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The City of Cape Town is looking to lower its property rates formula to shield homeowners from significant increases and keep property ownership costs among the lowest in South Africa.

Casric Stars coach Bucks Mthombeni has urged his charges to play with no fear when they take on fancied Orlando Pirates in their Nedbank Cup last 16 clash at Orlando Stadium on Saturday (6pm)

English light-middleweight champion Bilal Fawaz challenges for the British title belt on Saturday, but is still fighting for a British passport.

The Pilanesberg Airport in the North West Province, which serves Sun City and other tourist attractions, is being rebuilt after a 2023 fire devastated it.

A veteran has encouraged members of the South African National Defence Force to remain committed

Armed Forces Day is the annual commemoration of the sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917.

The protesters are expected to gather at the corner main and 4th Avenue in Melville, in Johannesburg

OpenAI said the account’s activity did not meet the threshold to flag it to authorities when it was identified.

Nasrallah Abu Siyam was the sixth American citizen killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in the West Bank in the last two years.

A senior Hezbollah official was among those reported killed in air strikes on the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.

Days of competition culminate in a fishing contest rooted in efforts to cement local peace.

In a rare occurence, three soldiers were handed jail terms for killings in the troubled Anglophone region.

Benni McCarthy says Jose Mourinho should admit his “mistake” following the Benfica manager’s post-match comments after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr claimed he was racially abused.

The MP was arrested this month after mocking the president’s handling of the recent floods in the country.

The corridor is strategically significant given that Zambia, Angola and the DRC are home to some of the world’s most significant deposits of critical minerals

President Cyril Ramaphosa is deploying the army to fight crime, but research shows that these military deployment do not have a long-term effect on crime.

South Africans part of community WhatsApp groups are being warned that these groups can cause more harm than good.

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

UK firms are left in limbo after a court overrules many US tariffs but Donald Trump says he will reintroduce them

Kaiser Dladla and Mshangane Ndabandaba submitted their letters of resignation yesterday.

Shadrack Sibiya is today testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae said the state of municipalities was not encouraging

Former world champion Floyd Mayweather will come out of retirement for a fourth time following his upcoming exhibition bout with Mike Tyson, to take part in his first professional fight for nearly 10 years.

Jess Park scores a stunner in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid, sealing their place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Champions League.

World number two Rory McIlroy is one shot off leaders Marco Penge and Jacob Bridgeman at the halfway stage of the Genesis Invitational.

BBC Sport explores the special scheme which has taken athletes to gold medal glory in sports they had never tried before.

Exclusive: David Blunkett and Estelle Morris among those calling plans a ‘once in a generation chance’ to fix system

Five former education secretaries have made a joint appeal to Labour MPs to back the overhaul of special education provision in English schools, calling it “a once in a generation chance” to fix a failing system.

The open letter is signed by David Blunkett, Estelle Morris,...

Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

Several universities have scrapped partnerships with Chinese institutions in recent months as a direct result of pressure from US legislators. But no university appears to have gone as far as Purdue University in Indiana.

Students and faculty at the public university say that...

As Cape Town endures scorching summer temperatures, four public swimming pools are set to close this Monday…

Fresh from a family holiday to Malindi in Kenya, Carol Ofori’s passion for African travel shines brighter before.

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi and ‘girlfriend’ Rachel John are on the second location of their ‘baecation’ in New York. Take a look…

The votes are in, and it’s official: Boulders Beach in Cape Town, home of the African penguin, is the world’s best one-of-a-kind beach.

The big hitter has had a mixed time of it at the T20 World Cup up to now.

To make sure this predator stays lethal, the battery power needs to be carefully managed.

Speaking recently on a podcast, MMC for transport in the city, Kenny Kunene, denied that potholes were a problem across the city.

The Lions-Sharks derby could be one of the biggest matches of the season, as the Sharks hope to claim the URC’s SA Shield with a game to spare.

The president signed an executive order implementing 10 percent global tariffs after calling the justices who struck down his signature trade policy a “disgrace.”

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US President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs on South Africa have been shot down by the nation’s Supreme Court.

South Africa’s fuel industry is set for a major overhaul.

These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

The doctors speak to Professor of Immunology, Dan Davis.

Manjit Sangha, from Penn, near Wolverhampton, says her life drastically change in one weekend.