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A landmark court victory has given one grieving family closure, but three other cyclist death cases remain bogged down in the legal system, prompting...

Parliament's impeachment committee chairperson Makashule Gana has asked the Constitutional Court to urgently overturn a Western Cape High Court ruling that brought the impeachment...

One of the country's most senior graft-fighting prosecutors withdrew from a high-profile Crime Intelligence prosecution after realising one of the accused was a childhood...

The state's struggle to secure additional witnesses in the trial-within-a-trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has resulted in a further delay of...

Replacing passive sitting activities such as watching TV with more mentally engaging ones like reading or knitting could reduce the risk of dementia onset...

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to King Nyabela kaMahlangu's fierce resistance against colonial expansion, saying the new R1.6 billion King Nyabela Hospital stands as...

Uganda's weather department on Tuesday urged the public and relevant authorities to prepare for a possible El Niño event later this year that could...

The high court ruling that chief executive Patrick Dlamini must return to work has added a new twist to the cold war between finance...

Cross-examination continued in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday after the state concluded the evidence-in-chief of Col Tumelo Thomas Tsotetsi on Monday in the...

Veteran African National Congress (ANC) member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has attributed the growing influence of money and entrenched gender bias to some of the defining...

One of South Africa's most experienced corruption prosecutors told the Madlanga commission of inquiry on Tuesday that he now believes he was "set up"...

The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has pushed back against allegations that a patient was left permanently blind because of broken equipment at Steve...

South Africa’s new vehicle market started the second half of 2026 on a positive note, with domestic sales rising by almost 12% in July...

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Spanish authorities should have anticipated the consequences of a court ruling that weakened a key deterrent against illegal migration and contributed to

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that ​talks were underway with Iran, calling it the "last chance" for Tehran to end the five-month-old...

Travellers from 50 nations, including 30 in Africa, could face refundable security deposits of up to $20,000 to visit the United States, following the...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged efforts to strengthen political guidance and deepen innovation-driven development to...

International tourism continued to grow in early 2026 despite geopolitical uncertainty, with 307 million people travelling internationally during the first quarter, according to UN...

The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has called on parents, caregivers and legal guardians to support its upcoming Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign by...

The trial-within-a-trial in the attempted murder case against alleged underworld figure, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, his wife Tsakani Matlala and others resumed in the Johannesburg...

Women have once again emerged as the driving force behind the country's democracy after accounting for more than half of all voter registration activity...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's Democratic Alliance, the second-largest party in the governing coalition, went to court on Monday to challenge a land seizure law that U.S. President

Researchers from Australia, France and China have found a way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) from dirty factory emissions directly into fuel without first...

By Shadia Nasralla LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than $4 a barrel on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump held off a fresh attack on Iran as he sought a quick deal that would halt

Two firefighting helicopters collided on Sunday while battling a major wildfire northwest of Athens that has destroyed more than 100 homes. Two crew members, a...

The criminal case against alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi has been postponed after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court ordered the state to provide his legal...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The South African rand strengthened in early trade on Monday ahead of the release of local manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) and vehicle sales data for

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that negotiations with Iran would begin Monday afternoon, noting that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

UNAids has warned that cuts to international HIV prevention funding could trigger a resurgence of the epidemic, putting decades of progress at risk. In its...