
Meet Africa’s big babies: Cute, clumsy, and surprisingly huge
Several African big babies are currently melting hearts online, from elephant calves to orphaned hippos and rhinos born against the odds.
THURSDAY, 04 JUNE 2026, 17:30

Several African big babies are currently melting hearts online, from elephant calves to orphaned hippos and rhinos born against the odds.

South African World Cup guide for UK Saffas, including fixtures, viewing info, beer, biltong, braai essentials, and matchday shopping.

Some new slots arrive with a quiet launch and a slow build. Jelly Express took the opposite route. Since its release last March, it has already produced a string of millionaire-level payouts that feel almost unreal. That kind of early form matters, because big wins are not just about luck. They also reflect a game […]

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos will announce his 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup at a dinner hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

‘Oom Pieter’ trends online again after an AI-generated song celebrates the South African minister of Correctional Services.

Herman Mashaba says ActionSA would “embrace” a possible mayoral candidacy by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma in eThekwini, as the party sharpens its focus on undocumented foreigners ahead of November’s local government elections

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Tuesday, 26 May 2026.

Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.

A new HIV prevention injection could change the course of the epidemic — but only if people trust it. Research shows we can pre-empt the false claims forming around it. The window is open now

Investigating officer Alfred Ondendaal said Mogotsi asked if there was anything he could do for leniency during his bail application

The African continent has long played a secondary role in shaping global events, energy being one of the main characteristics of this subsidiary role. We now can play a role in helping to choose the direction of global decision-making

Since taking office, Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te has consistently provided massive aid to Eswatini to maintain diplomatic relations. Lai’s recent “sneak trip” to Eswatini, during which he ostensibly signed agreements for strategic oil storage facilities, an industrial park, and Taiwanese investment, was nothing more than a political show of spending huge sums to gain diplomatic […]

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says South Africa must urgently adapt its education and training system to artificial intelligence, automation and digital transformation as the country confronts a “workforce-transition capacity problem”

Afrikaner ‘refugees’ in the United States are flocking to specific states. We unpack the official data to reveal the preferred states, and most avoided destinations.

By shifting our focus towards the establishment of a Public Whistleblower Authority, aligning this architecture with any future anti-corruption agency, introducing real monetary incentives and convening an immediate national engagement to iron out these mechanics, we can ensure that the state finally shares the risk borne by those who speak the truth.

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development is accelerating oversight of large road projects in Togo, Madagascar and Nigeria as Gulf states expand strategic infrastructure investments across Africa amid rising geopolitical tension and global trade disruptions

The farce lies in the performance of Pan-Africanism without power. It lies in institutions that speak of unity while African economies remain exposed to rating agencies, foreign currencies, creditor punishments and donor instructions. It lies in regional bodies that discipline disobedient states while tolerating client regimes that sell their people into permanent dependency

Until the AU can fund a much greater share of its own agenda and use Africa’s financial institutions more strategically, its agency will remain constrained

as we celebrate the Africa Day, it’s high time to practically reimagine Chiekh Anta Diop’s concept ‘African renaissance’ as the world gradually restructures into a new world order.

STEM education must move beyond technical knowledge and memorisation to develop critical thinking, ethical reasoning and argumentation skills, says NWU’s Dr Paul Iwuanyanwu.

Where are Afrikaner ‘refugees’ in the United States settling? ‘SA People’ unpacks the latest State Department data to find the one destination with zero arrivals.