2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (448+ words) Kate Gottgens painted "Audible Doom" in 2021, a green-hazed oil work with a stylised female figure looming out of the canvas. Four years later, she says she does not know where it is. The Cape Town artist took to Instagram this…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (358+ words) Hundreds of South Africans packed the arrivals hall at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday morning to welcome back Bafana Bafana from their historic World Cup run. Bafana returned home after their first-ever FIFA World Cup knockout stage, concluding four…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago  (476+ words) Open AI has proposed handing a 5% stake in the company to the US government, a move that would transfer roughly $42. 6 billion (about R788 billion) in equity to the Trump administration and, presumably, take the heat off an industry that has been…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago  (494+ words) Scientists at the University of Minnesota have built a cell from non-living chemicals that can feed, grow, and divide. The creation, named Spud Cell, is believed to be the first synthetic cell to have a complete life cycle. Kate Adamala,…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (478+ words) Novak Djokovic found time for a bit of fun between sets at Wimbledon on Wednesday, pulling off a scissors prank on a ball girl that's since done the rounds on Instgram. Djokovic's shoulder tape needed trimming while Stefanos Tsitsipas had…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago  (461+ words) The Knysna Oyster Festival returns from 3 to 12 July under the theme "A Feast of Family Fun, and the programme reads like the perfect recipe for a winter food festival. Oysters are the main act, obviously, but the 2026 festival stretches well…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago  (442+ words) Thursday, July 2, 2026 [Image: Dept Social Development / Facebook] President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Dina Pule as the new Minister of Social Development on Tuesday night, returning a politician fired for corruption more than a decade ago to the executive. Pule served as…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago  (746+ words) Thursday, July 2, 2026 The Worst-Run Municipality In The Western Cape For 4 Years In A Row " Kannaland Local Municipality could be considered the worst-run municipality in the Western Cape, having now received a disclaimed audit opinion for four consecutive years. [buinesstech] Couple…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (459+ words) Across its first four generations, the BMW X5 has followed a path of steady evolution. The fifth generation, which was unveiled this week, breaks from that approach, adopting a full "Neue Klasse" design overhaul that redefines the model's visual identity. The…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (489+ words) Tuesday, June 30, 2026 [Image: Pulse of Africa / X] White tents are coming down and foreign nationals are boarding buses home with their belongings, on a day the government calls a normal working day but that anti-immigrant groups have turned into a…...