The latest police crime statistics show an overall 2.3% drop in contact crimes and a sharp decline in robberies. However, persistent gang violence, recent polit…
For a younger generation in particular, cynicism about institutional religion has moved beyond the familiar woke labels of the 2010s. Rather, they find it diffi…
Gift of the Givers has released the names of the six South Africans missing after the Nepal-Tibet floods. One mother is anxious but holding out hope, saying her…
The missile was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region, the Defense Ministry said.…
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A judge found Arestovych guilty of spreading false information about the Russian military and publicly calling for terrorism.…
Extortion-accused businessman Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that he put himself at risk when he gave the police minister a…
Sverdlovsk is the fifth region where Yabloko has had its list of candidates barred from running in the regional assembly races in September.…
Four years ago, young Ugandan engineer Shifra Ainomugisha set up a climate-smart business. This year, the Commonwealth honoured her.…
The tech platform Habr reported that Wikipedia was inaccessible in Russia for eight hours.…
The South African Football Association is in a tight spot as it negotiates with Pitso Mosimane to succeed Hugo Broos as Bafana Bafana boss. The federation has n…
The New York Times reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow this week to push the Kremlin towards a peace deal.…
This edition of the Weekend Wrap looks at the IDT hush-money saga, 383 days after a bribery sting with no arrests, and how Matlala’s ties to a Tembisa Hospital …
Shamans claim a Pandora’s box of disaster and conflict was opened when the remains of the “Altai Princess” were excavated three decades ago.…
Eskom released the results of its 18-month investigation into R21-billion worth of diesel contracts, but failed to make a full and frank disclosure.…
Behind a bright boundary fence in central Johannesburg, CityKidz is shattering every misconception about inner-city education. Fuelled by dedicated teachers, pa…
We love to celebrate cultural difference, until we start ranking it. Through the lens of Contra.Joburg’s Different Is Good festival theme, South Africa’s rising…
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday at t…
Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against an import duty hike, a Reuters witness saw on Friday, while hundreds of businesses clos…
Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king, who became the world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom…
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen sought to woo France's business leaders on Thursday, pledging during a first presidential debate with key rivals to put public fi…
A reliable Immovable Asset Register is key to unlocking public assets and strengthening municipalities.…
The country’s political circus is proof that, finally, there’s a project that unites us across party and racial lines.…