Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, from the past three days.

African governments face mounting pressure to deliver development dividends, with 70% of the population under 30 and the total population expected to nearly double to 2.5 billion by 2050.

South Africa’s largest city is in a water crisis. Cities reporter and Daily Maverick Associate Editor Ferial Haffejee sat down with the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo, and ...

After she was demobilised from the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force after World War 2, Muriel Horrell travelled widely across South Africa in her little Ford, documenting the impact of apartheid on ...

Questions with Bogosi Motau Get a sneak peek into the life of DM168 designer, Bogosi Motau as he answers 20 questions for ...

A leg of lamb costs a small fortune – but divide into two meals for four or more and your costs are halved. The meat left over becomes a second meal the next day.

What do figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Joel Pollak and Patrick Soon-Shiong have in common? They are public figures of considerable power and influence in the US – who all spent some ...

The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former pro-wrestling mogul at the helm of a department Trump has proposed abolishing.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.’ This quote by US abolitionist and civic rights leader Frederick Douglass is apt when one considers the urgency for putting into action ...

Stocks in Asia edged lower as a dearth of local drivers kept traders in wait mode until Nvidia Corp.’s results. The dollar and US Treasuries were steady.

Chinese mutual fund houses are cutting fees on their exchange-traded fund products, as they heeded authorities’ call to support the nation’s $10 trillion stock market.