TransNamib says it has secured board approval to pilot a hydrogen-powered locomotive as part of efforts to modernise its fleet and cut emissions. In a media statement issued on Wednesday, TransNamib chief executive Desmond van Jaarsveld said the state-owned rail…

A police captain has been suspended on suspicion of pocketing millions from the service by pretending the cash was needed for transport linked to protecting President Cyril Ramaphosa. This comes barely a week after Daily Maverick first reported on the…

Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe told Parliament in February that she received two luxury SUVs as donations for the ANC Women’s League. Just one problem: the ANC doesn’t seem to know what she’s talking about. A Daily Maverick investigation suggests…

The Office of the Prosecutor General (PG) seized crime-linked assets worth N$28.85 million during the 2025/26 financial year. Prime minister Elijah Ngurare announced this in the National Assembly on Wednesday while tabling the Office of the Attorney General’s budget under…

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed a new law doubling to 10 years the maximum prison term for sexual acts by same-sex couples. The new law also criminalises the “promotion” of homosexuality, which includes any public representation and financial…

South Africa’s army has officially been deployed to several parts of the country to help overwhelmed police clamp down on violent crimes, including illicit mining and gangs. President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year announced the deployment of 2,200 soldiers to…

Italy’s Sport Minister Andrea Abodi said on Wednesday the head of the country’s football federation should step down after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. The Azzurri fell at the play-offs again, this time…

Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up another as Argentina thrashed Zambia 5-0 on Tuesday in the South Americans’ final game on home soil before launching the defense of their World Cup crown. Messi, restored to the starting line-up by…

Golf superstar Tiger Woods said Tuesday he was “stepping away” to seek treatment and focus on his health after his arrest last week in Florida for driving under the influence. Woods crashed his SUV into a trailer being pulled by…

Bosnian football fans partied in towns and cities around the country until early dawn on Wednesday, after the Balkan nation defeated Italy in a nail-biting match to qualify for just their second World Cup. Scenes of jubilation erupted in Zenica…

Music, fireworks and the occasional round of gunfire erupted across Iraq’s capital Baghdad early Wednesday after the national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time in decades. The “Lions of Mesopotamia” secured the country’s first World Cup…

Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday, defeating Bolivia 2-1 in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico to seal their first appearance at the finals in 40 years. Iraq, whose preparations for Tuesday’s…