South Africa and Canada are both competing in the knockout stages of a World Cup for the first time.
‘I never listen to the trash of the social media,’ Hugo Broos says before Bafana Bafana’s match against Czechia.
Police clash with Malawian protesters demanding deportation in South Africa
After losing their opening group matches, both teams need a victory to keep knockout hopes alive.
Black students braved bullets to protest the discriminatory apartheid-era education policies.
From criticism over water breaks to red cards galore, here’s all the buzz from the opening day of the World Cup.
World Cup 2026 cohosts Mexico open the tournament with 2-0 win against South Africa, who were reduced to nine men.
Gold now accounts for 27% of global reserve holdings, overtaking US Treasuries as the world’s largest reserve asset.
Nigeria repatriated 260 nationals on Thursday. Ghana, Mozambique and Malawi have carried out similar operations.
Migrants say they are living in fear after a group gave people living illegally in South Africa a deadline to leave.
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