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A humpback whale carcass was first spotted floating in Simon’s Town on Friday 8 November, in the morning. Local resident Allison Thomson reported the “sad sight” of the dead Humpback floating above ...

If businessman Hamilton Ndlovu refuses to hand over the curator’s stipulated assets, he faces up to 30 days in prison or a R500,000 fine imposed by the Special Tribunal. Ndlovu claims he does not have ...

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, from the past two days.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has gone with a 7/1 split between forwards and backs for Sunday’s clash against Scotland at Murrayfield.

To a large extent I feel let down because what we sacrificed, what we went to the bush for, and what we sacrificed our families for is really not the end product that we are experiencing today. We are ...

While chef Kobus van der Merwe of Wolfgat was serving roosterkoek and soutslaai to Prince William on Thursday, his friend and collaborator Johannes Richter of The LivingRoom at Summerhill was ...

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were “attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks” and that riot police intervened to protect them and escort them to hotels. At least ...

In February 2020, I visited Muse restaurant in Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth. It was then in Stanley Street, at the lower end, and I remember eating excellent confit duck. One month later, the pandemic ...

I learnt something new about one of my own signature recipes the other day. I decided to serve them as a starter. And it’s about as South African as a dinner party starter gets. Wouldn’t you want to ...

The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector's first multi-disaster insurance pay-out, the Red Cross told Reuters, signalling both the scale of the ...

I have been drinking a lot of tea to lower my stress levels. The tea has been paired with deliciously crunchy soetkoekies, which will briefly make you hopeful about the next four years.