A luxury property known as Forest House in Newlands has sold for nearly R30 million, setting a new suburb record and highlighting strong demand and limited housing supply in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.
South Africa and Eswatini sign revised Komati River Basin treaty
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina and Eswatini Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Prince Lonkhokhela Dlamini, have signed a revised treaty on the Development and Utilisation of the Water Resources of the Komati River Basin.
The amended treaty, signed at Maguga Dam in Eswatini on Friday, 13 March 2026,...
President Ramaphosa calls for turning point in SA’s transport sector
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the inaugural National Transport Conference should mark a turning point for South Africa’s transport sector, calling for stronger collaboration between government, business and labour to drive reforms and improve the country’s logistics system.
US President Donald Trump accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.
Senate Republicans are gearing up to vote on President Trump’s controversial voting overhaul, the SAVE America Act. And, key takeaways from the 2026 Oscars.
The Solidarity Research Institute’s latest banking charges report for 2026 reveals which accounts are most affordable for entry, mid, and top-level customers.
President Trump ordered officials to remove information deemed disparaging to the United States. A review of government documents shows little guidance and striking inconsistencies.
Harvard is the White House’s biggest target, but professors all over the country have been censoring themselves, avoiding provocative topics and rewriting grants.
The National Endowment for the Humanities seldom gave seven-figure grants. Now big awards flow to handpicked projects, including an institution with three full-time employees.
“A new type of battery storage is about to be deployed on the Midwestern grid for the first time,” reports Electrek:Sodium-ion battery storage manufacturer Peak Energy and global energy company RWE Americas will pilot a passively cooled sodium-ion battery system in eastern Wisconsin on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator network — the first sodium-ion deployment on that grid. Peak...
For many South Africans, the dream of owning a new car seems far away. The vast majority of people can’t afford to buy a vehicle in cash, and traditional financing options may feel out of reach.
A federal work group says Covid vaccine injuries deserve urgent attention, even as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shifts away from talking about vaccine policy.
She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her own suffering helped countless women.