Numbers define reality. The count of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom determines what element it is; the tally of bricks in a bridge decides if it spans a creek or the Nile; the sum of your ...

They call journalism the “fourth pillar of democracy,” and while it can and should hold powerful individuals accountable, the profession hasn’t exactly answered the one question that is truly on ...

14:57, Thu, Mar 12, 2026 Updated: 14:57, Thu, Mar 12, 2026 Highlighting the breakdown in relations with one-time friend and Monty Python comrade John Cleese, Eric Idle now confirms: “I haven’t seen ...

In a shocking case of corporal punishment, a Gauteng teacher accused of assaulting a Grade 11 pupil at Tetelo Secondary School in Protea North, Soweto, was released on bail on Wednesday. Mpho ...

Starting when I was about six years old, I was molested by someone I thought I could trust. I didn’t tell a soul until I was well into my 20s. I stayed quiet for lots of reasons — mostly shame — but ...

President Donald Trump set new records for time and word count in his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, a speech punctuated by applause from standing Republicans ...

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Wilson’s Hospital has become synonymous with the ongoing protest by its history teacher. But, says its new principal, there is far more to the Westmeath school than that Inside Ireland's most famous ...

Editor: If we judge 2025 by just the new words that have entered the lexicon in the past year we’re certainly in a Brave New World. One that is certainly bizarre and inscrutably opague. According to ...