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The company that runs the biggest stock exchange in Africa has posted a record financial performance, and a special dividend to shareholders along with it.

Parliament’s legal team says he is still under examination

Foreign Office sources say no evacuation was imminent but the government is preparing for potential scenarios.

At least 100 people arrested for serious crimes are roaming the streets or are in hiding after escaping from police stations or while in transit in SA last year

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria

US and Israel strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei over the weekend.

Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday.

The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran’s prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979.

Hundreds of thousands of travelers have been stranded by the outbreak of war with Iran.

Millions of Israelis have sought safety in shelters after Iran launched retaliatory attacks on Israeli cities following the death of Iran’s supreme leader.

The move could undermine Lilongwe’s pursuit of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund

He used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.

This is the highest number of confirmed casualties from a single African country in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi – but the purchase was never completed.

Capitec is getting ready to demonstrate its first self-service kiosk for customers to apply for a Smart ID—with hundreds more to come.

Bidvest has formally relaunched the sale process for its discontinued banking operation, in the hope of finding a new buyer after its sale to Access Bank collapsed.

Brown Mogotsi sent word to the Commission that he has taken ill.  

The Inquiry probing efforts to stall the investigation of apartheid-era perpetrators continues.

The commission is probing corruption, political interference in criminal justice system.

The SACP call comes after a two-day Lekgotla following the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. 

The Proteas continue to smile all the way to the bank after their latest victory over Zimbabwe at the T20 World Cup.

Ermelo-born former ATP tennis player John-Laffnie de Jager has opened up about the extraordinary medical setback he faced at birth.

The Ikey Tigers are on the road in Round 3 of the Varsity Cup as they travel to Durban to take on newly promoted Emeris on Monday, 2 March.

The Proteas would be in line for a big pay day if they can go all the way and clinch the 2026 T20 World Cup title in India.

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore

The west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCarthyism seven decades ago. For years, we were told the danger came from the left: oversensitive students, censorious activists, no-platforming...

Pupils across the country are finding out which secondary school they have been allocated.

The very private couple have managed to keep their much-anticipated wedding under wraps… until now.

In the Eastern Cape, the picturesque seaside town of St Francis Bay is attracting buyers from across South Africa. Here’s why…

The SA team have clawed their way out of difficult situations on multiple occasions at the T20 World Cup.

‘I started taking boxing seriously in 2025 when I saw my mother being bullied on social media,’ said Thobejane.

‘Now we have to keep going and get to 30 points as quickly as we can,’ said the Chiefs head coach.

LeapMotor’s C10 is quiet, spacious and surprisingly brilliant – if you can forgive one irritating little downside.

As AI labs gorge themselves on compute, data center operators are flooding north in search of cheap and plentiful energy.

The company anticipates a strong performance for FY25, driven by operational progress and a supportive macro-economic environment in key markets.

Chery has announced that a new double-cab bakkie coming to South Africa.

Motorists have important rights when dealing with police roadblocks in South Africa’s biggest city.

Luxury British automaker Aston Martin may be forced to retrench up to 20% of its workforce.

The Western Cape is strengthening its passenger and commercial rail operations.

Women with endometriosis say doctors failed to listen to them or take their pain seriously.