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SpaceX publicly set a $135 price for shares in its initial public offering on Wednesday, upending the longstanding Wall Street price-discovery apparatus and underscoring Elon Musk’s determination to raise record sums his ⁠way.

Wesizwe Platinum will start talks to cut about 70% of the jobs at its anchor operation in South Africa as it undertakes a restructuring.

The MK Party has yet again tweaked its leadership structures, deploying its senior national leaders to Mpumalanga and the North West to bolster its electoral fortunes ahead of the local government elections on 4 November.

Hezbollah’s chief on Thursday rejected a conditional truce announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys, demanding instead a comprehensive ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal as he threatened northern Israel with new attacks.

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The South African Weather Service has forecast cloudy and cold conditions across the country, with disruptive snow in the Eastern Cape.

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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he hopes to meet Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating an increasingly fragile ceasefire.

A Kenyan court has blocked a planned quarantine centre for US citizens, as President Ruto urged people to “relax” about the facility. Meanwhile, the WHO has dramatically scaled back the number of suspected cases.

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a major expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as he pushes to annex more of the Palestinian territory.

A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was feared dead has been found alive after crawling back to Base Camp, officials told AFP.

Bulls scrumhalf Embrose Papier has been rewarded for a stellar campaign by being named South Africa’s United Rugby Championship Player of the Season.

Africans with at least $50 million (R812 million) in investable assets are increasingly buying property for wealth preservation, diversification, and potential rental income, according to the continent’s biggest lender by assets.

Heavy rains lashed the Eastern Cape’s Sarah Baartman District and Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday, triggering evacuations, widespread road closures and school shutdowns.

Alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi has been denied bail after being accused of staging a fake assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus in November last year.

While many matric pupils are counting down the days to their final school dance, 18-year-old Wellington matric pupil Miguel Hendricks has been working tirelessly to make sure he can afford to attend his.

Surcharges for domestic routes have been reduced by as much as R285 per flight, while regional flights saw a surcharge of as much as R413.

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The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a resolution to block US President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting growing concern among members of his party about the three-month-old conflict.