THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026, 09:42
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The women have been named as Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walter, 32 and Rebecca Walter, 31.
Michelle Sadio was caught in the crossfire as shots were fired at mourners outside a wake.
The DA has accused KZN Cogta MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi of using state-owned water tankers for political branding after images of his face appeared on the vehicles, deepening tension in the province’s coalition government
The Xitsonga musician resigned as an uMkhonto weSizwe Party MP on Friday, citing internal conflict before joining Afrika Mayibuye Movement
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking… This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.
Campaigning organisation Searchlight claims Robert Kenyon was friends with a fascist campaigner on a now deleted Facebook page.
Johannesburg Zoo elephants Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane face a landmark court case that could mean freedom and change animal law in SA.
After a decades-long career in Congress, he spent his final weeks at his home in Maine living in hospice.
City eyes selling of vacant land and finalisation of European loan to assist in fiscal crisis
City eyes selling of vacant land and finalisation of European loan to assist in fiscal crisis
South African electric vehicle infrastructure firm Zero Carbon Charge (Charge) launched the first of two off-grid, solar-powered charging stations along the key Johannesburg to Durban N3 corridor on Tuesday.
The ANC in Johannesburg has urged law enforcement agencies to act without fear or favour against one of their own, Nomoya Mnisi, MMC of economic development, who is accused of kidnapping.
Serial killer Rosemary Ndlovu has been found guilty of incitement to commit murder after plotting a hit on her friend’s husband for insurance.
A review was carried out after the conviction of seven people involved in the abuse of children between 2012 and 2019.
On 5 June, South Africa is about to begin one of its most important HIV prevention drives in decades. The country will start to roll out an HIV prevention injection that has to be taken only twice a year. Will the launch become more than a symbolic event that shows what serious HIV prevention leadership looks like at a time when donor funding is shrinking and global uncertainty is growing?
In nature, death and killing is natural. In systems where populations are too high and resources become limited Mother Nature takes it one step further and mass die-offs occur. Mass die-offs come with starvation, suffering and outcomes that go against several animal rights ethical frameworks. Is that what we are normalising?