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When mass shootings become commonplace, reactive policing is no longer enough.

Egyptian police arrested six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which the publication denied.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell on Thursday won her appeal against a five-year ban from being a charity trustee, with a London tribunal ruling that the misuse of funds at the charity she founded had been concealed from her.

Spain's King Felipe will visit the disputed North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla this month, sources in the royal household said on Thursday, a move that could further strain tense relations between Madrid and Rabat following a border crisis this s…

England striker Ivan Toney pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge of assault at a Soho nightclub in December, British media reported.

Bafana Bafana began their quest to qualify for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations under Pitso Mosimane with a 2-1 win over Guinea and a 5-0 drubbing of minnows Eritrea.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced this month that the National Treasury is developing an “intensive intervention” to help rescue Johannesburg.

What began as a group of teenagers from Soweto chasing the latest fashion trends eventually became a successful fashion brand.

A R20 saving on value-brand sugar exposes how packaging and marketing can drive up food prices, while civil society urges the government to rethink grants and its nutrition policy.

When a major manufacturer falters, the impact does not stop at the factory gate.

Pork chipolatas – essentially they’re baby pork bangers even though they’re never called that – can be a fun alternative to conventional bangers for this family favourite.

Thailand’s capital is the world’s most visited city, a place where monks in saffron robes rest in the shade of towering malls, and heritage-inspired meals are served in former family shophouses.

Sept 30 (Reuters) - A US judge entered an order on Wednesday allowing Paramount to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, ending a months-long holdup, as the company named Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO to help run the combined business.

LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-breaking European heatwave.

Sept 30 (Reuters) - AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, an AI research firm said on Wednesday.

Sept 30 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Tennessee could proceed with its first execution of a woman in 200 years, clearing the way for Christa Pike to be put to death by lethal injection for murdering a schoolmate as an 18-year-old

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... a selection of recent images from our planet.

If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare.

City Power’s new 70/30 revenue split isn't ringfencing; it’s an arbitrary top-line tax.

Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni’s January 2024 meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Gwede Mantashe, and his apparent demand for a 30% stake in the bus company Putco, have brought into question the tax boss’s political reach and his business interes…

The General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill proposes penalties of up to 30 years’ imprisonment and a R100-million fine for unlicensed mining.

South Africa exported thousands of captive-bred lion skeletons to Asian markets – but never studied whether the trade fuelled demand, enabled laundering or increased pressure on wild lions.

This October, I will wear black, not as a symbol of despair, but as an act of reflection and, frankly, of grief.

The Freedom Front plus should withdraw William Harrington’s mayoral candidature in Nelson Mandela Bay.

News that the country’s largest fuel refinery is to be reopened – and expanded considerably – has stirred Durban fence-line communities who fear a resumption of noxious petrochemical fumes seeping in to their homes and lungs.

One toilet for 13 students.

South Africa’s violent crime crisis must be understood within the country’s enduring inequalities and divided history, rather than through racialised narratives of white victimhood.

A civic engagement hosted in Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral brought all the known data about data centres under one roof for concerned citizens to have an informed discussion.

A deep-dive series examines Cape Town’s escalating baboon conflict from the perspectives of authorities, scientists, residents, conservationists and the baboons themselves.

The Michelin 24H Series will be relocated from Dubai to South Africa in 2027 due to the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region.

You may not know her name, but South African lawyer and bioethicist Kwanele Asante has spent two decades pushing health institutions — from Soweto to the United Nations – to listen to the people their policies are meant to serve.

Last week’s victory against Icasa provides clarity to parties and broadcasters and commits the regulator to deal with issues on an urgent basis.

The AI investment boom is showing classic signs of a late-stage mania: record borrowing, circular earnings, soaring valuations and rising interest rates point to a looming reckoning.

The Political Funding Act has failed to provide transparency as to who is donating money to the various political parties.

ANC rebuts US envoy Brent Bozell’s ‘Five Asks’, defending South Africa’s courts, land reform and BEE while rejecting pressure to bend its constitutional principles — and insisting on an equal partnership.

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie’s censorship of Gabrielle Goliath’s video-based project Elegy at the Venice Biennale sent shock waves through the art world, and its reverberations are still being felt.

South Africa’s abundant grains, fruit and vegetables are keeping food prices low, while foot-and-mouth disease, rising fuel costs and an expected El Niño loom.

The Madlanga Commission proves digital money trails can expose deep-seated corruption, but South Africa must turn these electronic footprints into swift prosecutions and lasting institutional reform.

The fuel contamination scandal in the Garden Route was caused by the fuel additive N-methylaniline, which remains legal in South Africa but is banned across the world.

The US has introduced visa restrictions targeting South African nationals linked to policies involving land expropriation, race-based regulations and alleged incitement of violence.

Our constitutional order gives expression to the values of nonracialism, nonsexism, equality, democracy and human dignity.

We’ve spent the past few years worrying about AI inventing facts, quotes or events.

When a street becomes a dumping ground, it sends a quiet message that the place someone calls home doesn’t matter enough to protect.