A second National Disaster has been announced in South Africa following severe weather in four provinces this month.

A 100-year-old building with the most valuable artworks in South Africa is collapsing in plain sight.

The social media giant will pay A$650,000 plus legal costs, ending a three-year legal saga.

Teenage entrepreneurs at Huntington School change the way pupils shop for a prom dress.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Thursday, 21 May 2026.

In a hyperconnected part of Cape Town, where new development remains limited and mountain views are protected by zoning and heritage overlays, opportunities like The Hugo are increasingly rare.

The walkout, which was due to start on Thursday, has been suspended while union members vote on a tentative deal.

Campaigners in Barbuda, Grenada and Jamaica say they can no longer access their coastlines.

The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical

Food prices in the UK have risen, but are supermarkets profiting from higher food prices? Ben Chu reports.

Gaynor Lake contacted a charity after having heating issues which did not get fixed.

A recent Auditor-General (AG) report noted that the municipality home to the second-largest city in the Free State is technically insolvent.

Home Affairs is looking to expand its services at bank branches across the country, with its latest partnership with banks proving to be a massive success.

Finance expert JustMoney warned unmarried South African couples living together that they have limited automatic claims against each other.