MANILA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Five people died and more than 80 are missing after a ferry caught fire off Palawan island in the western Philippines on Wednesday n…
DALLAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Republicans opened their unusual midterm convention on Wednesday with plenty of praise for Donald Trump and scathing attacks on "dang…
BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The world just experienced its joint-hottest month since records began, with August pushing the planet's average global temperatur…
Before falling ill in court, former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula testified she struggled with EFTs and relied on cash to pay workers during the R1.8…
The French wine industry is experiencing one of its lowest production outputs in the past three decades, severely affected by record heatwaves, prolonged summer…
A guest at the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town has described seeing rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes rushing towards the balcony moments after his fiancée Anele Tembe …
Conservation scientist Lee White reflects on four decades spent creating Gabon’s national parks, tackling illegal logging and confronting the failures of global…
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Retired farmer Johan Simons explains why the old joke still holds: to make a small fortune from wine, begin with a large one. What follows is a conversation abo…
Joburg Mayor Dada Morero says cash-flow difficulties in June and July had delayed the Lilian Ngoyi Street reconstruction by two months, with its reopening pushe…
It’s easy to feel despondent on the news of 0.2% quarter-on-quarter GDP contraction, but then you miss the 1.4% growth woods for the half-year-one-on-half-year-…
Following the shootings only hours apart, residents of Westbury say gang violence in the area is the worst it’s been in a long time.…
Branko Brkic has lived in two societies at breaking point, with opposite outcomes: 1980s Yugoslavia, where shared facts fell apart until the country tore itself…
Eskom has extended its rooftop solar registration deadline, dropped its threats of fines and cut-off for non-registration, and scrapped the requirement for cost…
Former police minister Nathi Nhleko has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions that the refusal t…
The Greatest Rivalry series decider in Baltimore, Maryland, marks the 100th Test since Rassie Erasmus took charge of the Springboks in 2018. Daily Maverick char…
Cape Town’s proposed animal bylaw promises stronger welfare protections, but raises difficult questions about permits, affordability, enforcement and the rights…
Located near Tzaneen, the Holy Family Care Centre provides a safe haven with dedicated staff and restorative love for 75 orphaned and vulnerable children. Under…
The impeachment committee on the Section 89 Enquiry continues to take decisions by vote rather than consensus, amid bloc politicking and numerical dominance as …
For more than 450 years Africa has sat on the world map a diminished shade of itself, but now the redrawing of those maps has become vital for African self-dete…
Speaking after the judgment, Biko’s eldest son, Nkosinathi, said the family remained deeply concerned about delays, but was equally concerned about the possibil…
Israel has told the United Kingdom that it must close its consulate in East Jerusalem within 30 days, two Israeli officials and two sources familiar with the ma…
Malaysia's ruling coalition on Wednesday said people convicted in high-profile graft cases should serve their sentences in full, amid media reports that jailed …
The US government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicatin…