South Africa

At least 37 miners died from gas inhalation at a Nigerian mining site, while Zimbabwe faces a bedbug outbreak and South Africa confronts escalating child mortality in Cape Flats, highlighting systemic health and safety failures across the continent.

From Durban's rugby battlegrounds to Lagos schoolyards, teams across the African sporting landscape are discovering that sustainable success demands more than star power—it requires depth, strategic planning, and the courage to rebuild from the ground up.

The son of Zimbabwe's late president Robert Mugabe faces attempted murder charges after a shooting incident at a Hyde Park residence, with South African police seizing a vehicle from the property as investigations continue.

Nigerian manufacturers are discovering that decarbonisation delivers profits alongside environmental benefits, while South Africa's parliamentary push to end captive lion breeding signals a broader shift in how the continent balances economic imperatives with sustainability.

Kenya reverses port privatisation while Ethiopia loosens foreign exchange restrictions and South Africa adjusts toll rates, revealing competing philosophies on state control versus market liberalisation across the continent.

President Ramaphosa defends economic progress amid scepticism, as South Africa marks a historic milestone with its first plum shipment to China under a breakthrough trade agreement.

While SAMWU secures a 3.5% salary increase for over 21,000 City of Tshwane employees, a crucial council meeting to address corruption allegations against Madibeng's mayor faces indefinite postponement, highlighting the contrasting fortunes of South African local governance.

The son of Zimbabwe's late president Robert Mugabe faces police questioning in South Africa after an alleged shooting incident left a worker in critical condition, reigniting scrutiny of the former first family's post-exile life.

A wave of transportation disasters struck Lagos and Limpopo this week, with mini bus operators blocking major expressways, a midnight truck collision killing two, and a bus plunge claiming at least five lives in South Africa.

A traditional ruler's murder in Nigeria and a toddler's kidnapping in Zimbabwe highlight escalating security challenges across the region, as authorities grapple with armed criminality and organized abduction networks.

A Nigerian doctor's relocation to the UK and the fight to save thousands of jobs at South Africa's Tongaat-Hulett reveal the twin pressures reshaping the continent's workforce — brain drain driven by poverty wages and industrial collapse threatening entire communities.

As violence infiltrates South African classrooms, parents in Gauteng face a stark reality where education and anxiety have become inseparable, revealing deeper fractures in a system struggling to protect its most vulnerable.

As Mark Zuckerberg faces trial over youth platform addiction in the US, South African cybersecurity experts warn that visibility without action leaves organisations vulnerable—exposing parallel failures in protecting the digital vulnerable.

South African armoured vehicle specialist Armormax is betting on Chinese brands, rolling out B4 and B6 protection packages for models that have captured significant market share through aggressive pricing.

As Mark Zuckerberg faces trial over Meta's failure to protect underage users, South African authorities confront a parallel crisis: students gambling away government education funds through social media-linked platforms.