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The NSPCA and EMS Foundation have been admitted as intervening respondents in a High Court case that could determine whether the Minister is legally required to set export quotas for lion bones and related products from captive breeding operations
Each unaddressed attack undermines the UN’s legitimacy and reinforces perceptions of impotence
Moving beyond traditional campaigns, Williams and Luckin champion “story-doing,” creating work that interrupts culture, sparks dialogue, and drives meaningful societal change
A quiet mountain crossing is forming a corridor from the Great Lakes toward southern Africa
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Hungarian national news agency staff demanded the restoration of “editorial autonomy,” in a letter seen by AFP on Thursday, with one editor saying they “had had enough of unlawful, external political interference”.
The war in Sudan has been raging for the past three years, and a ceasefire is nowhere in sight. Participants at a conference of donors in Berlin hope at least to ease the suffering of the people caught in the middle.
The economic shock from the US–Israel conflict is likely to affect South Africa for up to two years, as higher oil prices, disrupted insurance markets, and uncertainty risk entrenching inflation across the economy.
The historic Zimbabwe bird return sees South Africa hand back sacred artefacts and ancestral remains, building on recent heritage victories.
Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.
Ramaphosa has sent the man who helped dismantle apartheid to defend the post-apartheid order against the administration trying hardest to undo it. The choice is shrewder than it looks, and more uncomfortable than Pretoria will admit.
A Burundian minister has been killed in what the government said on Thursday was a car accident, with sources saying the cause of death was unclear and would be investigated.
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who played for Austria at Euro 2008, died on Thursday after his car was hit by a train, his former club Red Bull Salzburg said.
Johnny Davids dies in Pretoria at 49. Tributes pour in for the Namibian-born presenter, singer, and voice of faith.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 pm EST (2100 GMT), signalling a pause in Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has raged in parallel to the war with Iran.
A cold front bringing strong winds, rough seas and chilly conditions is forecast for parts of the Western and Northern Cape, while hot and humid conditions are expected in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
When Magistrate Twanet Olivier granted EFF leader Julius Malema leave to appeal his five-year prison sentence handed down on Thursday, Mmabonolo Mokhobele jumped for joy, threw herself on the pavement, and began to weep.