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Second-row Thibaud Flament said on Thursday he will miss France’s Nations Championship campaign in November with a shoulder injury, leaving coach Fabien Galthie without his first-choice lock partnership.

The Madlanga Commission has rejected allegations that its members sought to interfere with a criminal investigation, calling the claims “false, incoherent and not supported by any facts”.

A Stellenbosch University security guard has finally bought a car after a fundraiser raised over R50 000, but a family tragedy delayed his plans.

A serving member of the police’s Cyber Crimes Unit allegedly helped launder kidnapping ransoms, sheltered his brother after a second abduction and removed proceeds of crime to Pretoria, according to a Hawks investigator’s affidavit read out in the Gqerbeha Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Police have seized 69 000 Mandrax tablets worth an estimated R5.5 million at a storage facility in Grassy Park, Cape Town, and arrested a 58-year-old woman on Thursday.

As political parties reacted to the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the ANC’s favour in its case regarding the submission of election candidate lists, the ACDP recalled that it had once received a similar ruling.

Since former president Jacob Zuma was admitted to St Anne’s Netcare Hospital in Pietermaritzburg on 6 October, after falling ill during a campaign event in Msinga, the party and members of his family have been sending contradictory signals about his condition.

The State has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday that Shadrack Sibiya deliberately wiped the cellphones he was using around the time of the alleged offences, destroying evidence that shows exactly what he is capable of if released on bail.

While the ANC celebrated a Constitutional Court ruling against the IEC over its refusal to include its candidate list on the ballot, one Eastern Cape municipality party to the case is gripped by infighting among ANC councillors.

Maya Fisher-French sat down with Thokozani Mvelase, CEO of the Communications Risk Information Centre, to unpack how SIM swap fraud works, why scammers are so desperate to control your mobile number, and how you can safeguard yourself.

Azana Masango and Zoalize Jansen van Rensburg are Miss SA 2026 Top 19 contestants featured in “The Mandate”, a seven-part documentary on the Miss SA platform.

Equites, the JSE’s only focused logistics property group, plans to accelerate its SA investment after largely exiting the constrained UK market, as demand for local space grows from fast-moving consumer goods groups and retailers including Shein.

Matt Renshaw’s match-winning heroics against South Africa have given ‌Australia another strong middle-order option but done little to resolve ⁠the uncertainty over their opening combination ahead of the second Test at St George’s Park in Gqeberha.

The South African Weather Service has warned of extremely hot conditions across several provinces, with isolated showers in parts.

The R135 million deal to turn Cape Town’s iconic Good Hope Centre into a place of worship has taken another twist, with the City confirming it has completed its due diligence and formally notified the winning bidder of its decision.

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Beyond being “That Girl”, with Grammys and global chart dominance, Tyla is proving she is a girl’s girl, putting her money where her music is, with an R83 000 scholarship for aspiring musicians.

An international intelligence hub has been proposed as a tool to fight the organised crime driving drug crime in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

US President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned livestream of the execution of the former US Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, saying on Thursday that he had overruled his defence chief, who had intended it to be a public spectacle.