South Africa’s high-value property market is experiencing a major shift as wealthy buyers and developers increasingly prioritise climate resilience alongside traditional markers of luxury.
NSFAS says it is committed to ensuring that 2026 is an efficient and effective year. This is after acting CEO Waseem Carrim says they are willing to be held accountable this year, as more than 600,000 applicants have been approved for bursaries, while all students will receive their full book and meal allowance on 1 February 2025.
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump’s direction.
The rand has hit its strongest levels in three years, pushing toward R16.30/$ from over R19.00/$ a year ago. And investors think things will get better still.
Monday Night Club’s Rory Smith and ex-Manchester United player Phil Jones discuss why the club appoint former players as interim managers, as Darren Fletcher takes on the role.
Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops
Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.
Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to...
University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves
Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...
Disney+ unveiled the official trailer for FX’s “The Beauty,” a new international thriller from executive producer Ryan Murphy. FX’s “The Beauty” will premiere on Thursday, 22 January on Disney+ in South Africa, launching with the first three episodes. New episodes of the 11-episode first season will debut weekly on Thursdays, with two episodes releasing in each of the […]
Dozens of people have reported issues with customer service, delayed deliveries and refunds, and warranty disputes at popular South African Apple product retailer iStore in the past few weeks.
sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: Volkswagen is making a drastic change to its interiors, or at least the interiors of its electric vehicles. The automaker recently unveiled a new cockpit generation with the refreshed ID. Polo — the diminutive electric hatchback that the brand sells in Europe — that now comes with physical buttons. […] The steering wheel gets new clusters of buttons...
Orthopaedic devices are rarely associated with African innovation, and Ortho-Design wants to change that narrative. Moving from a strong engineering idea to a scalable business that designs and manufactures orthopaedic tools for South Africa and beyond. Proving that world-class medical technology does not have to arrive in a box from somewhere else. Founded by engineer […]