President Yoweri Museveni holds a rally in Busongora North. (X) As Uganda approaches the 15 January 2026 elections, the campaign trail has revealed as much about how political actors seek power as why they seek it. Beyond competing manifestos and…
Middle-order batter Sikandar Raza bashed a David Wiese delivery over the ropes from the last ball of the match. The Paarl Royals climbed to third place in the SA20 standings on Tuesday night, positioning themselves comfortably in the race for…
Circumcision has been shown in large clinical trials to be effective at reducing the risk of HIV transmission. But devices need to be thoroughly tested for safety before they are used. Photo of a scalpal: Wikimedia user Rickyblax (CC BY-SA…
South Africa is increasingly making progress in being seen as an investment destination that is safe and run according to financial legislation. The good news that South Africa was removed from the Financial Action Task Force greylist late last year…
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos. (SAFA) The silence under the stands of the Agdal Medina Stadium in Rabat wasn’t the kind you’d call peaceful. It was the heavy, suffocating quiet that follows a missed opportunity. When Hugo Broos finally…
A Gauteng mother claims police delays allowed her child’s father to leave South Africa without consent, triggering a kidnapping investigation. Another South African has accused the police of inaction after she reported her child’s father of kidnapping and taking their…
A 9 500-year-old cremation in northern Malawi shows hunter-gatherers engaged in complex ritual practices far earlier than previously thought. (Designed on Canva) Archaeologists working in northern Malawi have uncovered evidence of the oldest known intentional cremation in Africa – a…
Mangena emphasised that the change would allow elected officials to focus on their primary oversight responsibilities. City Power has announced that it began communicating directly with customers from Monday, 12 January 2026, moving away from its previous reliance on councillors…
Education MEC says Gauteng recorded its highest number of Bachelor passes since 1996. Gauteng education MEC Matome Chiloane issued a stern warning to underperforming schools, saying the provincial department would no longer tolerate institutions achieving pass rates below 70% or…
The Iranian Navy sent three warships to False Bay, but they are not expected to take part in the naval drills. A defence analyst says the impact of Iran’s withdrawal from the joint naval exercise set to begin in False…