The British health minister on Tuesday described a deadly outbreak of meningitis linked to a nightclub as “unprecedented” after two students died and 13 people were hospitalised.

Severe thunderstorms, which may lead to flooding, hail and strong winds, are forecast for parts of the Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.

Payouts in 2025 comprised R6.9 billion in individual life insurance claims; R2.2 billion in group risk claims; and R2.4 billion in shared-value benefits in the form of client rewards.

Almost three weeks into the Middle East war, economists are contemplating a gloomy combination of prices rising across the board and growth stalling.

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In a highly competitive schoolboy water polo environment, Diocesan College, known as Bishops, has consistently emerged on top for the past two seasons. A coalescence of team culture, squad depth, tactical clarity and mental preparedness have been key to their recent dominance.

Ann Bernstein has a radical, but not totally unique proposal: Create an experimental economic zone where workers can be hired on different terms than the rest of South Africa. Here’s the idea.

A senior US counterterrorism official resigned on Tuesday to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat to the United States.