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The Gauteng government is commissioning the repair and rehabilitation of bridges and culverts in Tshwane to ensure their long-term safety, durability and functionality.

At the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, scientists worked through the night, using sophisticated lab equipment and powerful computers to deliver results awaited by health officials worldwide.

The five suspects accused of murdering soccer star Senzo Meyiwa are back in the dock at the Pretoria high court on Friday.

The three teenagers avoided custodial sentences for their roles in the rape of two girls.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants an apology from Israel over the treatment of Italian citizens on a flotilla bound for Gaza.

The India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade.

US acting navy chief Hung Cao told a Senate hearing they were “doing a pause” on the sale to make sure they had munitions for the Iran war.

The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage.

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.

Mali is a landlocked country and depends heavily on fuel transported from neighbouring countries.

Nine deportees arrive from the US as part of Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

It said difficulties had been exacerbated by “significant cost increases resulting from government policy choices”.

Absa has expanded its fuel rewards system to now include Shell petrol stations, adding around 600 stations to its network.

Laura Pomfret – CCJs, decrees and unpaid court debts

Johann Rupert-controlled Richemont has seen a massive rise in its profit for the year, and has declared a special dividend.

Roelf Meyer handed over his credentials to President Donald Trump at the White House.

The ANC has opened mayoral nominations to the public, allowing non-members to apply or be nominated as it reshapes its candidate selection process ahead of the local elections

The FF Plus says the ANC has failed South Africans through poor governance.

Arne Slot refuses to confirm whether Mohamed Salah will play a part at Anfield on Sunday, in what would be his last appearance for Liverpool.

Peru’s top-ranked tennis player, Ignacio Buse, believes he is currently playing the best tennis of his career.

Cardiff say there will be excuses when they travel to face South Africa next weekend for the URC play-off quarter-final against Stormers.

The NCA and NPCC say children should be blocked from accessing sites which do not stop them seeing nudes or being contacted by strangers.

Satara, an orphaned white rhino who was rescued from the Kruger National Park in 2014, has officially become a mother.

If you want to win your share of the jackpot, you have to play! You know what they say, you’ve got to be in it, to win it.

Raising funds and setting a world record, all in one shared costume, are the goals of two runners participating in the Cape Town Marathon.

The South African Human Rights Commission is investigating Dis-Chem shareholder Mark Saltzman over hate speech.

‘I think next week Monday or Tuesday we will still have some meetings and make sure we make the right choices,’ said the Bafana head coach.

The department said reports claiming it had spent more than R5 million on the Grantor system were misleading.

‘Mentally we are strong, our brotherhood is strong,’ said Sundowns and Bafana star Themba Zwane.

South Africa’s national treasury is not regulating crypto into submission. It is regulating itself into irrelevance.

A former tower technician has been convicted of vandalising and stealing critical MTN and Vodacom infrastructure.

Most programmes promise exposure and mentorship. BBD’s promises something rarer: real work from the start.

Signal jamming has turned connectivity itself into the target, exposing a critical design flaw, says Sigfox South Africa.

Bereaved families are calling for a national cardiac screening programme for over-14s

The number of melanoma skin cancer cases has risen above 20,000 a year for the first time in the UK.