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Societal pressure has resulted in generations of young people believing university admission is the primary proof of potential, write George Asamani and Sanele Nhlabatsi

The extort case is due to be re-enrolled in the Delmas Magistrate’s Court this Thursday morning

Brown Mogotsi is facing charges including defeating the ends of justice.

The Nkabinde Enquiry was probing suspended Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.

Sibanyoni and the three co-accused are facing charges of extortion and money laundering.

The strikes come despite a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington as the two countries hold peace talks.

The live-in personal assistant to the actor has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death. ​​

Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months.

Duterte is facing charges relating to a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is named in the Atlas Lions’ World Cup squad despite the injury he sustained in the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich.

Cyril Ramaphosa argues that the authors of the report “misconceived” their mandate.

The United Arab Emirates has denied any involvement in the civil war and says it investigates alleged links.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Thursday, 28 May 2026.

New York and New Jersey are looking into the association after fans have reportedly been “misled” over ticket sales and seat locations.

Poor coffee harvests in Brazil and Vietnam are just some of the factors driving up the price of your morning cup of coffee.

EFF has written to the Speaker to demand that she oppose President Ramaphosa’s legal bid.

ANC has instructed Sisisi Tolashe to resign as Member of Parliament

The commission has taken additional measures to counteract the negative effects of social media.

The decisions follows the working committee’s meeting on monday where it resolved that Tolashe should resign as an MP and the president of the ANC’s woman league

Before the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, Arsenal players Leandro Trossard, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice and Eberechi Eze talk about what winning the trophy would mean to them.

Today’s news wrap for Pirates fans.

How much attention have you paid to what’s happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?

A ‘catastrophic’ training ground incident at the Stormers will also have the Springboks on high alert as all parties wait for a full report.

Students blame the CBSE’s newly-launched digital evaluation system used for marking this year’s Grade 12 exams.

Treasury select committee hears that interest rate and repayment terms are ‘extortionate’ and ‘not reasonable’

Thousands of graduates have told an official inquiry their horror stories and bad experiences relating to student loans, underlining what the chair of an MPs’ committee called massive levels of “frustration and upset”.

Amid an ongoing row over the ballooning cost of degree course...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised South Africans an additional public holiday, provided that this happens…

Nightclub owner Joel Booysen – the son of ‘Sexy Boys’ gang boss Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen – has clapped back at ‘fake news’ reports.

May 2026 SASSA SRD payment dates are almost over. Here is what you need to know before you miss out.

Talented musician Mnqobi ‘Shota’ Mdabe has cited unemployment as his estranged wife, Phumeza Mdabe, seeks spousal and child maintenance.

Experts say increasingly public shootings in busy areas point to deeper failures in intelligence-led policing and the criminal justice system.

Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina exited in dramatic fashion, slumping to a loss against Yuliia Starodubtseva.

The overall prison population has increased since 2014, but this is mainly due to the number of detainees awaiting trial.

According to the Commissioner of the BMA, Dr Michael Masiapato, of the 300 processed at the airport, 25 were from the Lindela holding facility.

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In June, resident doctors in England will walk out for the 16th time in a long-running dispute over pay.

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Ellie Colton’s symptoms of endometriosis started when she was a young teenager. But she wasn’t diagnosed until she was 24.