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Pick n Pay’s share price has plummeted following a warning of a significant headline loss for the 2026 financial year.

About 500 Sporong informal settlement residents fled their homes due to intimidation and violence.

Cuba’s fuel shortage hits during peak tourist season, grounding flights as the Trump administration’s pressure tightens the island’s oil supplies.

The Israeli government has passed measures to ease West Bank land purchases for settlers and strengthen control in the occupied territory

Weeks after Nicolás Maduro’s ousting, Venezuelans cautiously test new freedoms as the country’s Congress prepares to vote on an amnesty law that will free hundreds of political prisoners.

Since 2022, Zambia has rolled out free education from primary through secondary school, boosting enrolment by over 2.3 million learners. As Hakainde Hichilema’s government seeks to entrench the policy in law, the opposition warns of overcrowded classrooms and strains on education quality

Imagine it is 2099 and a historic treaty to return African artefacts is falling apart.

Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

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

Home Affairs has launched the second and final phase of its online citizenship reinstatement portal, allowing South Africans to reclaim their citizenship within hours.

South African private equity firm Harith General Partners plans to acquire budget carrier FlySafair as the investor expands its transport portfolio on the continent. 

Lepas is establishing its after-sales network ahead of its launch this quarter, as its parent company, Chery, continues to expand in South Africa.

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan appears before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee.

Ramaphosa will engage with the youth on their perspectives, challenges and ideas

O’Sullivan says he will use his testimony to set the record straight and present facts

Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan to appear at Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee on Tuesday.

Bas de Leede stars with both bat and ball as the Netherlands open their account in the T20 World Cup with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Namibia.

The list for most assists in a single Premier League season is so full of legends it inspired us to build this quiz.

One of the most universally popular Springbok players is expected to feature in his final season for the national team this year.

MC Alger head coach Rulani Mokwena could decide Mamelodi Sundowns’ fate in the CAF Champions League this weekend.

Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it reshaping economists’ education

As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University in the US walked out of their introductory economics class complaining it was teaching a “specific and limited view” that perpetuated “a problematic and inefficient...

As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice

“Now, Gary, repeat after me: Quiero una margarita, por favor,” my Spanish tutor instructs. I cringe at the butchered Spanglish my estuary accent produces. Like Del Boy Trotter ordering a cocktail: “Key – yeah – row oon margari’a, pour far four.”

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The KZN native believes the decision to close shop was long overdue because they were not meant to be still operating since 2025.

The six-year-old boy’s contagious laugh was caught on camera by his amused mother.

The absence of Winter Olympics coverage is just the start …

The viral performance video has garnered over 134 000 views on X.

Eskom areas experiencing morning and evening load reduction include communities across two main blocks.

The deal will help FlySafair — which controls more than 60% of domestic seat capacity — address regulatory pressure to meet South African ownership rules.

Good sales growth through online platform asap! was not enough to stop Pick n Pay plunging deeper into the red.

Johannesburg, February 10, 2026 – Huawei South Africa and the National School of Government (NSG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen digital skills development within the public sector and accelerate government’s digital transformation journey. Under the two-year agreement, Huawei will support the NSG in integrating selected Huawei technology courses into the existing NSG […]

A wireless controller tells you how the network thinks it is performing, while a WiFi tester shows you how it is experienced by users, says Jeroen Dubbelman, MD of IoT Xperts.

Chinese cars are in the spotlight for their expansive data collection.

Municipalities have less than six months to ready themselves for the rollout of the AARTO Act.

BMW’s factory in South Africa has been producing cars for over 50 years.

Scientists are developing nerve repairing surgical devices from the silk of spiders.

Oxford researchers find that using AI to make medical decisions presents a risk to patients.