With a backline that averages an impressive 53 Test caps per man and an average of 71 Test caps per man in the starting pack of forwards, this is no experimental line-up.

Critical data on crimes against women and children have been absent from the South African Police Service’s quarterly crime reports for 2025/26. The ability of stakeholders in the government and civil society to accurately track trends related to recorded crimes against these populations hinges on whether the statistics will be reinstated in the police service’s upcoming annual report.

In the lead-up to the 30 June 2026 deadline set by anti-immigrant groups, South African public health professionals call on health workers to support and protect the rights of refugees and migrants, ensuring equitable access to healthcare for all, regardless of documentation status.

Sibanye’s success at Marikana is driven by strategic consolidation and contiguous operations, transforming a troubled asset into a profitable cornerstone for South Africa’s mining future.

Betsy Halsey, 63, still has memorabilia from America’s 1976 bicentennial in her childhood bedroom at her parents’ home. But the retired teacher is so appalled by President Donald Trump that she refuses to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.

A 17-year-old Thai girl was on a lively strip of palm-fringed sand in the seaside city of Pattaya on Wednesday night where a friends said she met a foreign man and struck up a conversation.

In a vineyard on the Greek island of Santorini, winemaker Yiannis Boutaris gestures to a dried-up ‘kouloura’ vine trained into the shape of a basket to protect the grapes from the gruelling summer sun. The plant endured for 90 years but was finally killed by heat and drought.