1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1271+ words) Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has defended the R192 million cost of rehabilitating Lilian Ngoyi Street, saying the bulk of the work and the money have gone into rebuilding ageing underground tunnels and replacing critical water and electricity infrastructure. More than three…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (394+ words) Myanmar’s second-busiest airport closed for two days after military-backed government says rebels attacked it with drones Myanmar's second-busiest airport was closed for two days on Friday, security sources told AFP, after the military-backed government accused pro-democracy rebels of attacking it…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (414+ words) Thai Buddhist abbot arrested over alleged $2.8m embezzlement and sex scandal as police seize gold, jewellery and property Thai police said Friday they arrested a senior Buddhist monk on suspicion of embezzling $2.8 million intended for his monastery, alongside a suspected female…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (586+ words) Lenacapavir, a six-monthly HIV prevention injection, arrives in South Africa, offering renewed hope to high-risk communities and marking a major milestone in the fight against HIV. Over 55,000 people have started using lenacapavir, South Africa’s twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, since its…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (988+ words) Sashin Maharaj and Linda Govender. THE desperate search for missing South African pilgrim Terricia Govender has shifted towards the Chinese side of the Nepal-Tibet border. Her family and friends are hoping that the thousands of items recovered after devastating flash…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (452+ words) Free State Community Safety, Roads and Transport MEC has ordered police to intensify the search for a baby’s mother and the rest of the infant’s body after dogs were spotted with its head. Free State authorities have ordered police to…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (491+ words) Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso says government has no updated figures on foreign land ownership, with the latest available audit dating back to 2017. Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso says the government does not have…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (543+ words) Terricia Govender's friend Sashin Maharaj, her mom Linda Govender, and uncle Selva Govender pray at a temple before their search. Linda Govender says immigration records confirm her daughter Terricia was still on the Tibet side of the Nepal-China border when…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (699+ words) August 2026 tied July 2023 as the warmest month in the Copernicus record, while global sea temperatures and western Europe’s summer also reached record levels. Image: Ayanda Ndamane/ ANA Studio The EU's climate monitor said August was the hottest single month ever…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (416+ words) This screengrab from video taken on September 10, 2026 and provided by Qingdao WoLin Packaging shows smoke rising from a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in eastern China. A fire erupted on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in the Chinese…...