Southern Cape tourism hub Knysna remains a hung council, as the DA failed to make sufficient gains for outright control in the 4 November local elections. The seaside town is one of the 19 councils, representing some three-quarters of the Western Cape’s 25 councils, where the DA on Friday afternoon, 6 November, was in the lead but not in control.

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The winds, drought and excessive rains of climate change are blowing in Africa and it’s time for the Global North to listen and deliver on its climate finance promises. At COP31 in Turkey, which runs from 9-20 November, African countries will need greater weight in decision-making, access to grants and support for solutions that meet their development priorities.

Enigmatic Cristiano Ronaldo walks away from the international soccer arena under a bit of a cloud after clashing with the national team coach. However, the Portuguese forward’s exceptional sporting record speaks for itself.

It’s been a wild time for statecraft as a paper trail leads us to a minister’s game, dumbbells ring for JZ, Mbalula blubs, the head of the police pulls a Terminator and Carrim does that which is haram.

The higher education minister’s latest communique takes aim at hyper-publication, predatory journals and rent-an-affiliation deals. Some universities seem rattled. His department must stand firm.

A leading Macau democrat was jailed for 12.5 years on Friday on charges of subversion, in the China-ruled gambling hub's first known national security trial, local broadcaster TDM reported.

Police orders asking X to block online accounts of two of India's most prominent free speech groups were fake, the social media company told an Indian court on Friday, days after the purported content removal requests sparked a public outcry.

Pope Leo left on Friday for an ambitious 12-day trip across South America expected to attract millions-strong crowds, as the first US-born pope returns to a Catholic stronghold where he lived for decades as a missionary.

A Malaysian court has issued an order allowing the transfer to house arrest of jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, his lawyer said on Friday, after his party announced it had paid a fine under the terms of a royal pardon.

Their case was postponed to the 29th of January for consultations as well as further instructions.

She says more arrests are expected as the investigation into an alleged syndicate continues.

Her case has been postponed to May next year and she remains out on a warning.

Police divers have recovered the body of an unidentified woman, believed to be in her 20s

Women in politics and the media continue to face online intimidation, sexual harassment.

The four accused in the deceased estates fraud case are expected to appear.

Heavy rain, damaging winds, hail and lightning are expected, with possible localised flooding.

The IEC updated the media on the counting and tallying of results at its ROC in Midrand

In Orange Farm, residents say they are faced with a water crisis.

Municipal workers had been on strike with services like water and electricity affected.