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Vodacom has acquired spectrum from the Egyptian government for around R5.6 billion, encouraged by the country’s pro-investment landscape, growth outlook and regulatory safeguards.

Gauteng faces a looming water crisis as ageing infrastructure, rising demand, massive water losses, and delays to the Lesotho Highlands project threaten severe shortages.

The Madlanga Commission will today continue hearing witness testimony.

Niani residents demand action on cross-border crime, citing frequent thefts and impunity.

The condition of the station poses a serious risk to community members, police officers and staff

The inquest has seen testimonies from Enyobeni owners  Siyakhangela and Vuyokazi Ndevu 

Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro recorded a thumping victory over hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday, according to official results.

Japanese stocked jumped as markets opened on Monday morning, after prime minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide victory.

Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.

The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.

Business groups have written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to clear up confusion around Eskom’s monopoly before investors start fleeing.

Superworker helps organisations turn strategic intent into coordinated, confident action.

A mental health support team set up a pantry in Wolverhampton to help those living in food poverty.

Voters in Ward 13, Umzumbe, will elect a new councillor on Wednesday with the IFP, ANC, MK Party.

Commission has heard testimony from police officials implicated in corruption with criminal network.

The IFP and ANC has been co-governing Umzumbe on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, since 2021

ANC members have visited late Bishop John Bolana of the Bantu Church of Christ’s home.

Kaizer Chiefs attacker Mduduzi Shabalala has only one cap for Bafana Bafana. Will he find form before the FIFA World Cup?

James Milner is poised to equal the record for most Premier League appearances.

Orlando Pirates could open up a six-point gap over Mamelodi Sundowns before the two teams clash at the FNB Stadium next weekend.

American Chris Gotterup mounts a late charge before beating Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in a play-off.

By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all

The personal finance expert Martin Lewis upbraided the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for freezing the threshold at which millions of graduates repay their loans, saying that this was treating student debts like tax. He was right, and Ms Reeves’s...

Young people are hungering for meaning. A lack of spiritual education in childhood can reverberate across a lifetime

Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life

As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms, in conversation and in alarming...

An embattled ANC is losing support and is struggling to pay its staff. Now Julius Malema accuses it of ‘illegal activities’ back in 2024 …

There is a worldwide movement to take kids off social media, to protect them from harmful content on the internet.

American singer Jacquees visited Umlazi, had a Durban-style mutton curry and bought ice cream from a cooler box on the beach! Take a look…

The top-order batter is still one of the best in the business and would boost the national women’s side.

Brand posted a 12.2% year-on-year sales increase last year, with Africa now being its second biggest market after Thailand.

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe recently said his department was not obliged to rehabilitate old and disused mines.

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Vodacom Group-controlled Vodafone Egypt has secured additional mobile spectrum from the Egyptian regulator.

Home Affairs wants to open a dedicated appointment-only office in the Cape Town Civic Centre.

Private 5G will be a catalyst to transform the mining sector, which is a key industry for both South Africa and the broader sub-Saharan African region

SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a “self‑growing city” on the moon, CEO Elon Musk said at the weekend.

European carmakers are pulling the plug on electric-vehicle plans.

Car subscriptions have taken off in South Africa, leaving many wondering what it costs to rent long term.

Sanju Pal wins an employment appeal tribunal that could affect how employers can treat staff with endometriosis.