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Bafana Bafana are officially out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), and what’s left is for them to return home from Morocco.

The justice secretary has been given a minor sanction following a row over her comments about a sexual exploitation expert.

Senior players like Mokoena, Williams and Modiba didn’t live up to expectation, while others lacked experience

Johannesburg’s water outages are being driven primarily by years of underinvestment and poor maintenance by Joburg Water, leaving fragile infrastructure that exaggerates the impact of Rand Water’s routine maintenance.

Residents say the ongoing sewage problem has disrupted their daily lives

The vehicles also hit a group of children who were walking by the side of the road.

Men who brutally assaulted woman in KZN tavern surrender; viral video sparks calls for justice.

MEC of Education, Lindi Masina has launched of the Back-to-School Campaign

Videos show that unrest has spread to more than 40 towns and cities, including pro-government heartlands.

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump’s direction.

Cyril Zattara is charged with raping 14 women over a decade, as well as secretly filming others.

At least 13 people, including eight children, have been killed in the strike in el-Obeid city, medics say.

About 85 Ethiopian migrants were trying to leave the country when the accident occurred, authorities say.

The main opposition coalition boycotted the vote after a referendum allowed the removal of term limits.

With tens of thousands of cases waiting to be heard, some people have to wait four years for their trials to start.

The PM says Labour needs to contrast its “renewal” of the country with Reform’s “grievance and division”.

South Africa currently has eight dollar billionaires ranked among the world’s richest people at the start of 2026, with a combined net worth of R715 billion.

Premier League Champions Liverpool are partnering with Old School to expand the club’s retail presence in South Africa.

The party condemns US attack on Venezuela and the arrest of President Maduro and Cilia Flores.

Maduro and Cilia Flores face US narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy charges.

Mapaila will deliver the keynote address at the 31st annual Joe Slovo commemoration

US Delta Force raid in Venezuela captures President Maduro and wife in Caracas.

Kick It Out CEO Samuel Okafor and ex-Chelsea defender Paul Elliott, former chair of the FA’s inclusion and diversity board, talk to BBC Sport about the importance of appointing Liam Rosenior as Chelsea manager.

Despite a slow start to the season, Relebohile Mofokeng appears to be hitting form and could shine in the second half of the season.

Speaking in his last press conference as Strasbourg manager, Liam Rosenior says taking the job at Chelsea is the right move for his career. The 41-year-old has spent the last 18-months at the Blues’ sister club Strasbourg after he was sacked from Hull City in 2024.

New Hamilton owner Rob Edwards admits the club is still at risk of being placed in administration but is confident insolvency can be avoided.

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.

Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to...

University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves

Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...

Rethink Food is helping to fund initiatives to cut hunger in schools across Leeds.

Members from five high-end Discovery Health plans owe the medical aid thousands of rands after benefits were paid incorrectly.

Amor Vittone is dating radio DJ and restauranteur Marius van Biljon, whose beauty queen wife Shannon, died less than six months ago…

Concerns over smelly and potential faecal contaminated tap water in parts of Johannesburg have now been eased.

‘No, not at this current time,’ he said on the eve of his team’s home match against Leeds.

The assault case was postponed to February.

‘This is a club with a unique spirit and a proud history of winning trophies,’ said the new Chelsea boss.

A seaside birthday and a rather telling surfboard: Fans are convinced Siya Kolisi was at Rachel John’s Jeffreys Bay 25th bash. Here’s why…

If your goal is to reach senior business readers – not just clickbait-fuelled anonymous traffic – you’re in the right place.

A stable electricity system has enabled Eskom to shift its focus to reducing generation costs.

A South African airline has achieved an on-time score surpassing that of the world’s best air carriers.

Mahindra has revealed the new XUV 7XO, the latest iteration of its 7-seater SUV.

Motus has laid off dozens of employees as it faces growing competition from Chinese car brands.

The overhaul is the latest in a host of sweeping changes made under the Trump administration by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

The doctor was working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth when the incidents happened.

Soft drinks, chocolate, pizzas and ice creams will be targeted in the UK government’s plan.