Juventus believe they can win the Champions League with Cristiano Ronaldo, but they had to start by beating Valencia without him after he was controversially sent off on his debut in the competition for the Italian champions on Wednesday.
Digital currency worth around 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) has been stolen in Japan following a hacking attack, a virtual exchange operator said on Thursday.
EU leaders will on Thursday make preparations for the final stretch of Brexit negotiations, after clashing with Britain over how to bridge their differences to reach a divorce deal.
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has provided "critical information" to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators, his attorney said Thursday.
Tiger Woods delivered easily the loudest roar in ending his round with an eagle three to share the lead on day one of the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.
At least 44 people died and scores were feared missing after a ferry capsized in Victoria, Africa's largest lake, with a desperate search for survivors set to resume in Tanzania on Friday.
Daily Maverick spoke to officials close to President Cyril Ramaphosa and found out why he is not losing sleep over his opponents' plans.
Eskom’s recent warnings of gloom, doom and tragedy is enough to give South Africans nightmares. But in the gloom there is potential for hope.
Hundreds of Soweto residents received title deeds to their homes from the City of Johannesburg on Thursday. For some it was a bittersweet moment, for others the wait continues.
The Trump administration has embarked on a major international trade policy initiative that may well end up causing much more harm to Americans and the world. Does a Dr Seuss classic children’s book offer insights, and have the Trumpians failed to study the history of previous trade wars?
A new report on Thursday said corruption can only be combated if we delve into our dark, debased past. The report fell short on the details, but it might have found the right moment to challenge the neglected scourge of South African society.
Instead of wholesale deference to government diktat and control, South Africans should try to find a way to ensure the quality of private medical care is extended to the indigent, argue Chris Hattingh and Martin van Staden.
Dementia is not a normal part of ageing that can be ignored. The South African government has a responsibility to dramatically increase awareness, detection and diagnosis of dementia.
Although Universal Basic Income may have its shortcomings, it may provide an entry point to rethinking social policies — as present systems do not provide answers to humanity’s most pressing issues.
The Constitutional Court ruling on the private use of dagga is likely to impact on the performance record of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). This ruling has immediate effect which means the state is now barred from arresting or convicting anyone for mere possession of dagga in circumstances which suggest private use. How will this impact on the number of convictions? More importantly, could it herald a much-needed change of focus?
Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the 1990s violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa’s greatest gift to lawyers, former president Jacob Zuma, is the applicant in yet another court matter this week. On Thursday, Zuma won the right for his lawyers to argue that he should be allowed to appeal the 2017 ruling ordering him to pay the legal costs of challenging the recommendations contained in former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report. The Zuma portrayed by his lawyers in court remains a perpetual victim.
Volkswagen’s biggest SUV has made the jump from everyman’s large all-terrainer to an altogether more luxurious and more advanced machine. It now competes with the best from BMW, Mercedes-Benz – and stablemate Audi. But it also has the pricing to match.
The response to my recent column on the resurgence of white nationalism in South Africa was characterised by hostility, defensiveness, and outright aggression. While this reaction helped inadvertently to prove my point, it reflects a continued inability by many white South Africans to exercise humility or empathy in the context of an ongoing debate about land restitution that has caused deep fault lines in our society to resurface.
Ride-hailing services, and the millennials who use them, are killing the future of public transportation.
What would the generation of 1944 say if they could see the ANC Youth League in this state? This is the question that all generations of the ANCYL should be asking themselves.
Instead of looking inwards the ANC must start to concentrate on the issues that we face as a country.
At least 34 people have died in northern Ghana during flooding caused by heavy rains and waters spilling from a dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso, relief agency officials said Thursday.
A passionate plea by women who have had enough… Don’t bring up boys to think they can get away with everything and don’t only spank girls if they are naughty… Show their fathers how to wash dishes and buy their own condoms.
The Gupta brother who may or may not be a fugitive from justice in South Africa has provided the Zondo State Capture inquiry with a six-page statement in which he categorically denies having met former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas, in October 2015 – or at any time before or after that.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen voiced outrage Thursday after being ordered to undergo psychiatric tests for having posted pictures of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group on Twitter.
Athol Trollip has lost his urgent bid to overturn his ousting as Nelson Mandela Bay mayor in the Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday.
Countries struggling to repay loans are sourcing funds from their old banker. By Peter Fabricius
Inmates at Johannesburg’s “Sun City” prison say officials have stonewalled their attempts to open a fraud case against staff members for cheating them out of profits from the prison canteens. By Ciaran Ryan for GROUNDUP.
Northern Johannesburg residents' water woes appear to be far from over as Johannesburg Water struggles to restore supply to several suburbs.
Deputy-Mayor Ian Neilson has defended the city of Cape Town’s controversial sale of Site B – a prime Foreshore property. But Neilson’s statement is inconsistent with municipal laws. By Daneel Knoetze for GROUNDUP.
An application by former public enterprises minister Lynne Brown was abruptly dismissed by deputy chief justice and chairman of the State Capture inquiry, Raymond Zondo, on Thursday morning.
