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National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has done a sharp about-turn on her decision to drop a Constitutional Court case against a celebrity artist accused of dodgy dealings in precious metals, after it left the future of dozens of extraditions in peril.

Violent crime in Soshanguve is so out of hand that the community have decided to take policing into their own hands. However, though armed with good intentions, the mushrooming community protection groups are primarily untrained in crime fighting.

Researchers have uncovered a troubling lesson from Cape Town’s water crisis. Those with means quickly adapt, with results that shed light on human behaviour under scarcity – and the economic impact on those with less, writes Johan Fourie.

A single shot of a new formulation of the antiretroviral drug lenacapavir could potentially provide protection against HIV infection for as long as a year. Spotlight reports on this and some of the other exciting research on long-acting anti-HIV medicines presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend. Fears are rife that the Trump administration might stop all grants, which holds devastating implications for the country.

Bafana Bafana head coach believes South Africans are rekindling their love for the men’s senior national team following their 2-0 victory over Lesotho in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier at a sold-out Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday.

A sangoma, a cash sum of R20 000, and a container on its way to West Africa are among some of the most startling revelations that have emerged since the start of the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial. But there seem to be more questions than answers.

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who fought and lost against Muhammad Ali in boxing’s iconic 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” before reclaiming the title two decades later, died Friday aged 76, his family announced in a statement.

Roger Eskinazi, managing partner at trading platform Tickmill SA talks to News24’s Ahmed Areff about ice baths, looking for things “beyond the obvious” in employees, and why you need to be careful to only trade “what you can afford to lose”.

Kirsty Coventry says she has “learned the best lessons by failing” and the Zimbabwean swimming great’s mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).