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Ski mountaineering makes its hotly anticipated debut at the Winter Olympics in blizzard conditions in Bormio.

With just 2.9% of taxpayers paying nearly a third of South Africa’s personal income tax, experts warned that SARS is driving wealthy people to leave the country.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested following the discovery at Little Eden Holiday Park.

This follows a decision to hike membership contributions by 9.8% this year.

Three people were killed by lightning in the Harry Gwala District this month during severe storms.

The 23 year old victim has been taken to hospital and is in critical condition.

A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

The gunmen launched simultaneous assaults on multiple communities in a remote border district, officials say.

Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg.

Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast.

Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

Despite the gazetted reforms aimed at strengthening the industry, they do not address the imports that contributed to the liquidation of a 134-year-old South African company.

Rand Water has been granted an urgent licence to extract more water from the Vaal to help supply Gauteng.

The latest employment data from Stats SA show that domestic worker jobs in the country continue to decline annually, despite a slight increase in the number of positions filled over the final quarter of 2025.

The president has pushed back against MPs claims’ that the successes outlined in his State of the Nation address should be credited to coalition partners

MPs had criticised the president for establishing another task team to tackle the country’s water crisis after he set up a police special investigations task team to probe those implicated in corruption at the Madlanga commission

A timeline of South Africans in Russia-Ukraine War

Former Minister Malusi Gigaba, co-accused back at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court

Pirates’ loss at the FNB Stadium has breathed new life into Chiefs’ title ambitions, with the Soweto Derby now looming large.

Leigh Wood says he “does not want an easy night” against Josh Warrington when the former featherweight world champions renew their rivalry in Nottingham on Saturday.

Lando Norris admits he described the new Formula 1 cars as “a lot of fun” last week to “see what the reaction was of everyone”.

Cricket does not have an alcohol problem but players “need to understand the time to have a drink and the time not to”, says former England captain Alec Stewart.

First cohort to be impacted by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood

Children with a legal right to special needs support will face a review when they move to secondary school, with the first cohort to be impacted currently in key stage 1, the Guardian understands.

A total overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system...

Minnie Dlamini and her friends immersed themselves in all things Galentine’s as they celebrated their friendship in Cape Town.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been under fire due to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Episode five of ‘Uthando Nes’thembu’ revealed just how complex the issues between Musa Mseleku and Thobile MaKhumalo truly are.

Chile ramp-up and bullion rally drive record returns.

According to the statement, governance tensions intensified when some members expressed an intention to exit the group.

Black Coffee’s Gift of Sight gives hundreds of pupils a clearer future.

The Structural Shift in Energy Markets Energy markets are undergoing a fundamental transformation. The rapid growth of AI data centers, industrial electrification, and renewables penetration has placed mounting pressure on power grids that were never designed for this level of complexity. Electricity demand growth is no longer linear or predictable, and the consequences for price […]

SANRAL will raise fees across all its toll plazas in South Africa next month.

The cheapest Toyota Corolla Cross costs more than R400,000 in South Africa.

Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

The decision, on the case of a child who sustained a brain injury at birth in 2015, could have significant cost implications for the NHS.