The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it?
British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died
Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill
April 2026
South Africa deports Mugabe’s son for unrelated offences after employee shot at family home
Charlize Theron joins chorus of disapproval over Timothée Chalamet’s ballet comments
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Weather tracker: temperatures in Spain and Brazil well above late April norm
South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence
South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US
Justice denied: why families of apartheid victims are still searching for answers
South Africa’s car spinning culture – in pictures
The Audio Long Read
How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution – podcast
March 2026
Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say
Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town’s name change stirs racial tensions
‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece
South African work banned from Venice Biennale to be shown outside main event
Airbnb in firing line as Cape Town’s housing crisis catches up with middle class
Reworked
Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe
Six great reads
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z
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Weather tracker: Southern France under yellow alert after severe thunderstorms