Events leading to the African Union heads of state summit set for this weekend have shown a strong pro-Palestine sentiment, while Israel remains suspended from being an observer.
In truth, Tintswalo and her peers are struggling to see the much-promised democratic dividend materialising in their lives, writes Khaya Sithole.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said patients and medics were enduring "dire and frightening conditions" at a major hospital raided by Israeli soldiers on Thursday.
EFF president Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of wanting to kill South African "children" by deploying the army to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Police in Kleinvlei, Cape Town, took a 19-year-old man in for questioning related to the kidnapping, rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
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Primedia has agreed to pay an administration penalty to the Competition Commission to settle a price fixing case in which its outdoor advertising business was implicated in a collusion scandal with 12 other companies.
Shareholders of Africa's largest packaging group Nampak on Thursday voted down the group's remuneration report during the same meeting at which management efforts attracted the praise of analysts.
The South African Weather Service has issued an advisory for heatwave conditions with persistently high temperatures, and a fire danger warning, in several regions across the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa committed his administration's continued support for the people of Gaza - and remarked that many countries who had criticised South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) were now calling on Israel to stop the killing of Palestinians.
Boland's mission to reclaim a place at the Currie Cup's main table took further shape following the re-appointment of Hawies Fourie as head coach, which was announced on Thursday.
One of the men accused of murdering community activist Loyiso Nkohla has abandoned his bail bid.
Lawrence Troon, a GOOD councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, called his fellow councillors "a bunch of sheep" during a special council meeting on Thursday.
It's understood the majority of the drivers killed were from the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association [CATA].
The Oya Energy Hybrid plant consists of solar PV, wind and battery storage technologies all located at one site - and is Africa's largest of its kind.
Emergency services personnel were on Wednesday night told not to bring people in need of medical care to Dora Nginza Hospital and to take the critically ill to Livingstone Hospital instead - because nurses refused to work.
A New York judge denied Donald Trump's request to dismiss criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn start, paving the way for the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president.
The bill, which aims to reform the governance of SA's beleaguered state-owned companies, has been withdrawn from the Public Enterprises committee.
Sound statistics by guest players from abroad were less evident in this year's SA20 than the inaugural one in 2023, writes Rob Houwing.
The time has come for residents to reject Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's "empty promises", says DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga.
Bugs have been unleashed as bio-weapons in the Vaal River to help stave off invasive plants flourishing on the water.
The Western Cape High Court has granted a final eviction order in the City of Cape Town's application to remove homeless people living around Culemborg in the Cape Town CBD.
Petrol may be hiked by more than R1.30 a litre, while diesel prices could rise by almost R1.60.
A lawyer for Francois van der Merwe, a prominent member of the right wing Bittereinders movement, on Thursday told the court it was unlikely that his client would be convicted of public violence.
Medical experts have voiced the need for medical coding in the public healthcare sector to assist with implementing the National Health Insurance Fund.