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New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing course from previous years. It’s good news, even if it’s not clear why it’s happening

The film received poor reviews but has stormed the box office, taking $217m (£160m) globally.

The communications and digital technologies minister said the department would take the matter seriously and implement consequence management for those responsible for drafting and quality assurance

The policy was intended to provide a regulatory framework to ensure safeguards around the use of AI.

Freedom Day 2026 marks the 32nd anniversary of SA’s first democratic elections held on 27 April 1994

A tip off led officers to search the suspect’s luggage and discover the cocaine worth R8.7 million.

Monday marks 32 years since SA held its first democratic elections, on April 27, 1994.

The dispute was initially between two families before escalating into a cycle of reprisal attacks.

With Rai’s passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments.

The UK’s maritime monitor has reported at least four suspected piracy incidents in the past week off the coast of Somalia.

Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled the memorial in Pyongyang.

Clashes resumed in Kidal following coordinated attacks across Mali by armed groups on Saturday.

The activist has condemned France’s influence in West Africa and been accused of being a “Russian mouthpiece”.

Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.

Michael Eneramo, who won 10 caps for the Super Eagles, dies aged 40 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a friendly game.

Another African country is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for some of South Africa’s most important companies. 

Edify has called on the South African education system to focus on subjects that can help students get jobs.

Afrika Mayibuye Movement is staging the event on the eve of the official Freedom Day festivities

The SACP has taken a resolution to contest the elections independently

Mashaba says illegal migration puts significant strain on the delivery of basic services.

Don Nkadimeng is remembered as being opposed foreign interference in African politics

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From the underdogs to the serial winners, can you name every FA Cup finalist since 2010?

Hundreds of senior staff in territory benefit from nearly £30,000-a-year grant per child not available to staff in group’s other hubs

HSBC is reportedly reviewing a perk that covers school fees for bankers in Hong Kong as part of a big overhaul of the bank under chief executive Georges Elhedery.

Europe’s largest bank is considering whether to scrap the perk for new employees or make changes...

Social media users slammed radio personality and podcaster DJ Speedsta for pulling his girlfriend, Shamiso Mosaka, at the Metro FM Awards.

Brother and sister-in-law Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt are getting honoured with their stars in the same day.

Here’s what to anticipate for the upcoming SASSA Workers’ Day long weekend, following agency’s Easter payment debacle …

A near-death experience was averted after a pair of stranded hikers were rescued and assisted off Devil’s Peak in Cape Town.

The cops were among eight suspects caught stealing stock from a storage facility

Orlando Pirates were thought to be leading the race for his signature in the previous transfer window.

Orlando Pirates head coach Abseslam Ouaddou accused Kaizer Chiefs of playing ‘karate’ rather than football in their 1-1 Betway Premiership…

‘We should have taken the opportunity and got the points we needed to go ahead,’ Cardoso said.

From Uniqlo to Puma, here are some of the top Pokémerch money can buy … for now.

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil, and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops.

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Fuel prices are expected to increase once more in May, but not by as much as was feared earlier this month.

Toyota’s sales have been hit hard by the Middle East conflict.

The Transport Department hopes to invest R2 trillion in South Africa’s rail network by 2050.

A few years ago, there were only a handful of Chinese carmakers in South Africa. They now represent 40% of the brands on the market.

Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis.

The proposed legislation was supported by MPs but has not cleared its stages in the Lords.