Swimming pools promote healthy living, a sense of community and relief from the scorching summer sun. Yet for many thousands of Joburg residents, their local pools are just not working and won’t open for summer

KYIV, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government has prepared a draft 2026 budget, aiming for a deficit of 18.4% of gross domestic product and allocating more funds for its defence efforts, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Monday.

Starting in Soweto, a busload of photographers – full-time professionals and others – rolled up to shoot Jozi as part of the global 24HourProject.

Malema: Money. Power. Patronage. is a book about the man and his money. But it is also a story about the dark side of South Africa’s political landscape. This extract shows how ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba unwittingly strengthened Malema’s rent seeking the day he made a politically expedient deal with the EFF and started wearing blinkers.

A study conducted by The Global Investigative Journalism Network covering 97 countries found that countries that recorded a decrease in press freedom also experienced a 1% to 2% drop in real gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Most people of America, whatever flags they wear, want peace and freedom, and when they realise just how seriously it’s threatened they will respond. 

It was in Hemingway’s book about the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls, that I found something so true about humanity that it helped me make sense of what I had witnessed in covering wars on our continent and beyond — war is a monstrosity.

As Malawi prepares to vote, and as other countries across the continent approach elections, we must resist the distraction of inflated candidate lists. Real democracy is not about noise, it’s about clarity.

Based on company results the demand for what restaurants produce, the food that is more than food but also an experience, is clearly healthy.

The marriage between crypto’s bad boy and Wall Street’s traditional finance darling could open the door to a new generation of digital investment opportunities.