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With the Department of Employment and Labour entering a stricter enforcement phase, companies face heavy fines and risk losing compliance certificates if they fail to show progress toward equity targets.

Rolling coverage of the much-anticipated budget speech.

Rolling coverage of the much-anticipated budget speech.

Motus was squeezed by the rapid rise of affordable Chinese car brands, forcing cost cuts and restructuring, with it now expanding its portfolio to include more budget-friendly manufacturers.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Dricus du Plessis has made one thing crystal clear: He wants his UFC middleweight belt back – and nothing will stop him.

Mamelodi Sundowns returned to the top of the Betway Premiership with a win over AmaZulu, while Kaizer Chiefs saw their title hopes dented.

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.

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...

Amanda Jingela sports a new short haircut in celebration of her late mother’s legacy, who passed away ten years ago.

John Davidson produced ‘I Swear’, a film about the journey to his diagnosis with Tourette’s Syndrome.

On Thursday, a court handed them sentences ranging from three months to one year in jail and fines worth up to $545.

The attack was allegedly linked to accusations of rape involving two children.

The HPCSA claims assets issued to its former president remain unreturned.

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.