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Auto&General has earned top recognition in the 2025 Customer Experience Index for its consistent focus on putting customers first.

Blu Label reported a loss for the first half of its 2026 financial year, but its CEOs are confident that the company is now better set up for success.

ACSA says the fire was extinguished after it broke out at the international inner lane.

Only 15 out of a total of 38 arrested suspects have been granted bail so far.

China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan’s “remilitarization,” in the latest escalation of tensions with Tokyo.

Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.

The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan’s growing tensions with China.

The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”.

Senegal’s prime minister says it is “regrettable” that 18 of its football fans have been handed prison sentences related to disturbances at the 2025 Afcon final.

Diezani Alison-Madueke denies five counts of accepting bribes and a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.

Ranked highest in the 2025 Customer Experience Index, Auto&General continues to demonstrate its dedication to South African policyholders.

Blu Label has recorded a R5 billion loss, but is optimistic that it is on the right track following the listing of Cell C.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Wednesday, 25 February 2026.

Brown Mogotsi says Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala claimed an IPID insider could erase criminal cases

General Sibiya has been linked to Motsumi through alleged middleman Sergeant Fannie Nkosi.

General Sibiya has defended his relationship with Scharnick.

Kaizer Chiefs lost to Stellenbosch FC in the Betway Premiership on a damp evening at the FNB Stadium in Nasrec on Tuesday.

The Proteas are making big money at the T20 World Cup. Here’s how much they earned for their victory over India.

Several Springboks are on the move, with a number of high-profile players securing lucrative deals at overseas clubs.

It’s seems all but certain Kaizer Chiefs will have a new coach next season. A lifetime opportunity has come and gone for current co-coaches Khalil Ben Youssef and Cedric Kaze.

A compelling and fitfully harrowing child’s-eye account of a mother’s unravelling

Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him out of school. It was the early 1990s and the family had recently moved from Indianapolis to Plano, Texas, where Block’s father had started a new job. While Block and his older brother, Aaron, had been wrenched away from their schoolmates, their mother had...

Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California

The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus.

The lawsuit claims UCLA...

Heads up, Mzansi! The Cancer Association of South Africa is launching its 24th annual Shavathon campaign this weekend.

Rachel Kolisi says she had done ‘unhealthy’ for too long, as she teases upcoming documentary, amid divorce from Siya Kolisi.

A South African refugee family have bemoaned the offer of soya-based meal kits, after their flight to the US was cancelled…

Last season, Xaba won all five races in the annual women’s 10km series.

The medical aid tax rebate and fuel levy hikes are set to dominate scrutiny of South Africa’s latest national budget.

Cape Town’s dam levels are almost at the halfway point as levels continue to drop.

Sassa, earlier this month, urged beneficiaries not to ignore SMS notifications calling them in for social grant reviews.

Without digital trust, systems and citizens remain exposed to unnecessary risks, making now the right time to prioritise the foundations for the future.

The future ISP designs networks around people, desks and workflows – not just buildings, says RSAWEB.

Enterprise software is entering its most consequential transition since the move to the cloud, says David Bradbury, CSO at Okta.

Fenergo is a global provider of client life cycle management, know your customer and transaction monitoring solutions.

A university in Gauteng is running programs to assist with the transition to electric cars.

One Indian and two Chinese car brands have factories in South Africa, and another Chinese carmaker plans to open one in mid-2026.

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has ordered Sanral to find a way to secure the N1.

New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed.