In his 2025 state of the province address, Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi identified 13 problem areas that needed urgent intervention. With that came bold commitments that seemed far-fetched and unattainable.
The department of health and organisations litigating against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act have agreed to halt court challenges pending a Constitutional Court judgment on parliament’s public participation process on the contested legislation.
In this Smart Money with Alishia Seckam interview, outgoing KAL Group CEO Sean Walsh discusses the rise of technology in agriculture and the future of the industry in South Africa.
The lightning deployment of generative AI (GenAI) tools into corporate and legal environments has delivered extraordinary efficiencies. From drafting contracts and summarising board packs to analysing discovery documents, platforms such as ChatGPT and other large language models are now embedded in day-to-day business operations. Yet recent commentary in the United States (US) and the United […]
Government welcomes SIU breakthrough in addressing corruption
Government has welcomed the breakthrough made by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) following a thorough investigation into allegations of corruption within the Department of Home Affairs.
The investigation uncovered corruption linked to the fraudulent issuing of official documents to illegal immigrants. According to...
Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti‑ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the US deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic.
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.
US President Donald Trump boasted of a “turnaround for the ages” in a State of the Union speech, seeking to reverse his dismal polls and see off mounting challenges at home and abroad ahead of crucial midterm elections.
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.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will table the 2026 Budget at 14h00 on Wednesday (25 February), with analysts anticipating a credible showing with plenty of good news.
Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock says he didn’t expect his first Premier League appearance to be as soon as it has been ahead of playing his first night in Belfast on Thursday.
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.
Apple’s forthcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro models — the company’s first-ever laptops to support touch input — will feature the iPhone’s Dynamic Island at the center top of their OLED displays and a new interface that dynamically adjusts between touch and point-and-click controls, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the plans. The 14-inch and 16-inch models, code-named...
Without digital trust, systems and citizens remain exposed to unnecessary risks, making now the right time to prioritise the foundations for the future.
In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a neuropeptide later linked to chronic pain syndromes and migraines.
Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for children. The states, led by Democrats, say the changes were not based on science.