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Pope Francis marks 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, seemingly out of danger after a month in hospital but with his health casting a shadow over his future. The 88-year-old was for a time critically ill as he battled pneumonia in both lungs at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on February 14.

A pair of astronauts still aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after more than nine months may have to wait a little longer to return home after the launch of their replacements was postponed.

The NMB Business Chamber said earning confidence from business and investors was critical in rebuilding the country’s economy.

National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said Nelson Massango was rearrested on Wednesday at a car hire dealership in Sandton.

The police’s acting provincial commissioner, Major General Zithulele Dladla, says quarterly crime statistics for the Eastern Cape paint a picture of police officers at work.

The fraud case against two men linked to the alleged unauthorised selling of Transnet railway lines continued in the Gqeberha Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has increased Value Added Tax (VAT) by half-a-percentage point in the 2025/26 financial year, and by another half-a-percentage point in the following year. It was Godongwana's second attempt to table the first budget speech under the Government of National Unity following a postponement in February.

In a letter, Leach apologised to Vicki's son and her family for the unimaginable pain he had caused not only for her family but also his own. To Vicki's child, he said it was his role to protect someone who was precious to him, and he failed, and for that, he was deeply ashamed.

Mossel Bay photographer and videographer Christiaan Stopforth had an extraordinary encounter with an elusive and scarcely seen blanket octopus in the harbour. Blanket octopuses spend their whole lives, three to five years, floating in the open ocean and when they feel threatened, they swoop down into deeper waters with their capes flowing behind them.