Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

Conserving seabirds, wearing kilts while playing the bagpipes for royalty, and rocking out with Paul McCartney; now DA MP Andrew de Blocq is in Parliament, taking on a whole new animal — South African ...

An Australian woman has given birth to a stranger's baby after a fertility doctor accidentally implanted the wrong embryo, the clinic owner said in its apology letter while blaming the mix-up on ...

South Africa’s (SA’s) batters are making an impact in the IPL, while the bowlers are struggling for game time.

Awaking at dawn, we find that we’ve docked in Cape Town while we slept. The day ahead leads us to a fine Japanese dinner in the Aji Wa restaurant after champagne in the Sky Bar overlooking the lights ...

The ANC is pushing for a formal, rules-based agreement to stabilise the coalition government and avoid future fallouts, as negotiations between parties are set to continue over the weekend.

The South African-born painter went into exile in France in 1947, where he created powerful artworks depicting the realities of life for those he left behind. His paintings are now part of the Paris ...

If yesterday's spicy fish cakes recipe whetted your appetite, here's another, this time for your air fryer. Leftover braaied snoek and some canned tuna in brine, drained, were put to use in a mixture ...

In February 2025, the US cut major funding for HIV/AIDS care and medical research in South Africa — a move with far-reaching consequences. With up to 70% of our medical research funded by the NIH, the ...

Swimming South Africa’s executive committee was quick to spit out numbers in front of Parliament last week, but finding corroboration for these figures has been sweaty.

South Africa has earned seventh place in Kearney’s Emerging Markets 2025 FDI Confidence Index for the first time, climbing from 11th place in 2024.

A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the pilot, Mayor Eric Adams ...