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The IFP had a very strong night in the Zululand district of KwaZulu-Natal, winning two wards off the National Freedom Party in Nongoma and a ward off the ANC in AbaQulusi. The Patriotic Alliance rubbed salt in the ANC’s electoral wounds by taking a seat off the party in Dr Beyers Naude Municipality in the Eastern Cape. These setbacks notwithstanding, the ANC retained two other Eastern Cape...
US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the US military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a US official and three people familiar with the matter.
The Standard Bank Group recently published its 2025 financial results, showing that it had successfully met the financial targets set in 2021, with its executives receiving notable salary increases.
South Africa’s liveliest business stories in 2026 showcase an eclectic mix. They run through finance, trade, farming, outsourced services, power, and a gambling market that has learned how to live on a phone. Statistics South Africa says real GDP grew 1.1% in 2025, its best annual result since 2022, with finance, real estate and business […]
Trevor Milton, the pardoned founder of Nikola, is seeking $1 billion for AI-powered autonomous planes through a new venture called SyberJet. The Tech Buzz reports: “Autonomous planes will be 10 times harder than Nikola ever was,” Milton told the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview. It’s a remarkable admission from someone whose last venture collapsed under the weight of securities fraud...
In the boardroom, we often speak of digital transformation as a goal to be reached. But in the era of exponential Artificial Intelligence, the reality is far more demanding. We are currently trapped in what I call the Red Queen’s Race: a structural crisis where the velocity of agentic AI and cloud architecture is simply […]
South Africa’s National Treasury signalled it has little room to mitigate against the impact of a looming fuel-price shock stemming from the war in the Middle East.
In India, China and several other nations, Novo Nordisk is on the verge of losing patent protection for its blockbuster weight loss drug, opening the door for cheaper competing versions.
The outbreak has sickened people in California, Texas and Florida. The agency said Cheddar cheese products from Raw Farm are “the likely source,” but the company denies it and has not recalled them.
A new study found that women who went through so-called premature menopause had 40 percent more fatal and nonfatal heart attacks over the course of their lives.