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- Young artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu scoops R100 000 MTN x UJ new contemporaries award
Visual artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu has been named the winner of the 2026 MTN x UJ New Contemporaries Award, walking away with a R100 000 cash prize at the opening of the National Arts Festival in Makhanda on Friday. The announcement was made during the exhibition opening at the Monument Building,… Read more » - US sanctions Rwandan refinery over DRC rebel-linked gold smuggling
The US on Thursday sanctioned two individuals and four Rwandan mining firms, alleging that they were involved in a mineral smuggling network that provides financial support to the M23 rebel group in neighboring DR Congo. The M23 movement, which re-emerged in 2021, has since seized control of large areas of… Read more » - Bafana move up Fifa rankings after amazing run at the World Cup
Bafana Bafana have moved six places and are now ranked 54 on the rankings table. In the last rankings released on 11 June, Bafana were sitting at number 60 and they have now improved significantly after the three group stage matches. Bafana were beaten 2-0 by Mexico in the opening… Read more » - South Africa’s commitment to trade investment and solidarity
South Africa’s founding president and global icon, Nelson Mandela, dreamt of a united Africa that would overcome its shared challenges and unlock its immense potential through collective action. He famously said: “I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve… Read more » - Powerball results for Friday, June 26 2026
Powerball results for Friday, June 26 2026 Powerball numbers: 17| 26 | 37 |40| 45 Powerball: 13 Powerball Xtra numbers: 16 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 47 Powerball: 08 Visit SW YouTube Channel for our video content Read more » - Small aircraft crashes into Beijing’s tallest building, eyewitnesses say
An aircraft about the size of a car crashed into Beijing’s tallest building on Friday, witnesses told Reuters, with police closing off roads around the skyscraper and authorities giving no information about the incident. The building, known as CITIC Tower or China Zun, is a 108-storey skyscraper in Beijing’s central… Read more » - Explainer-What is behind South Africa’s anti-immigrant protests?
Protesters have told all undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa by Tuesday, ahead of anti-immigrant rallies that many fear will turn violent. Thousands of foreign Africans are heading home or huddling together in camps for fear of being attacked – though the group organising the protests, March and March, says… Read more » - ‘Don’t be used to loot R600m,’ struggle veteran warns his comrade Firoz Cachalia
Anti-apartheid activist and former student leader Mogomotsi Mogodiri has delivered a stinging open letter to Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia, warning his former liberation comrade against using state power to suppress the planned June 30 anti-illegal immigration protests. Mogodiri, an ANC member, former political detainee, ex-MK combatant and former… Read more » - Another supplementary statement from police informant Tumelo Nku
The Madlanga Commission has postponed the testimony of alleged police informant Tumelo Nku after proceedings, which were halted for most of the morning, resumed at 2pm on Friday. Leading Nku’s evidence, Adv Teboho Mosikili told the commission that the witness had returned to the stand to submit a second supplementary… Read more » - NPA freezes R6m property in graft probe linked to judge Portia Phahlane
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has secured a preservation order to freeze a luxury R6-million property in Johannesburg as part of an ongoing corruption investigation involving Judge Portia Phahlane and several former and current law enforcement officials. The NPA, through its Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), confirmed that the High Court… Read more »
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