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Iqraam Rayners looks back at his frustrating spell at SuperSport United with a hint of pride, as that time laid the foundation for the free-scoring forward that he is today for Sundowns and Bafana.

Travel marketing has always relied on idealised imagery, but some companies are now taking it further - inserting ships and aircraft into scenic stock photos to sell routes that never existed. As AI makes visual fakery becomes harder to spot, the line between inspiration and misinformation is quietly being crossed, writes Andrew Thompson.

When a young Louisa Lawrence asked her relatives about her biological father one day in the 1940s, she had no reason not to believe them when they told her he had died.

While Bo-Kaap residents have welcomed a City of Cape Town decision restricting large tour buses from entering the area, the move has angered tour bus operators who say it is likely to negatively impact the tourism sector and lead to a drop in revenue.

The widely publicised Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial thrust her two siblings into the spotlight when their names were mentioned during the evidence of State witnesses.

Pricing mistakes often happen – where items may scan higher than shelf prices, or you don't get a discount owed to you. If you notice it on your till slip later, you're entitled to a refund of the overcharge, or with some stores, a lot more than that, writes Wendy Knowler.

The gold price has climbed to record highs of beyond $3300 an ounce but could run still with global turmoil likely to continue.

The Bulls are South Africa's best bet at URC glory this season, but Irish powerhouses Leinster will be incredibly hard to stop this time around, argues Nick Mallett.

In the heart of South Africa's agricultural landscape, Johann Kotzé is a paradoxical figure - a man who never wanted to be in the limelight now leads one of the country's most influential agricultural organisations. Anneliese Burgess spoke to him on his return from America about Trump, misinformation, and what makes South African farmers so unique.

A "Sharia Court" affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been terrorising foreign nationals in Johannesburg, shooting at vehicles and torching businesses when they refuse to pay extortion fees, according to a police detective's affidavit before the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court.

When Donald Trump announced that he’d cut off aid to South Africa because the country was confiscating land of "certain people", he was playing into the far-right race-based narrative of the "Great Replacement" that has frequently been expressed in violence. Gavin Evans traces its 150-year history in the eugenics movement.

From AI calling your mom to tripping up in science and stoking international trolling wars, AI’s wild ride is reshaping technology one algorithm at a time. Jonathan Ancer unearths some AI tech bits, bytes and bots you can share around the braai.

The Eastern Cape legislature is working hard to finalise Eastern Cape Environmental Management Act regulations, which will have the effect of repealing an environmental conservation decree which came into effect in the former Transkei in July 1992.

If "only fools rush in", then South Africans are no fools, with the average age of brides and grooms in the country continuing to rise.

A total of 52 marking guidelines drafted for markers of the November 2024 National Senior Certificate exams did not provide all correct answers, while 44 contained typographical errors and 66 "were not fair, valid, or reliable".

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In their first official engagements with the business and civil society sectors this week, the 66 new ANC KwaZulu-Natal leaders faced a baptism of fire from the two sectors, which levelled a barrage of criticism against the party and municipalities where the ANC governs in KwaZulu-Natal.

Orlando Pirates' coach Jose Riveiro and captain Innocent Maela summoned the Ghost to come in their numbers at FNB Stadium on Saturday and bring the kind of spirit that will push them to the final.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied that US special envoy Mcebisi Jonas granted an interview to news website Semafor, calling his reported quotes "fabricated" and "entirely unfounded".

There may be almost 10 000km between Matatiele in the Eastern Cape and London, England, but the reported rape of a 7-year-old girl is close to the hearts of many South Africans living in the English city.