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New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power on Monday, promising a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and restore political stability, signalling a leftward tilt for his ruling Labour party.

The ANC has proposed a step in the impeachment inquiry President Cyril Ramaphosa faces that would potentially allow the impeachment committee to avoid holding hearings into what really happened at his Phala Phala farm.

JSE-listed pharmaceutical retail group Dis-Chem said on Monday that Saul Saltzman had stepped down as a non-executive director, after resigning as an executive director last year.

Aspen Pharmacare shares lifted 4% on Monday, after the company announced it had received approval for its generic injectable semaglutide in Canada.

With a radical overhaul of its work visa regime, South Africa is hoping to attract global firms looking to relocate their regional offices out of Dubai.

A rise in whistleblowing reports is introducing new challenges for companies, write Luway Mongie, Mendel Sass and Graham Damant of Bowmans.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of his eight-year-old brother and 12-year-old sister in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

The lawyer for former Miss South Africa finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria contestant Chidimma Adetshina has argued that she is not a foreigner in South Africa and should not be detained. At the same time, the Department of Home Affairs is pursuing her deportation.

The family of businessman Shailen Singh, who was murdered in an alleged love triangle by security tycoon brothers Ferrel and Darren Govender, says it has full faith in the justice system.

Miss Universe South Africa 2025 Melissa Nayimuli has passed the baton to her successor, Bajabulise Thela, bidding farewell to the crown, sash, and reign after a year of service.

After occupying SABC1’s coveted 20:00 weekday slot for more than three decades, ‘Generations: The Legacy’ is making way for ‘Uzalo’ in a prime time schedule shake-up.

Fine, cool and warm conditions are expected in most parts of the country, while cold conditions are forecast for the southwestern part of KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi has accused his ex-girlfriend, Witness K, of fabricating her evidence at the Madlanga Commission to implicate him in the case of the theft of precious stones worth just under R15 million.

Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala and his co-accused have pleaded not guilty to a raft of charges dating from October 2023 to January 2025.

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An Eastern Cape councillor who is accused of discharging and pointing a firearm at a person will be referred to the party’s provincial integrity commission.

Opposition to Iran’s clerical rulers has long simmered in the country’s impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of US strikes this month, ‌many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump, and an air campaign they say has upended ⁠their lives.

The Durban Magistrate’s Court has ordered that a Burundian man be brought to court on Tuesday to make his first appearance for the attempted murder of a woman related to a local actor who has publicly supported March and March.

Politics, controversy, technology and conspiracy theories often overshadowed the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But when Spain lifted the trophy in New York, La Roja reminded the world that, for all the noise surrounding the tournament, football still has the final word, writes Tashreeq Vardien.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson wants an investigation into why more than 6 000 state-owned residential properties are allocated to government departments and occupied by officials nationwide.