Fruit and pork draw each other like lovers at first sight. China’s sweet and sour pork legacy is one of its most delicious gifts to the world. Pineapple and lychee have flavour profiles that are a natural fit. And fresh ginger lends zing to both of those. This recipe is republished from 2022 while Tony Jackman is on leave.

Democrats captured Senate and House majorities, flipping Republican strongholds as voters punished Trump over economic pressures, rising fuel costs and the Iran war.

South Africans vote in the 2026 Local Government Elections on Wednesday.

WC police say they will maintain high visibility across the province to ensure that voters are safe

Police say there is a sufficient number of police on the ground to maintain law and order

Nov 3 - Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s race for governor on Tuesday, becoming the first black woman elected governor of a US state and delivering Democrats a victory in one of the nation's most closely divided political battlegrounds.

Sibiya has filed an appeal in the High Court in Johannesburg against the refusal of his bail

From bestselling South African crime fiction author Deon Meyer comes a thriller that perilously entwines local and international threats.

A number of political party leaders are expected to cast their ballots in Cape Town this morning

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Democrats flipped a Republican-held Senate seat in North Carolina and were showing surprising strength across several Republican-leaning House districts in Florida on Tuesday, boosting hopes they could wrest control of Congress from President Donald Trump's Republicans in the midterm elections.

COJ and SAMWU have signed an addendum to their agreement to resolve long-standing salary disparities

South Africans are choosing the councillors who will run their municipalities for the next five years, and who will decide on water, electricity, roads, refuse collection and rates. Follow our live coverage from voting stations across the country as the count begins.

Ballot storage facilities have been targeted, election materials damaged and arrests made across several provinces, leaving thousands of police and the IEC racing to secure the voting process ahead of Wednesday’s polls.

National retail turnover from e-commerce is expected to hit 10% by the end of 2026, with more than half of it coming from buy now, pay later. Online shopping is becoming the domain of those who don’t quite have it now.

A last-minute multibillion-rand deal that affects an estimated 35,000 municipal workers is something the City of Johannesburg can’t afford and, according to experts, smacks of underhanded electioneering by the ANC in the lead-up to the elections.

Ahead of the 2026 local government elections, the Real Reform for ECD movement has been rallying ECD practitioners to push municipal candidates to prioritise early learning and reduce red tape around centre registration. People across the country can take their own steps to use the Integrated Development Plan process to put ECD on the local government agenda.

The NATJOINTS says police have recorded 21 case dockets linked to election-related incidents.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) says its nearly 24 thousand voting stations will be operational.

Gauteng Govt says next city of Joburg admin must honour SAMWU's newly signed agreement.

Gauteng has recorded the highest number of special votes during the two-day special voting.