CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the floodwater.

Temba Bavuma led South Africa to a five-wicket victory over Australia in the final of the ICC World Test Championship at Lord’s, helping the Proteas end a 27-year wait for another global trophy.

South Africa have been nicknamed 'chokers' since the 1999 Cricket World Cup but won their first trophy for 27 years in winning the 2025 World Test Championship.

The chief executive of Jumia, the ecommerce group often dubbed the “Amazon of Africa”, said it needs to “rebuild credibility” with investors as it steps up its push to reach profitability amid rising competition from Chinese rivals.

Vance Luther Boelter lists himself on LinkedIn as the CEO of the Red Lion Group, which is based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and claims to run a private security company with his wife,

Regional hegemony on the African continent has long been contested as countries and regimes rise and fall. Over the decades, countries like Egypt and Algeria have emerged as leading military powers, each leveraging large defense budgets to modernize their forces.

South African state ports and freight rail company Transnet said on Thursday that it had reached a wage agreement with its recognised labour unions.