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Kamogelo Baukudi, a Grade 11 pupil at Martie Du Plessis Special Needs School in Bloemfontein, was allegedly abducted shortly after being picked up from school.

The rand was trading below R17.74/$ on Thursday afternoon, the local currency’s best level since December last year. It has gained almost 3% over the past month.

The United States imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court including over an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it ramped up pressure to neuter the court of last resort.

Donald Trump threatened to cut off government contracts to Elon Musk’s companies and the world’s richest man suggested the US president should be impeached, marking a stark end to an unlikely alliance and leaving onlookers wondering what was next.

Police have dismantled what is believed to be “one of the most sophisticated cross-border smuggling networks”, seizing suspected stolen goods worth more than R3 million.

Doctors in the Gaza Strip are donating their own blood to save their patients after scores of Palestinians were gunned down while trying to get food aid, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.

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Tensions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view on Thursday, as the US president said he was “very disappointed” by his billionaire former aide’s criticisms and Musk hit back in real time on social media.

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The South African Weather Service has warned of damaging winds, cold, light rain and snow in parts of the Eastern Cape and Western Cape.

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African authorities and citizens expressed shock and dismay on Thursday over the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to impose travel bans on people from a string of countries on the continent.

Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died on Thursday in a hospital in South Africa at the age of 68, his party and family announced.

Three Cape Town spots have been named in the top 100 World’s Best Restaurant’s list for 2025.

A US- and Israeli-backed group operating aid sites in Gaza pushed back the reopening of its facilities.

The ARB has ruled against a Strongbow cider ad for suggesting alcohol can relieve workplace stress. The ad, which showed a stressed worker relaxing after drinking cider, was deemed a breach of the Alcohol Industry Code. The commercial has been ordered to be withdrawn.

The Eastern Cape Treasury has condemned the brazen robbery on Monday at its offices in Bhisho.

Russian drone strikes killed five people and wounded six others in the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky, a Ukrainian official said.

Lowering South Africa’s inflation target would drive economic growth and international competitiveness, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, echoing the country’s central bank.

At least 70 residents were rescued when a fire ripped through their homes in Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban.