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Water companies said the country was also seeing the effect of greater infrastructure investment.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso and Orlando Pirates midfielder Relebohile Mofokeng have secured back-to-back awards in the Betway Premiership after being named Coach and Player of the Month respectively for March.

The City of Tshwane will initiate a suspension process against its CFO Gareth Mnisi, it said on Thursday.

The Met says it remains a criminal offence to support the banned group and it “must enforce the law”.

OpenAI has announced it is shutting down Sora, a TikTok-style social application that launched six months ago, without providing a reason for the decision or a timeline for when the app will officially be discontinued. Sora was designed to function as an AI-first short video platform, replicating the vertical video feed interface familiar from TikTok. […]

Ghana hosted the fourth Africa Education Summit in Accra from March 19-21, with delegates departing with a call for a coordinated pan-African action plan to bring digital tools meaningfully into classrooms across the continent. The summit, organized by the Global Skills Hub United Kingdom and hosted by Ghana’s Ministry of Education at the University of […]

470 Gauteng streetlights repaired, programme to expand to safety and infrastructure in key areas.

The war in the Middle East ramped up on Thursday as Israel launched a wave of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure, and Iran fired rounds of missiles at central Israel.

The bill seeks to change how transgender people are legally recognised and their right to self-identify.

It comes as a ship carrying barrels of Russian crude oil arrived in the Philippines earlier this week.

South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.

Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.

The Egypt forward says Liverpool fans “gave me the best time of my life” and “stood by me in the toughest times”.

Ghana is the first African country to make such a deal with the EU, the Ghanaian vice-president says.

Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, has once again been ranked as Africa’s and South Africa’s Most Valuable Bank Brand by Brand Finance for the fifth consecutive year, with brand value growth of 19% year-on-year from R37,8bn to R45bn.

Liquidations in South Africa rose sharply in February 2026, rising 40% month-on-month, with warnings that worse may lie ahead.

 City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya addresses a media briefing in Pretoria.

The ANC Limpopo Elective Conference is scheduled to begin on Friday.

The Nkabinde Enquiry is probing Gauteng DPP Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office.

Party members took ANC to court over their dissatisfaction over the convening of branch meetings.

Siya Kolisi has sustained an unfortunate injury and there is no clear timeline for his potential return to action.

The London Marathon could be split across two days in 2027 to allow up to 100 000 runners to participate and raise millions more for charity.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has won the Premier Soccer League’s Coach of the Month award for March.

Northampton Saints will treat playing Saracens at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as if it was a cup final, according to prop Manny Iyogun.

Miss SA 2025 runner-up Karabo Mareka celebrates her new job after joining a private aviation company.

South African actress Londeka Sishi opens up about missing the SAFTAs after winning Best Actress for ‘Scandal!’.

Perez Hilton just came out on the other side of a harrowing stint in the hospital and is here to talk about it.

An official launch date for what will become Toyota’s most affordable off-roading SUV is still to be set.

More than fifty years after Apollo’s last crewed flight, three men and one woman are preparing for a lunar journey.

The world champions will play three home Tests in the new competition in July.

The state opposed bail, citing lies and no fixed address.

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of the social media era as we know it, writes the BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman.

The integration will help financial institutions identify AI-generated impersonations and synthetic media in real-time.

Quinton Hughes of Integralis IT Consultancy will explain how companies should adapt their AI approach at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg.

With latex, coils, and a thoughtful build, the Saatva HD tackles a problem the industry often ignores.

One of South Africa’s largest fuel station chains has instructed forecourt owners to raise diesel prices multiple times this week.

The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has warned petrol stations in South Africa to not withhold fuel.

Jersey’s wellbeing score is below UK and France in survey of data from 41 countries.