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Parents arriving with their children at Diepsloot Combined School on the first day of the academic year and those making inquiries about placement issues were frustrated after being denied access to the school premises on Wednesday morning.

Tanganani Primary School in Diepsloot, which opened in mid-2024, faces challenges with water, electricity, and its nutrition programme due to construction delays, but has made progress with new teachers joining.

Less than a month before the festival was planned to kick off, the event organisers have cancelled Calabash 2026.

The UK government is appealing the September 2025 decision to dismiss the case brought against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh.

On Tuesday, BMA officers at the Beitbridge Port of Entry detained 33 children.

Phahlane is giving testimony at Parliament’s Ad Committee.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks Youseph Yazdi, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, about his recent visit to Iran, where thousands have been killed in anti-government protests.

NPR’s A Martinez asks Rufus Gifford, who served as U.S. ambassador to Denmark under the Obama administration, about President Trump’s aspirations to take control of Greenland.

Marine Le Pen, a French far-right leader, was back in court Tuesday to appeal an embezzlement conviction that could put her political ambitions at risk.

The Amazigh calendar places them almost a thousand years ahead of much of the rest of the world.

The communications authority says the suspension is aimed at preventing misinformation and violence.

The offensive is in the central state of Kogi, where the bandits have recently become more active.

Eritrea are included in the preliminary qualifying round draw for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations despite being unranked by world governing body Fifa.

South Africa has received another win after its removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list.

South Africa’s sugar industry, one of the country’s largest agricultural employers, is facing what industry leaders describe as a looming tax-driven disaster.

The government needs to significantly boost its capacity of offshore wind projects if it is to meet its clean power targets.

Health Department requested more funding after Trump administration withdrew PEPFAR funding.

Makhubele was removed as Chief Whip with immediate effect.

With Khuliso Mudau yet to renew his Sundowns contract, Moeneeb Josephs believes Orlando Pirates should pounce on the right-back.

Stinger GC has rebranded as Southern Guards GC, just months before the league hosts its first-ever event on African soil.

Goalkeeper Sean O’Neill said he has “no regrets” from his illustrious Irish Premiership career as he hangs up the gloves.

Nigeria face a huge semi-final against Africa Cup of Nations hosts and favourites Morocco on Wednesday.

The Chinese Consulate in Johannesburg has donated a quarter of a million rand to Gauteng’s best-performing 2025 matric learners.

Did Rachel Kolisi just take a swipe at her ex spouse, Siya Kolisi’s romance with younger girlfriend, Rachel John?

Kingsburgh Junction, a new shopping centre on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast, will soon opens its doors to local shoppers. Find out when…

The Western Cape government is preparing a proposal to cabinet to declare the province a disaster area after wildfires and a water crisis.

Learners and teachers who had planned to go to school on Wednesday had to turn back as some struggled to pass through the Mohlapitsi River.

The team have also been unlucky with three rained out games.

Calabash SA has been cancelled after headliner Muse withdrew. Here’s what went wrong, how refunds are being handled, and what fans are saying.

Cartrack founder Zak Calisto has gone from university dropout, to entrepreneur, to a dollar billionaire.

Wondering what you’re missing out on? Here are our favorite smartphones that aren’t officially sold stateside but are available in markets like the UK and Europe.

The retrenchments form part of a pivot in Meta Platforms’ metaverse efforts towards mobile devices.

South Africans are calling for greater transparency regarding vehicle safety following the news that the Hyundai Grand i10 received a zero-star NCAP rating.

BMW has revealed the first M car in its new generation of “Neue Klasse” electric vehicles.

South Africans are getting ready to ditch their traditional driving licences, but ‘what for’ remains the question.

South Africans are spending noticeably less on petrol than they were a few months ago.

Dr May van Schalkwyk from the University of Edinburgh shares her thoughts with Drs Chris and Xand on What’s Up Docs?

Medical checks for the show picked up contestant Amanda Collier’s heart condition.