A year ago, Kaizer Motaung Junior spoke to this publication and vowed that Kaizer Chiefs would enter the women’s soccer space with the intention of using their influence and brand power to make a meaningful impact on the sport. The club recently took a major step towards this ambition by finally launching a women’s team.
Imtiaz Cajee has dedicated his life to excavating the truth about the death in police detention of his uncle, Ahmed Timol, who was assaulted before being pushed out of a 10th-floor window of the notorious John Vorster Square in Johannesburg in 1971. Cajee has claimed there ‘was deliberate ineptitude’ in sabotaging Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases.
Western Cape Division of the High Court Judge Taswell Papier championed access to justice for the poor and became a pillar of South Africa’s post-apartheid judiciary.
The Strait of Hormuz remained shut on Friday and Israel traded fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, which the United States and Iran each described as violations of their ceasefire deal on the eve of their first peace talks of the war.
Lebanon is facing a food security crisis as the Iran war disrupts supplies of goods inside the country, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday.
The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible peace deal in Ukraine had resumed.
Myanmar’s new President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday his government has many challenges to overcome and seeks to improve the country’s international standing, including normalising ties with Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN after five years in the cold.
Access to health information has exploded in the digital age, but greater availability doesn’t guarantee understanding – often, it fuels misplaced confidence and misinformation. While a small group of truly empowered e-patients can engage meaningfully in their care, most users risk becoming ‘instant experts’, navigating complex medical decisions without the skills to interpret information safely.
A report by the Independent Police Investigating Directorate (IPID) from October 2023, which has remained secret until this week, has shed new light on the Phala Phala scandal. Investigative journalist Azarrah Karrim and Kyle Cowan discuss the implications.
The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world’s first crewed Moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth aboard their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft, headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California.
A South African clothing startup is taking on the global athleisure market, going from a university dorm room to partnerships with sports giants such as the National Basketball Association and Manchester City Football Club in just seven years.
Volkswagen said on Thursday it will end production of the ID.4 electric SUV out of its Tennessee plant this month, citing a challenging time for the US electric vehicle market.