YouTube star Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson acquired Step, a financial services company catering to young people.

Pick n Pay has released a trading statement for the 48 weeks ended 1 February 2026, and it expects another big loss.

Management at the destination says ride-hailing driver behaviour, including driving slowly while looking at their phones, is causing major frustration.

The first of 1,000 all-electric and autonomous Toyota bZ4X compact crossovers with Pony AI tech has rolled off the assembly line at a joint venture between Toyota and Guangzhou Automobile Group.

Siyabulela “Siya” Xuza almost set his mom’s kitchen aflame while creating rocket fuel at the age of 16.

The release of the latest batch of documents relating to the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has shed further light on his close relationship with the world of science. To find out why he cultivated scientists and where his interests lay, Ian Sample hears from Dan Vergano, a senior editor at Scientific American.

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Celestial spectacle will be at its most impressive on 28 February, when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky

Space enthusiasts are in for a treat at the end of this month as six planets will appear close together in the night sky.

The phenomenon, known as a planet parade or planetary alignment, occurs when at least four or five planets can be seen...

Codehesion, voted South Africa’s most trusted software development company, helps companies to modernise their mobile apps and give them a fresh look and feel.

Being unhealthy weight raises risk of severe illness or death from most infectious diseases significantly, researchers find

People living with obesity are 70% more likely to be hospitalised by or die from an infection, with one in 10 infection-related deaths globally linked to the condition, research suggests.

Being an unhealthy weight significantly increases the risk of severe illness and...

The online chat service, which has 200 million monthly users, will blur adult content by default.

It found people using AI for health reasons found it hard to identify what advice they should trust.

Findings suggest smaller cognitive decline, but US study cannot prove daily caffeine hit is good for the brain

People who have a couple of teas or coffees a day have a lower risk of dementia and marginally better cognitive performance than those who avoid the drinks, researchers say.

Health records for more than 130,000 people showed that over 40 years, those who routinely drank two to three...

Charity says situation breaks Nice guidelines and is having devastating impact on couples struggling with infertility

Millions of women in England are able to access only one round of IVF on the NHS because of health authority cutbacks and in contravention of official policy, research from a fertility charity has shown.

Nearly 70% of local areas fund just one cycle for women under 40 who have...

Visiting The Majestic in Johannesburg in February 2026 was a real blast from the past.

South African residents can subscribe to DStv EasyView and pay R15 per month, or DStv Stream Access and pay R50 per month.

LiBConnect Africa, a regional Internet service provider in South Africa’s second-oldest town, has deployed a solar-powered Wi-Fi hotspot at an important taxi rank for the nearby communities.

Digital Parks Africa enabled Ultimate Linux Solutions to scale critical infrastructure at speed as demand for Buffalo & Livestock Analytics surged due to the foot and mouth disease outbreak.

A Meta spokesperson said the EU had “no reason” to intervene over it changing the app in January.

The Post Office is fighting to hold onto its exclusivity over delivering parcels weighing 1kg or less.

South African Airways announced that it has published its audited financial results. However, trying to make sense of these results will make your head spin.