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South Africa loses out on up to R50 billion worth of opportunities due to bureaucratic backlogs in the local mining sector, while miners are forced to spend almost a third of their operational budgets on compliance.

A major oil spill which killed thousands of birds is still being debated, three decades later.

Bolana has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Category 2 funeral.

SAFTU and NUPSAW say 3 000 health workers were given permanent contracts

GASBOC chairperson Jabulani Khumalo has welcomed the department’s intervention.

A study FoodForward SA shows that millions of households in the country are food incecure.

Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria.

Samantha Guthrie’s fame has helped turn her mother’s abduction into a national obsession.

The theft has left Germans with a strong sense that trust in institutions and the system has been shaken.

The crew blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

Environmental Minister Willie Aucamp announces draft export quotas for hunting trophies of elephants, black rhinos, and leopards.

The council has handed out 15,000 free air fryers help people with the cost of living.

The latest ruling from the Constitutional Court means that South Africans engaging in civil and customary marriages need to plan carefully.

Mokgosi appeared before the North West Ad Hoc committee on Saturday to conclude his testimony.

Jacob Zuma who is the leader of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party, was expelled from the ANC in July 2024.

Sithole says her re-election to the leadership position shows confidence and renewal of the mandate.

She has been accorded a Special Provincial Official Funeral, Category 2.

The Proteas have put themselves in a strong position as they head into the Group 8 stage of the T20 World Cup.

Junior Khanye claims ‘luck ran out’ as his pre-match prediction proved accurate following Kaizer Chiefs’ group stage exit.

Former Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Brian Baloyi believes co-coaches Cedric Kaze and Khalil Ben Youssef lack the credentials to lead Amakhosi.

Modise has made a bold call on the title race, backing Pirates to finish the job if they maintain their current form at the top of the log.

Custodian University of Sunderland says renovation costs of £45m are too high and building must be pulled down. Not without a fight, say locals, who believe they’re being taken for fools

The “little pieces of Sunderland” produced by the city’s glassmaking factory for more than a century can be traced back to an even older story that began in the seventh century, when English glassmaking...

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American singer Jacquees reflected on his time in Durban after embracing the culture of the coastal city during his stay. Take a look…

When does Oscar Pistorius’s murder sentence expire? And will he be remembered as more than just the man who murdered Reeva Steenkamp?

The ANC officially cut ties with the MK party leader in July 2024.

The fixture will serve as a hit-out before the Boks face England on 4 July in the opening match of the new Nations Championship at Ellis Park.

South Africa can qualify for the Super 8 stage as early as Monday if Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates in their Group D match.

Vinicius was denied a hat-trick by the linesman’s flag .

A prominent logistics expert has warned that the R120-billion Gautrain expansion won’t serve the areas that need it the most.

Following a major accident, the last thing people want to hear is the words “write off”.

A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.

Side effects of a common Parkinson’s medications had devastating consequences on one family, BBC hears.

The plans are subject to a 12-week public consultation which starts on Friday.