Tributes for Queen Elizabeth continue pouring in, with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nelson Mandela Founding adding their voices
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral, in Scotland, on Thursday afternoon, surrounded by family
The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170 000 Conservative members
With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
Natasha Sideris, the founder and chief executive of Tashas Group, details the group’s expansion plans in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom
Liz Truss has the support of 62% of the Conservative Party members who anoint the next prime minister
The current heatwave in the UK is making it impossible to play or watch the game
Experts blame climate change for the latest heatwave and note the more frequent extreme weather will only worsen in years to come
The Local food pioneer has been drawn into a dispute with the department of agriculture, which has an issue with how meat alternatives are labelled
The UK PM announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations from his top team in protest at his leadership
The outgoing PM rode his luck throughout his career, bouncing back from a succession of setbacks and scandals
More than 40 ministers and aides, including three cabinet members, have quit the government since late Tuesday, with resignations continuing to trickle in overnight.
The prime minister has faced lawmakers’ questions after two of the most senior figures in his government resigned. The finance and health ministers said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal
The 58-year-old leader’s grip on power is becoming more precarious by the minute
Rail workers have already staged a series of stoppages to press for better pay as Britain’s headline inflation reaches a 40-year high
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some to make an about-turn on coal but their scramble has not sealed the fate of renewables
It is a marginal improvement, according to the study, but while the country is progressively more peaceful, it is tarnished with violent outbreaks of crime and protests
All politicians need luck and Boris Johnson –once described as a “greased piglet” – has had more than most in his career.
The cost of the UK queen’s jubilee festivities has been absorbed by the taxpayer – an estimated £28-million, or R544,5-million
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war
The UK is set to count its excess Covid-19 vaccines as part of its aid budget, taking money away from other projects
The slowdown was helped by lower fuel prices. But this relief was temporary, as February saw another petrol hike
The Legal Resources Centre hails court order as stunning victory for indigenous communities along the coast
As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit
Wednesday’s defection of Conservative Christian Wakeford to Labour served as a reminder of the high stakes at play, with the opposition party surging in opinion polls.
The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities
The embattled leader has been silent since an email was leaked late Monday that appeared to show a senior official inviting more than 100 colleagues to an outdoor event in May 2020 and encouraging them to ‘bring your own booze’
Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track
Thanks to the Omicron variant, it is harder than ever for Africans to travel – even though public health experts say the restrictions make no sense
The UK will remove South Africa and other African countries it recently placed on its travel red list at midnight on Wednesday
Cold-chain and refrigeration capacity are among the priorities of the programmes supported by the African Centres of Excellence, the University of Birmingham and the United Nations
Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.