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Dean Peacock, the founding co-director of the Global Coalition for WHO Action on Firearm Violence, has called for South Africa’s gun-related violence to be treated as a public health emergency. In this Q&A, he tells us why.

The 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup returns to African soil after 23 years, with fixtures and groups unveiled at a star-studded event in Cape Town on Thursday evening.

The family of Renee Good, an unarmed US citizen shot dead by an immigration agent during a sweeping federal crackdown, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya allegedly initiated a drinking game of “dare or double dare” and demanded that an 18-year-old girl twerk for him before he allegedly raped her while she was unconscious, the investigating officer has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Most of the country can expect partly cloudy to cloudy conditions, with isolated showers or thundershowers in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.

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The SA Maritime Safety Authority has launched a preliminary enquiry into the fatal incident involving the tug Umkhuseli, after three bodies were recovered and two people remain missing following a rescue operation about 47 nautical miles south of Mossel Bay.

Zimbabwe has said compensation to white farmers for land seized 26 years ago has now reached $508 million (R8.5 billion), as the southern African nation seeks to restore access to international capital markets.

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An Eastern Cape government-subsidised bus company says it has lost over 180 buses in the past 17 years to arson, largely at the hands of bakkie-turned-taxi operators.

Malaysian billionaire Lim Kuang Sia, founder of rubber glove manufacturer Kossan Rubber Industries, has acquired a 10% stake in JSE-listed medicinal cannabis group Cilo Cybin for about R22 million.

A man accused of a sustained spree of rape and robbery at Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi was due to go on trial this week.

People with solar systems at their homes or businesses that Eskom supplies will now qualify for a waiver of registration-related fees indefinitely, after the second deadline the utility tried to impose came and went.

False job offers remain the leading gateway in the human trafficking of South Africans, with young professionals increasingly targeted for cyber scam compounds in Southeast Asia, where they face violence, debt bondage, and forced criminality.

A copper bell that has rung out across Bethelsdorp for more than two centuries, marking worship, mourning, and the rhythm of community life, has been stolen from the grounds of one of South Africa’s heritage sites.

Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane was full of praise for his team, which collected six out of six points in the 2027 Afcon qualifiers despite numerous injury setbacks.

Forty-nine ANC candidates in Mangaung have approached the Constitutional Court in a bid to intervene in the high-stakes legal battle that will determine whether they will appear on the ballot paper in next month’s local government elections.

The Department of Home Affairs has developed its first prototype of a digital ID, Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber announced on Thursday.

An explosion was reported overnight at the headquarters of the Ethiopian army in the capital, Addis Ababa, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Thursday.

A farm, luxury vehicles and drug-making equipment are some of the valuables seized from an alleged large-scale illicit mandrax manufacturing syndicate in Standerton, Mpumalanga.