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Body found after Plastic View informal settlement shack fire on Sunday morning in Pretoria

The two bodies were discovered near a river on Friday by other tourists.

Thabo Mbeki speaks on the current challenges facing the globe as well as South Africa.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

A search operation has so far rescued 24 people with no deaths reported at the site, in a city near the capital Manila.

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government’s economic policies.

Plymouth Argyle striker Owen Oseni says he was in “disbelief” after being called up to the Nigeria squad.

Iliman Ndiaye insists Senegal are African champions in “many people’s eyes” despite a legal wrangle over the ultimate destination of the 2025 Afcon title.

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial.

Two European countries are targeting skilled South Africans with remuneration packages that are hard to say no to.

A recent ruling by the Western Cape High Court has clarified a significant aspect of eviction law in South Africa.

This is a list of the top 40 soft drinks that contain the most sugar in South Africa

While the Western Cape is often seen as the nation’s semigration hotspot, Gauteng’s economic strength continues to attract young workers.

A Provincial Task Team has been appointed in the province as the term of the PEC has expired.

The party is holding its provincial congress in Polokwane this Saturday.

The party opened public nominations in which ordinary South Africans can select mayoral candidates

Rise Mzansi made the announcement earlier on Saturday in Johannesburg.

Orlando Pirates were five points behind Mamelodi Sundowns but had to fight back to win the league by just a point.

Ethan Jordan’s last-gasp free helps Tyrone edge Roscommon 3-16 to 2-18 in an absorbing All-Ireland SFC first round clash.

Captain Cristian Romero returns to London from Argentina for Tottenham’s final match of the Premier League season against Everton.

Three of the four course records in the Cape Town Marathon were shattered on a spectacular day of racing – and all by foreigners.

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move

Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way.

It was the mid-2000s, and I was a child with unmonitored access to the family computer. With the...

Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable

Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls two major concussions from playing rugby. “Girls ask me, ‘aren’t you worried about getting injured?’,” the biomedical sciences student said. “I enjoy the physicality and the...

A 25-year-old local spearfisherman who was feared missing off the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast has been found safe after a search operation.

A once-overgrown wetland tucked away in Muizenberg Park is making a comeback after years of community-driven restoration work.

An SAA Airbus A320 landed, rather miraculously, in Gqeberha after storm diversions left the aircraft with critically low fuel reserves.

Amor Vittone has sparked rumours over her relationship status after fans questioned the absence of her partner, Marius van Biljon…

Here’s what the latest forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 25 May 2026.

The singer received an honorary doctorate in Visual and Performing Arts.

The watch party was held at at the Golden Fan Club at Elkah Stadium on Saturday.

The first group of 300 Ghanaians will leave South Africa on Wednesday

Mission will put first astronaut in orbit for a year, a key step in Beijing’s plan to put people on the moon by 2030

China has launched its Shenzhou-23 mission in which an astronaut will spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing’s ambition to send humans to the moon by 2030.

The Long March 2-F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan launch centre in north-western China...

La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years

Los Angeles is known for famous museum such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that – in the heart of the city – lies a museum that contains one of the world’s most remarkable fossil sites.

The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is home...

Twin of the Indian-market Renault Duster, also coming to South Africa this year, will make its world premiere on 9 July.

Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.