
Ten more cruise passengers to be flown to UK for hantavirus monitoring
The passengers from Saint Helena and Ascension Island who were on the MV Hondius will complete their self-isolation in the UK.
WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026, 13:59

The passengers from Saint Helena and Ascension Island who were on the MV Hondius will complete their self-isolation in the UK.

“Our anchor is, if we become part of a government that sweeps wrongdoing under the carpet, then we are no better than that which we are trying to replace. I can’t be a part of that.”

Full pool renovations were estimated to cost $300m and take years. Trump said he found “a better way of doing it” that would only cost $1.5m to $2m.
Nelson Mandela Bay could be placed under provincial administration if it fails to resolve a leadership crisis over suspended city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, Cogta MEC Zolile Williams has warned.
From Sea Monster’s global King’s Trust International entrepreneurship game to FinMaster’s pizza-box-to-retail board game journey, South African developers are showing that financial literacy may stick better when it feels less like homework and more like play.
Starmer and Ramaphosa rose to power as corrective figures, promising stability after years of chaos and institutional decay. Now both risk becoming symbols of drift themselves, as public frustration, weak growth and populist challengers expose the widening gap between political caution and effective leadership.

Disallowing West Ham’s last-ditch equaliser against Arsenal on Sunday was the right decision, referees’ chief Howard Webb says.
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A passion for ballet, which 14-year-old Daniel Keyser has had since childhood, has earned the Cape Town dancing star the opportunity to attend the American Academy of Ballet’s summer school in New York.
By all accounts, Hasina Subedar is who you call when you need to roll out, well, anything new in public health. Known for her grit, grace and humour, the non-conformist middle child from Pietermaritzburg started out as a nurse 30 years ago. She is now responsible for getting the game-changer medication for HIV prevention into 360 clinics around the country.

Rory McIlroy is a different man compared with the tetchy figure who shunned the media for much of last year’s PGA Championship, writes Iain Carter.
An unemployment rate of more than 30% is the ‘new normal’ for South Africa, an insidious indicator that has defined this decade and Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency. And it could yet scale and surpass the record of 35.3% reached in Q4 2021.

Lebanon’s health ministry says the paramedics were carrying out a rescue mission in Nabatieh in response to an earlier attack that killed one person.

According to data compiled by Statistics SA, the worst petrol price increase ever was in January 1985, when it increased by more than 39%. By contrast, April’s increase was only 15%.

He says it is “the greatest privilege of my life” to be Plaid Cymru’s first Welsh government leader.

His name also mentioned several times at Madlanga inquiry.

The most comprehensive report of its kind details harrowing cases of sexual attacks which it says were systematic.
Tebogo ‘ProVerb’ Thekisho captured an audience with the charm of an uncle you wish you had. The laidback storyteller is one of South Africa’s most recognisable voices, having spent decades in the entertainment industry. While many were introduced to him as the host of IdolsSA or through his clean conscious hip-hop, he has never been confined to one lane. His career spans business, writing...
Whenever there is a dispute involving a big corporate you can tell how serious it is by the level of the person involved. And when the CEO has to step into the ring you know that things have escalated, that whatever is going on has come to pose some kind of risk to the business.
While flooding across several provinces has been declared a national disaster, farmers in the Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape are struggling to come to terms with their devastating losses.

The film will explore the early life of the ex-footballer and former Match of The Day pundit.