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Standard Bank is launching a three-year strategy to 2028 that builds on its successful SBG 2025 plan, targeting strong earnings growth as it captures value from four key drivers in Africa.

A strong intervention team including outside experts is needed, Firoz Cachalia says

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

Lewis Hamilton says the new Formula 1 this year is “much more fun” than any other time in his career.

Khumalo’s trail begins at the Palm Ridge Magistrate Court.

South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Google on Monday aimed at advancing digital skills development and integrating artificial intelligence into the country’s education sector. The signing ceremony will take place at Google’s Johannesburg offices in Bryanston and will be facilitated by Higher Education and […]

Meta is testing new artificial intelligence features on Facebook and Instagram designed to give shoppers more product information and streamline the path to purchase, the company announced this week at the Shoptalk 2026 conference. The new experience will allow consumers who click on an ad or visit a website from either platform to see a […]

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.

The OECD downgrades forecasts for many of the world’s biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran.

Petrol and diesel price under-recoveries have continued to surge in South Africa, with diesel breaching R10 per litre for the first time in history, and petrol moving towards R6 per litre.

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.

 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.

Could data, powered by AI, help bring about a revolution in football? BBC Sport investigates the technological advances that could change the game.

SA Rugby has confirmed that the model for Springbok ticket prices has been changed in order to accommodate more spectators.

Tickets for three Springbok home Tests go on sale 2 April, with prices starting from as little as R250.

Watch Moses Itauma’s top five knockouts as he prepares to fight Jermaine Franklin in Manchester on 28 March.

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.

Saws maintains a consistent outlook of “3mm of rain and a 30% probability of precipitation” for Sunday across both cities.

“He’s a good coach but not in the level of Pitso Mosimane and Rulani. He has a second opportunity now,” Ntombela said.

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.

“There’s no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public. “The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.”

From drones to missiles to submarines, the $30.5 billion defense startup wants to transform how the tools of war are made. It’s not all going as planned.

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.

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

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