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The City of Cape Town will not seek leave to appeal the recent Western Cape High Court ruling on its fixed tariff structures and will instead open a supplementary public participation process on amendments to its proposed 2026/27 budget.
Bridging generational gaps is key to sustaining South African organisations, writes Lungi Sangqu.
The National Prosecuting Authority on Friday said it was concerned about how the chief magistrate handled the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case after it was struck from the roll this week.
After naming the 32-man preliminary squad on Thursday, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he will face a difficult decision when he names the final squad for the Fifa World Cup on Wednesday at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Sparkly cake decorations such as edible glitter and metallic dusts are booming in popularity, but experts warn they can pose serious health risks if inhaled – especially by children. The warning comes after a young boy in Australia was admitted to hospital when cake decorating powder entered his lungs, prompting a nationwide product recall.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for an American leader that could roil US relations with China and maybe prompt more Chinese war games around the island.
As the national ANC officially inaugurated the party’s Eastern Cape provincial task team at the City Hall in KuGompo City late on Thursday, fresh warnings of legal action against the troubled party again emerged.
The host joined Sir Paul and the band to close out the show with a performance of the Beatles’ Hello, Goodbye.
When households stop farming, it breaks the generational transfer of knowledge and skills essential for sustaining rural farms, write Sibongiseni Peacock, Scott Drimie and Kenneth Carden
The rural economy can be resuscitated and sustained with a simple strategy: counter the dominance of foreign-owned spaza shops by strengthening locally owned ones, writes Sizwe Kupelo, government spokesperson
The British police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be long and complex, senior officers said, after his arrest earlier this year on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that can include sexual impropriety.
With the Women’s Champions League final between Barcelona and Lyon on Saturday, BBC Sport takes a look at the extraordinary rise of football’s next global superstar, Vicky Lopez.
Dutchman Rico Verhoeven discusses his kickboxing career, friendship with A-list celebrities and how he landed a shot at Oleksandr Usyk.
Lois Roberts and Aron Llwyd, the new wardens of Bardsey Island, said they were craving a “different challenge”.
Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, Land, is published after the success of the film adaptation of Hamnet.
The former prince was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The BBC has spoken to the parents of five of the 23 girls who survived the knife attack, who say a court order has rendered their children invisible.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that shattered the soul of South Africa on 16 June 1976, the Baxter and Market theatres have co-produced a docu-fictional drama, Rise ’76: The Story of June 16th.
Welcome to the only South Africanised weekly cryptic crossword.Clue of the week:8 Lack of resistance in the end (6)
As the temperature builds across the UK, we could see the hottest May day on record in this heatwave, Simon King explains
No motive has been identified for the attacks, though northern Honduras has been the site of ongoing agrarian conflict for years.