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For years, obtaining a qualification was considered a guarantee for employment. However this is no longer the case with youth unemployment sitting at 45.8%.

A guest, who is reportedly an Orthodox Jew, found the message in his north London hotel room.

Abdullah Ibrahim died on Monday in the south of Munich in Germany at the age of 91.

Tuesday South Africa will be marking the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Student Uprising

36-year-old Michael Chikwani convicted of vehicle theft and Immigration Act breaches in court.

The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil was outside the Iran v New Zealand opening round match as protesters called for an end to Tehran’s clerical regime.

The Reuters Institute records its lowest trust figures since the annual research began in 2015.

Australian activists claim they were kidnapped, raped and tortured after being detained in May.

From fuel switches to engine failures, here are the biggest mysteries around the Air India crash inquiry.

Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

Some victims said they chose not to speak out because they feared staff would cut off access to aid.

Nestory Irankunda was born as a refugee in Tanzania before becoming Australian record breaker with goal in victory over Turkey.

Australia open their T20 World Cup campaign with a 65-run victory over fellow contenders South Africa to lay down an early marker.

The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.

The company’s listing raised $87.5bn, compared with the $75bn it was initially thought.

The historic event expedited the pace of the liberation struggle which changed SA’s politics

This year’s National Youth Day marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising.

This after Ramaphosa filed an urgent court interdict, halting the work of parliament impeachment.

Forum for South Africa says Cyril Ramaphosa is using state resources to avoid accountability

Will you get today’s player in as few attempts as possible?

France’s World Cup winner Olivier Giroud explains why N’Golo Kante is still an important part of Didier Deschamps’ squad, eight years after planning to retire from international football.

The latest reports on Kaizer Chiefs and Dwight Yorke caught many supporters by surprise. On the surface, the move appears difficult to explain.

Kaizer Chiefs have reportedly held talks with former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke over the club’s vacant head coach position.

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?

Sites including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok will become inaccessible for millions of children, the prime minister has announced.

A suspect has been apprehended after police officers seized nearly 1 000 West Coast rock lobster tails in Cape Town’s Woodstock suburb.

The South African website’s Animal Sighting article features weekly wildlife videos. Today’s video shows dead snake shocks a hornbill.

S’dumo Mtshali explains why he took on the role of Jonasi Gomora as viewers praise his performance in ‘The Polygamist’.

Fancy a dream job in the world’s hapiest country? Here’s how Finland is luring skilled migrant workers, including South Africans..

G4S was fined R880 000 for Thabo Bester’s escape, as per the contract.

There are groups of farmers who have created their own traceability systems.

Deon Davids says Bafana Bafana need to shut out criticism, pull together and focus on their controllables.

Prostate cancer accounts for 13% of all male cancer deaths in South Africa.

Every year, Youth Day asks South Africa to remember the courage of young people who stood against a system designed to limit their future. The young people of 1976 were not only protesting a language policy. They were rejecting an education system that prepared black children for a life of restricted opportunity. Nearly five decades […]

Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data

The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

New technology is enabling scientists to track how flowering times...

With its music focus, no-AI content policy, and larger artist royalties, the hi-res streaming service is scooping up all sorts of switchers.

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Toyota now has the same amount of victories in the endurance classic as Bentley.

Now a successful TV presenter, Briony May Williams said she started stress-baking when she became ill.

There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s fight against the virus that has killed more than 170.