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South African dance school Natya Anjali, led by Subashni Naicker, is set to shine on the international stage at Walt Disney World, Florida in the US, as part of the Diwali Dance Fest.

Firefighting operations to bring a raging wildfire in the South Peninsula under control have been significantly scaled back as authorities report steady progress and improved conditions.

What seemed like an ordinary rainy night turned into a terrifying ordeal for some families in Umlazi, south of Durban, on Friday when a sudden mudslide reduced their homes to rubble and swept away all their possessions.

A 29-year-old man was arrested in Masoyi, near White River, after human bones, believed to have been dug up at a cemetery, were found in his bed, according to Mpumalanga police.

Egypt and Ethiopia — two newer additions to the bloc named for original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China and later South Africa — balked at the group’s backing of South Africa for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

Phillip Maleka fervently denies murdering his pregnant wife in their Atteridgeville home by poisoning a tinned fish and porridge meal he admitted to making for her.

A fourteen-year-old scoring a blistering century in the IPL is just crazy, writes Lungani Zama.

Treasury has said the new Budget - expected to be delivered in May - will contain an updated growth forecast, and will outline revised revenue projections.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has cleared the way for a Turkish telecoms group to argue that MTN used bribery and corruption to edge it out of winning Iran's first private mobile licence.

The DA is arguing that employment equity targets proposed in a new labour law would make finding a job for coloured and Indian South Africans near impossible, but its court challenge has the makings of yet another hot potato that could possibly push the limits of the government of national unity.

Despite a Department of Basic Education directive that all officials and educators, including those in office- and school-based posts, must be vetted against the National Register for Sex Offenders, only 19% have been vetted nationally.

The National Treasury spent almost R2.4 million on service providers for the 19 February Budget speech that was postponed at the eleventh hour.

Mushtak Parker has become the first judge in South African legal history to respond with silence to serious misconduct complaints against him – including accusations that he lied about whether then-Judge President John Hlophe physically assaulted him.

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Kaizer Chiefs striker Ashley du Preez might have realised his dream in signing for Amakhosi in 2022, but his stay there has been a nightmare with the club enduring a poor run.

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Former Western Province Rugby Football Union president Zelt Marais will not be eligible to hold any position in rugby until 2034.

Police have confirmed that the remains of three police officers who went missing last week on Thursday have been positively identified among the five bodies that were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion.

While acting with impunity, Israel subjects anyone who seeks to hold it accountable for its "inhumane and unlawful actions" in Gaza to counter-measures, South Africa argued in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Tuesday.

The Western Cape High Court has heard that there are seemingly different versions of what happened to Joshlin Smith on 19 February 2024 – the day that she went missing.