have her in their corner

Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.

As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the simple pleasure of sitting with stories in an age defined by distraction

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief

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The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this young is not a problem to be managed. It is a generation to be partnered with

The French president’s visit to Nairobi was a spectacular flop that exposed the tension between African agency and Western entitlement

Africa Day is generally marked as a day for celebration, a day to rejoice at the steps taken by previous generations to fight against and eliminate the effects of colonialism, slavery, land dispossession and to chart a new course for a prosperous Africa.

Kruger National Park’s 100-year milestone reflects both South Africa’s conservation history and SANParks’ efforts to shift from exclusionary “fortress conservation” to community partnerships and local economic development

Working on Fire seeks to halt the award of the national wildfire management contract to Tefla, while the department and Tefla oppose the urgent relief