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SA crackdown fake honey: Here’s how to spot the fraud…
An operation in the Eastern Cape is helping to clear South Africa of fake honey products that risk consumers’ health and cheat local beekeepers.
THURSDAY, 04 DECEMBER 2025, 16:55

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An operation in the Eastern Cape is helping to clear South Africa of fake honey products that risk consumers’ health and cheat local beekeepers.

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Lando Norris says he does not see a scenario where he would ask McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to let him past, in order for him to win the drivers’ title.

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President of the Afrika Mayibue Movement, Floyd Shivambu, explains that the party is advocating for the current government to undertake a commission of inquiry into “what causes black poverty.”
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South Africa
Discovery Bank, South Africa’s fastest-growing bank, announced a wide range of new digital features, product updates and partner offers as part of a major platform enhancement that expands its financial services ecosystem. The updates follow earlier improvements introduced this year in financial planning tools, digital security and personalised banking experiences. Among the newest additions...
South Africa
The African Union has wrapped up its first Conference on Digital Agriculture in Addis Ababa, placing a strong focus on how technology can modernize farming and strengthen food systems across the continent. Speaking at the event, AU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment Moses Vilakati emphasized the potential of digital transformation […]

South Africa
Former President Jacob Zuma is briefing supporters after his Arms Deal appeal

South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Anti-GBV gathering in Bloemfontein.
World
A doctor who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed was jailed in California on Wednesday.

World
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India Thursday for the first time since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It comes after the U.S. imposed tariffs on India for buying Russian oil.

World
A long-awaited U.S.-brokered peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda will be signed in Washington on Thursday — but the hardest work may only be beginning, with peace on the ground uncertain.

World
A long-awaited U.S.-brokered peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda will be signed in Washington on Thursday — but the reality on the ground tells a different story.

Africa
BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explains when players will meet up with their countries at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa
A two-year investigation details disturbing accounts of rape, sexual violence, murders and environmental destruction.

Africa
Known as “One Boss Lady”, Ethel Chisono Edwards has become known for her rants about the president.

Africa
His departure on health grounds coincides with a spate of mass abductions across the West African state.

Business
New data shows that around 180 small and medium-sized businesses are on the brink of closing their doors in South Africa.

Business
Some analysts said the score was a mere fluctuation in the run-up to the Budget.

Business
Completed in 2017, the De Aar Wind Power Project remains a flagship example of China – South Africa cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Business
South Africa’s largest retailer, Shoprite, has launched its first shop-in-shop for LEGO, as the group moves full steam to open over 220 new stores in the current financial year.

Politics
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is testifying at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria.

Politics
Deputy President Paul Mashatile addresse to the National Council of Provinces on Thursday.

Politics
Jacob Zuma has lost his bid at the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that he pay back R28,9m

Politics
Deputy President Paul Mashatile delivers an annual address to the NCOP

Sport
The Champions Cup will have a few points of interest to follow in opening round as South Africa’s three sides all face French opposition.

Sport
Wolves’ winless start to the season means they are on course for some unwanted records – including equalling the Premier League’s lowest Christmas points tally.

Sport
Former Salford Red Devils winger Mason Caton-Brown launches a bid to take over the club as part of a consortium.

Sport
The Sharks are preparing for a season without Eben Etzebeth after opting to deregister the lock for their Champions Cup campaign.
Education
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela has expressed serious concern over reports of an alleged degree-selling syndicate operating at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT), reportedly involving foreign nationals.
Education
[Scrolla] Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary School has had no electricity for three years and owes more than sixty thousand rand in water bills despite being a no-fee school.
Education
[DA] The DA has always and will always defend the rights of schools to determine their own language policy as enshrined in law.
Education
[Premium Times] The investigation follows fresh national outrage triggered by the recent abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi and over 200 others in St Mary Catholic School in Niger State.

Lifestyle
Three incidents of racing pigeons being stolen in South Africa in as many months has raised suspicions of a criminal syndicate …
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Chris Brown beats Michael Jackson’s record-holding sales by over five million units.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
Find out what the latest weather forecast from the SA Weather Service means for your region on 5 December 2025.

Entertainment
The SAHRC reports that bullet casings inconsistent with crowd control regulations show police used improper measures to handle student protests.

Entertainment
Two factions in the ANC are battling for control of Johannesburg.

Entertainment
‘Small businesses are moving from fragile survival toward a conditional and uneven recovery.’
Science/Tech
Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air.

Science/Tech
Make your favorite golfer’s day with the best golf gifts to enhance every part of their game.
Science/Tech
A London Assembly report warns that surging demand from “energy-hungry” data centers is straining the electricity grid and delaying new housing developments. With data-center electricity use expected to rise up to 600% by 2050, officials fear London’s housing crisis could worsen without coordinated action. The BBC reports: According to the report (PDF) from the London Assembly Planning and...

Science/Tech
The Antigravity A1 is fun all around, if you don’t mind the steep price or wearing goggles to control it.
Motoring

Motoring
BYD has finally launched the new Sealion 5 in South Africa, a plug-in hybrid SUV that’s R100,000 cheaper than its closest competitor.

Motoring
Vehicle subscriptions are gaining popularity in South Africa as motorists struggle to keep pace with escalating car prices and ownership costs.
Motoring

Health
Here’s a simple way to make sure your wants and needs are being heard.
Health
The federal vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to decide on Thursday that the shots should be delayed for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.
Health
I don’t know how personal I should get with my mental health provider.
Health
The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.