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The witness also didn't have that the documentations like receipts to prove that he was the owner of the property that was stolen on that day, and court has asked him to bring them in the next sitting....

South Africa's intellectual property laws won't change soon, experts say. That means pharmaceutical companies will keep abusing the country's weak system...

DA MP Jan de Villiers says an EFF warning to businesses to close their doors demonstrates the EFF's complete disregard for the rule of law...

The sectional title developer expects its revenue and gross profit margin to improve in its 2023 annual results...

The EFF is mobilising support for a day of protests on Monday...

Credit Suisse's CEO said on Friday the bank was working hard to stem customer outflows...

For up to 55 hours, about 40 athletes will run the length of a one-mile long (1.6km) former railway tunnel in the UK 200 times, in the dark...

In New York it's as easy to buy an ounce of pot as it is a slice of pizza....

Business Day deputy editor Tiisetso Motsoeneng, sat down with Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister of electricity...

SA's energy regulator confirmed that the 18.65% increase for this year will go ahead, although with 18.49% jump for municipalities, and only a 10% increase for poorer households....

Western Province coach John Dobson says they are eager to make their loyal fans proud when they duel against the Bulls in a Currie Cup clash in Pretoria on Friday night....

An SANDF member has been identified as one of the two people arrested in Limpopo in connection with an attack on police officers transporting six awaiting trial prisoners. The prisoners were freed during the incident....

Dr. Pacsmario Juderia the Buremba Town Council veterinary officer says that the disease was registered at a farm in Bwatama village, Buremba Town Council....

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has aired out his frustrations with Njabulo Blom's club St. Louis City SC....

The stayaway will test the party's leadership, machinery and ability to mobilise its supporters on the streets and in the election booths...

The party's Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction...

Justice Cheborion noted that it does not matter who originates the request for an audit where the Auditor General's report is made. Once undertaken by the Auditor General, he immediately owns the audit and must submit a report to Parliament....

The EU Delegation to the Republic of South Africa is based in Pretoria...

There is a critical need to enhance and improve the governance of water resources and land...

Scandal, wrong upon wrong, can wear one down, and we are worn down. We risk becoming indifferent. We cannot surrender. Not to this...

The Road Accident Fund said it could not heed a high court order to pay R301 million to Sunshine Hospital that is dedicated to crash victims...

There was kwaito,and then there was Boom Shaka. We went in search of what it is about the group that made us fall so hard for them 30 years ago...

Dare to love deeply the risk is worth it...

Donald Trump has claimed prominent public figures including the late Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana 'kissed [his] ass' in letters to him....

The Pentagon released video of what it said was a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a US Air Force surveillance drone before the warplane clipped the drone's propeller in international airspace, leading to its crash in the Black Sea....

The country's total trade with Russia in 2020 was 13 times smaller than with the US and 45 times smaller than with the EU...

Named after an iconic highway, the arthouse studio was the biggest winner at the Oscars...

The African art market has developed greater nuance as it continues to grow in dollar terms...

MD Vuslat Bayoglu says fossil fuels will remain an important part of the energy mix for decades, including the manufacture of renewable energy equipment...

Energy won't be used to boost the ANC, says the new electricity minister...

The collapse of SVB should be a lesson on how not to act when good times turn bad...

President has ordered SA's security forces to ensure protests remain peaceful...

Royal Bafokeng Platinum's long-serving CEO Steve Phiri was named News24's first CEO of the Year, while Woolworths won Company of the Year....

University of Cape Town management and the student representative council have resolved fee block issues after two mediation sessions this week....

Copilot answers a spate of unveilings this week by its rival Google with upgrades to its own widely used Office software...

Blinken's trip is the latest in a series of visits to Africa by US government figures as Washington seeks to boost ties with the continent...

The controversial son of Uganda's veteran leader Yoweri Museveni announced plans to run for the presidency in the 2026 elections, saying it was...

Overcoming poisonous grievances and ethnic divisions is the only way to break the cycle of political and ethnic violence in Ethiopia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said....

Thousands of people massed in France's capital on Thursday to protest President Emmanuel Macron's government imposing a controversial pensions overhaul without a parliament vote....

At least 17 primary schoolchildren were injured in Zimbabwe on Thursday after their classroom collapsed into a sinkhole, local authorities said, blaming the incident on uncontrolled underground mining....

Floods caused by torrential rains have hit two Turkish provinces that were devastated by last month's earthquakes....

CEO Robin Li shows AI-powered chatbot writing a poem and producing a video with prompts...

Five teenage girls in Iran danced to a Selena Gomez song in a TikTok video which has gone viral....

Eleven large US banks step in to shore up First Republic Bank's coffers to stabilise the lender...