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Ayanda Ndletyana | Young South Africans want to vote, local government...

South African youth have registered to vote in record numbers this year. In the Electoral Commission’s August registration weekend alone, 46% of new registrations came...

SAPS busts multi-million rand drug lab in Krugersdorp raid

A joint operation by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI, commonly known as...

Lotto results for Wednesday, October 7 2026

Lotto results for Wednesday, October 7 2026 Lotto:              09| 10| 16| 23| 29| 33        Bonus Ball:...

Pensioner joins former colleagues behind bars in Mpumalanga looting case

A 65-year-old Mpumalanga pensioner has landed in a jail cell after learning that South Africa’s elite corruption-busting unit had obtained a warrant for his...

Moody’s turns positive on sub-Saharan African countries

Moody's raised its outlook for sub-Saharan African countries to positive on Wednesday, saying reforms had helped them weather inflationary pressures

Nozipho Dlamini | I never thought cancer would happen to me,...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For me, it is not simply another month on the health calendar. It is personal. Four years ago, my...

Ramokgopa unveils 9.6GW energy expansion plan

The government says it will prioritise the procurement of 9.6 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage and gas-to-power projects as part of its long-term electricity...

Sibiya’s wife says alleged victim’s father asked for a family meeting...

The man at the centre of the state’s case against suspended deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya repeatedly sought contact with his family...

Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man who travelled from Congo...

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi. Kenya is the fourth country…

The world has nearly burned through its oil stockpile buffer, executives...

By Robert Harvey, Stephanie Kelly and Shadia Nasralla LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running…