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Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer
Bondi, who was diagnosed shortly after being ousted in April, is also joining the White House’s new advisory council on AI.
WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026, 18:15

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Bondi, who was diagnosed shortly after being ousted in April, is also joining the White House’s new advisory council on AI.

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Utility tariff increases proposed as City Power aligns with Eskom costs

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Finance MMC says weak revenue collection hampers service delivery
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Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking… This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.

South Africa
Minister of Human Settlement says she is concerned about a housing shortfall

South Africa
Mashatile is expected to visit Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu and Manenberg.
South Africa
Correctional Services Minister advocates for alternative sentencing to curb overcrowding
The Minister of Correctional Services, Dr Pieter Groenewald, has advocated for alternative approaches to address overcrowding in the country’s correctional services.
Speaking during a Parliamentary Questions for Oral Reply session for the Peace and Security cluster on Wednesday, the Minister...
South Africa
IEC officially launches the 2026 Local Government Elections campaign
The Electoral Commission has officially launched the 2026 Local Government Elections (LGE), marking the commencement of the mass awareness campaign towards Election Day in November. This is after President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced 4 November 2026 as the date for South Africa’s upcoming Local Government...

World
Israel’s military tells residents of Tyre it will “act forcefully” against the armed group, after another wave of strikes in south and east Lebanon.

World
Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028.

World
Palestinians in the West Bank live amid garbage following Israeli restrictions. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to make a change.

World
Dong Guangping, a police officer turned activist, reached Korean waters after 30 hours at sea.

Africa
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

Africa
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.

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

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

Business
One farmer says his red diesel costs have risen from £27,000 a year to £54,000.

Business
Fuel price shocks are forcing petrol stations to reconsider their operating hours in South Africa.
Business

Business
Bonitas will move its administrative functions to Momentum in the coming days, as the fund seeks to adapt to a rapidly changing healthcare market.

Politics
ANC has instructed Sisisi Tolashe to resign as Member of Parliament

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

Politics
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

Politics
The Electoral Commission launched its formal communication campaign for the elections on Wednesday.

Sport
Michael O’Neill says he knew in his heart that he did not want to leave his role as Northern Ireland manager amid interest from Blackburn Rovers.

Sport
Our Ask Me Anything team look at all you need to know about the 2026 BBC Football Awards.

Sport
Two-time heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has hinted that he may fight in Dublin in August

Sport
These are the three leading candidates, ranked and updated, to take charge of coach-less Kaizer Chiefs next season.
Education
Ball State University is the latest institution to agree to pay workers who lost their jobs over their posts about the conservative activist.
Education
[HRW] Prosecutor Investigates Authors of Statement as Crackdown on Dissent Deepens
Education
The American Federation of Teachers recommended “no screens” at all for those in second grade or younger, and no A.I. chatbots for students in elementary school.
Education
[This Day] Abuja — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Education Board has begun a partnership with Values And Opportunities (VANDO) Global Limited Purpose to Career (P2C) Programme to equip young secondary school leavers with the right career tools.

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

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

Lifestyle
Meet the Eastern Cape man with honours-level qualifications who cannot find work and relies on a SASSA grant to eat.

Entertainment
Brand will undergo an extensive renewal and refresh before the end of the decade.

Entertainment
The road to Rabat was demanding. Sundowns balanced a relentless domestic season with a high-pressure continental campaign.

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 28 May 2026.

Entertainment
‘Small businesses typically feel these shocks first because they have less pricing power and thinner cash buffers.’

Science/Tech
Designed by Jony Ive and a host of ex-Cupertino colleagues, the Luce shows us what might have been had Apple made good on its $10 billion bet.
Science/Tech
joshuark writes: BusPatrol, a company that has installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of school buses around the U.S., now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), capturing the location of every vehicle the buses drive past, and give that data to law enforcement, 404 Media has learned. BusPatrol has already taken steps to share the collected data...

Science/Tech
“Republicans are just going to have to suck it up and get it done,” says one Trump aide about the funding melee. The votes, though, may simply not be there.

Science/Tech
At least seven people have died in recent days as people have tried to cool off in Britain’s waterways
Water safety experts have warned about the dangers of outdoor swimming after a spike in drownings as people try to escape soaring temperatures by cooling off in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other bodies of water.
In recent days, emergency services have reported at least seven deaths because...
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Health
In June, resident doctors in England will walk out for the 16th time in a long-running dispute over pay.
Health
The types of Ebola and hantavirus panicking officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

Health
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.

Health
The BBC’s Ellie Colton shares her experience of living with endometriosis – and meets a scientist hoping to cut the length of time it takes to be diagnosed with a simple new test.