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Anthony Molyneaux is a multiple award-winning video journalist specialising in crime and investigation for TimesLIVE and Sunday Times. Director of documentaries: Last Blue Ride | The Hannah Cornelius Story and Catching Rosemary Ndlovu.

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi reacts while speaking to Reuters at the One & Only Hotel as the African Mining Indaba 2022 takes place, in Cape Town, South Africa, May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians
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WATCH | ‘Africa keeps getting pushed down’: Masisi on electricity, neocolonialism and Africa's future

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke to TimesLIVE Premium on the sidelines of the Global Citizen Now summit in New York.

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WATCH | Kenyan mushroom farmer: 'For women it changes everything'

Wangari Kuria is founder and CEO of Farmer on Fire, an organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya. Kuria's lack of land didn't prevent her farming and she began mushroom cultivation at her home.

Beninese-born actor Djimon Hounsou took part in a panel and advocated for ending energy poverty in Africa. File photo.
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WATCH | 'Africa needs electricity': Djimon Hounsou & Global Citizen CEO on ending poverty on the continent

The Global Citizen NOW summit is seeking to drive action to end extreme poverty.

Training of 1,000 new metro police candidates is under way in Cape Town.

Cape Town trains 1,000 new metro police officers to help SAPS fight crime

The City of Cape Town is training 1,000 potential new metro police officers as part of an 18-month full-time learnership which includes extensive physical training, training on legislation, theory and practical experience.

In 2023, the Johannesburg High Court set aside a decision by former minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit regime and to reconsider his decision, following a fair process.

WATCH | Spaza shops need to be audited and pay tax: Motsoaledi on new immigration proposals

Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the cabinet has approved the Final White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection.

David Scott, aka 'The Kiffness', has the internet in stitches with his remix of Will Smith and Chris Rock's Oscars moment. File photo.

WATCH | The Kiffness robbed twice in US, cancels show: ‘I feel safer in South Africa tbh’

The Kiffness who was touring the US lost equipment worth almost R100,000 on Monday when thieves broke into his tour van.

WATCH | ‘They held a gun to my head’: Transport minister tells how three men robbed her on the N3

Transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga was robbed at 3am on Monday after her vehicle's tyre burst on the N3 between Vosloorus and Heidelberg.

World Rugby's Dream Team of 2023 featured only one Springbok player.

SA fans shocked at World Rugby’s ‘dream team’ which includes only one Springbok player

World Rugby released its dream team on Sunday after the Springboks won a gruelling World Cup campaign to settle their scores with other nations and end the global tournament as champions for a record-breaking fourth time.

WATCH | ‘South Africa can fly national flag at rugby and cricket world cups‘: Kodwa

Minister of sports, arts and culture Zizi Kodwa says the Springboks and the Proteas will be able to fly the South African flag at the world cups taking place in France and India.

WATCH | 15,000 rifles and handguns destroyed by police

More than 15,700 firearms were destroyed by police in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on Thursday afternoon.

Alison Botha was viciously attacked by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger in 1994.

Alison Botha shocked at the news her attacker will be released on parole

Alison Botha was viciously attacked by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger in 1994. The men kidnapped her in the early hours of the morning before raping her and attempted to stab her to death.

WATCH | VIP protection is ANC's personal army, says DA's Steenhuisen

Before updating the public on his proposed moonshot pact on Tuesday morning, DA leader John Steenhuisen chastised the ANC's VIP protection unit which was filmed allegedly assaulting road users in Gauteng.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said African countries were treated unfairly when requesting covid vaccines during the pandemic at the summit for a new global financing pact in Paris in June 2023.

WATCH | Frosty reactions at Paris summit as Ramaphosa slams West for vaccine ‘inequality’

President Cyril Ramaphosa did not hold back about the unhappiness of African countries with the West during his closing remarks to world leaders at the New Global Financing Pact summit in Paris, France on Friday.

WATCH | Thabo Bester’s SA ID revealed & Dr Nandipha's passport must be revoked: Motsaledi

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed rapist and murderer Thabo Bester's South African identity document during a press briefing on Monday morning.

WATCH | 'He is the hero, we're in nappies': Gordhan accuses De Ruyter of using apartheid tactics

In a 15-minute tirade, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan did not hold back his punches in describing his views of former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter.