The Democratic Alliance has laid criminal charges against Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane after she misled the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education over the appointments ...

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Islamic State West Africa Province’s hunt for resources is eroding the ability of communities in northern Cameroon to withstand economic hardship.

A "bomb cyclone" has lashed Australia's most populous state with heavy rain and strong winds, forcing airlines to cancel domestic flights and prompting evacuation warnings in coastal communities.

There is something deeply human about ritual. From the dawn of time, we’ve been lighting fires, smearing ash, throwing bones, and walking labyrinths, all in the hope that meaning might follow action.

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Johannesburg alone has enough rooftop space to power the entire country through midwinter without coal. So why have installations slowed?

Some Johannesburg Metrobus commuters have come out strongly against the bus company’s new payment system. However, Metrobus says it is going ahead with the system’s implementation, starting on Tuesday ...

In just two years, the Gauteng health department’s spending on security has more than tripled. Spotlight tries to get to the bottom of the ballooning bills and what it means for governance in the ...

Quality information is even more important now in an age of AI slop where the information ecosystem is awash in misleading images and strange blah words that sound like they mean something but don’t ...

Experts say cancer patients in the public sector in South Africa are dying for avoidable reasons, such as dysfunctional referral systems and a lack of medical imaging and treatment. Spotlight looks at ...

Twelve-year-old Lithaliyanda Ntoni was murdered and her body set alight. A close family member has appeared in court facing charges of murder, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice — sparking ...