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As calls to disband South Africa’s anti-corruption directorate grow louder, Jean Redpath argues that dissolving IDAC would deepen the corruption crisis. She writes that what is needed instead is urgent legislative reform to strengthen both IDAC and the NPA with better appointments, resources, and independence.

The 100th edition of the Comrades Marathon is in crisis. KwaZulu-Natal Athletics has called for urgent mediation as the race faces the prospect of running without official recognition for the first time in its history.

An Ethiopian who owns a tuck shop in Chief Albert Luthuli, Ekurhuleni, fought back against marchers who demanded he leave the community and the country, insisting South Africa was his “home” and he had nowhere else to go.

An Ethiopian who owns a tuck shop in Chief Albert Luthuli, Ekurhuleni, fought back against marchers who demanded he leave the community and the country, insisting South Africa was his “home” and he had nowhere else to go.

The ‌Republican-led US House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt ‌US military action against Iran, the ⁠latest symbolic rebuke of the Republican president from ⁠Congress.

The ‌Republican-led US House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt ‌US military action against Iran, the ⁠latest symbolic rebuke of the Republican president from ⁠Congress.

Mauritius lawmakers have voted to criminalise marital rape, a landmark reform for women’s rights that brings an end to a colonial-era law.

The South African rand slumped after the central bank defied expectations by leaving interest rates unchanged to support economic growth and revised its inflation forecasts lower.

Cold conditions with morning frost are expected across several provinces, while the Western Cape and Eastern Cape will experience cloudy skies with light rain and isolated showers, according to the South African Weather Service.

Cold conditions with morning frost are expected across several provinces, while the Western Cape and Eastern Cape will experience cloudy skies with light rain and isolated showers, according to the South African Weather Service.

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, which US President Donald Trump said was contingent on Riyadh normalising relations with Israel.

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, which US President Donald Trump said was contingent on Riyadh normalising relations with Israel.

After 32 years in the Gauteng Legislature, Jack Bloom is preparing for a new role as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation.

After 32 years in the Gauteng Legislature, Jack Bloom is preparing for a new role as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation.

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The heartbroken mother of six-year-old Desney Struis says she will never forget the moment her desperate search for her missing daughter ended in unimaginable tragedy after she followed a trail of footprints to the little girl’s partially clothed body on a farm in Ceres earlier this month.

The heartbroken mother of six-year-old Desney Struis says she will never forget the moment her desperate search for her missing daughter ended in unimaginable tragedy after she followed a trail of footprints to the little girl’s partially clothed body on a farm in Ceres earlier this month.

A final investment decision on Namibia’s first major offshore oil development hinges on the imminent conclusion of negotiations with the government.

A senior advertising agency executive who quit after a viral video of him making inappropriate comments to two women at the recent Cannes Lions International Festival in France – while allegedly drunk – has booked himself into rehab.