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The ANC Women’s League has resisted pressure to ask its president, Sisisi Tolashe, to resign, saying that she is innocent until proven guilty and has not been directed by the ANC to “step aside” from her duties.

World Cup-bound Bafana Bafana will depart for Mexico on Monday, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed.

Mcebisi Gugu Ndlovu went from washing pots at a Doppio Zero to owning his own small bakery in Khayelitsha that baked a cake for President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Liam Jacobs has made a sensational return to the DA after a year with Gayton Mckenzie’s Patriotic Alliance (PA).

The Brakpan Magistrate’s Court has dismissed the bail application of the man who allegedly killed Marius van der Merwe, who was known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission.

In this episode, Janine speaks to Nicole Donker Torres, a South African racing driver who first got behind the wheel at just eight years old. Today, she races in the Forza Women’s Single-seater series and co-founded a company that will rally other young women to enter local motorsport.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in a drug bust in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, in which suspected crystal meth worth R3 million was found under a mattress.

The man who is alleged to have shot dead Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, has been denied bail.

The global environment will continue to throw us curveballs, writes Busisiwe Mavuso, but reform and institutional discipline make a huge difference to how SA weathers the storms.

South African actor and singer Letoya Makhene has once again found herself at the centre of public controversy following explosive custody claims made by her baby daddy, Johnson Masondo.

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Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and his co-accused, Oupa “Bafana” Sindane, have withdrawn their urgent application to interdict the police from executing warrants of arrest against them.

The South African Weather Service says fine and cool conditions are expected across most parts of the country, with morning fog in several provinces and changing coastal winds requiring attention.

At the centenary of Monroe’s birth, the image that endures in the public imagination has been largely stripped of voice and agency. What remains are images.

Durban’s Addington Children’s Hospital was shut down by the apartheid government for providing care to child patients of all races. It is now well on its way from a ghostly ruin into a lifeline for a new generation thanks to visionaries like Professor Hoosen Coovadia.

There are three avenues to claim money for damage after a car accident that wasn’t your fault.

As Chris Oldnall and Peet Crowther were knee deep in the surf at Miller’s Point beach in Cape Town – about to embark on a world first swim, a double crossing of False Bay – Crowther looked at his swimming partner and jokingly said: “This is so stupid, there must be easier ways to raise money.”

Petra Diamonds is putting one of its two mines into a business restructuring process and is considering job cuts across the rest of the company, as falling diamond prices and a strong rand erode earnings and liquidity.

When Afrosoul artist Nomabotwe broke into an impromptu tribute mid-performance, she had no idea the legendary Nomhle Nkonyeni’s theatrical protest would spark a three-year creative friendship.