The once-bustling Thaba ‘Nchu Airport, opened in 1988 as one of Bophuthatswana’s flagship infrastructure projects, now stands as a stark symbol of a local economy that has long since stalled.
The Western Cape Department of Social Development has received an extra R34.2-million in its adjustment budget, redirecting funds to the care of older people, targeted support for young people and digital systems for social workers.
Paramilitary activity in KwaZulu-Natal and a cop secretly working with American intelligence. These claims fit into an expanding law-enforcement scandal that’s obliterating careers and exposing how fractured South Africa’s crime-fighting system has become. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.
José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician who has praised Chile’s former dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration and the economy.
A Pakistani brewery founded in the 19th century is exporting beer again for the first time in decades, despite alcohol being illegal for the country’s Muslim majority.
Ukraine’s president continues ceasefire talks in Berlin with Trump envoys and European leaders, pressing for concrete security guarantees so Russia won’t invade Ukraine again in the future.
Charlie Smyth kicks a 47-yard field goal with six seconds left on the clock to give the New Orleans Saints a 20-17 win over division rivals Carolina Panthers.
Match of the Day pundits Theo Walcott and Joe Hart look at how Manchester City’s backline were able to hold off Crystal Palace before Erling Haaland and Phil Foden went on to win the game at Selhurst Park.
Match of the Day pundits Theo Walcott and Joe Hart look at how “composed and confident” Morgan Rogers “set the tone” for Aston Villa in their 3-2 comeback win over West Ham.
[Health-e] It’s been nearly three weeks since 18-year-old Onke Komsana from the rural village of Sithebe in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape left home for initiation school – the rite of passage for Xhosa boys transitioning to manhood.
Group asks Keir Starmer for help to persuade Ghanaian government to pay backlog of tuition fees and living allowances
Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships or tuition fee payments.
The group representing more than 100 doctoral students has petitioned Downing Street and Keir...
Roomba manufacturer iRobot filed for bankruptcy today, reports Bloomberg. After 35 years, iRobot reached a “restructuring support agrement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co, its main supplier and lender, and Santrum Hong Kong Compny.”Under the restructuring, vacuum cleaner maker Shenzhen PICEA will receive the entire equity stake in the reorganised...
“As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead,” reports the Associated Press, “and severely restrict social media access for young people.”The Danish government announced last month that it had secured an agreement by three governing coalition and two opposition parties in parliament to ban access...
The Wall Street Journal reports that 68% of CEOs “plan to spend even more on AI in 2026, according to an annual survey of more than 350 public-company CEOs from advisory firm Teneo.”And yet “less than half of current AI projects had generated more in returns than they had cost, respondents said.” They reported the most success using AI in marketing and customer service and challenges using it...
A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers.
A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended.