Banyana Banyana's eight goals during their 2026 WAFCON campaign have unlocked 8,000 packs of Stayfree sanitary pads for donation to grassroots female football academies and schoolgirls' football teams across South Africa.

A UAE-mediated prisoner exchange involving 206 detainees has offered a rare sign of continued communication between Russia and Ukraine as battlefield tensions intensify and prospects for a wider political breakthrough remain uncertain.

A decade after the #FeesMustFall movement put university affordability and access at the centre of public debate, women are increasingly shaping how South Africans enter and navigate higher education, with women making up 62.7% of university enrolments and 65.4% of graduates.

A young Evaton woman who relied on her family to push her in a wheelbarrow when she needed to access healthcare has received a wheelchair from the Collen Mashawana Foundation, restoring her mobility, independence and dignity.

The City of Tshwane has dismissed claims that it faces a R2 billion shortfall in employee-related costs, saying its approved R13 billion allocation is sufficient to meet anticipated personnel expenditure for the 2026/27 financial year.

The NPA has secured a life imprisonment sentence for former City of Tshwane general worker Matome Seloesa, 42, after he was convicted of raping and assaulting a 39-year-old woman inside a municipal building in Pretoria.

ActionSA member Tumi Sole has announced his decision to step away from active politics, saying he will redirect his focus to #CountryDuty, alongside his legal and corporate work.

The City of Johannesburg and City Power have fully settled their R5.25 billion overdue electricity debt owed to Eskom, bringing an end to a long-running dispute that had threatened the security of electricity supply to the city.

The National Prosecuting Authority has formally withdrawn fraud and corruption charges against Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, Brigadier Dineo Mokwele and their co-accused, following serious questions raised at the Madlanga Commission about the investigation conducted by the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption.

South Africa will use the 2026 BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting in India to deepen cooperation in sport and push for practical initiatives that support development, inclusion and sustainability across the Global South.

Five foreign nationals have been arrested after a suspected clandestine crystal methamphetamine laboratory was uncovered on a farm in Musina, Limpopo, with drugs, laboratory equipment and cash worth an estimated R600 million seized.

Social Development Minister Dina Pule will meet with widows, traditional leaders and stakeholders in Thohoyandou to discuss poverty, discrimination, economic insecurity and other challenges affecting widows.

South Africa and Zimbabwe have identified the construction of the Third Limpopo Bridge and the full operationalisation of the Beitbridge One Stop Border Post as key projects to strengthen trade, regional integration and economic cooperation.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of two police officers and two women in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, bringing the number of suspects charged in the case to three.

Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi has opened an intimidation case against Stuart-James Scharnick, who was arrested after allegedly confronting the reporter during a tea break at the Madlanga Commission.