The 15 deportees describe the uncertainty they face in a country they had never seen before.

Thousands are expected to attend this year’s festival in Sunderland, with Fatboy Slim headlining on Friday.

Prediction markets are a fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry, and appeal disproportionately to young men

The government will not be financial or legal penalties for train operators who fail to meet the targets.

It is the first holiday period since the EU’s new border system was fully implemented.

Those who loved her remember a woman who gave everything — to her art, to her city, and to every person lucky enough to have her in their corner

Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.

Two years ago Phil Foden and Cole Palmer were England’s future. Now, they cannot even get into the squad amid fierce rivalry for the number 10 role.

As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the simple pleasure of sitting with stories in an age defined by distraction

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief

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The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this young is not a problem to be managed. It is a generation to be partnered with

The French president’s visit to Nairobi was a spectacular flop that exposed the tension between African agency and Western entitlement

Africa Day is generally marked as a day for celebration, a day to rejoice at the steps taken by previous generations to fight against and eliminate the effects of colonialism, slavery, land dispossession and to chart a new course for a prosperous Africa.

Lola Young helped to honour Elton John at Thursday’s event, which celebrates the craft of songwriting.

Kruger National Park’s 100-year milestone reflects both South Africa’s conservation history and SANParks’ efforts to shift from exclusionary “fortress conservation” to community partnerships and local economic development

Stephen Bunting signs off his Premier League campaign in style as he overcomes Luke Humphries 6-3 in Sheffield to claim his second nightly win of the year.

Working on Fire seeks to halt the award of the national wildfire management contract to Tefla, while the department and Tefla oppose the urgent relief

The policy must be remodelled to become broad-based, helping make community organisations and social enterprises its core beneficiaries rather than political elites and their connections