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CEO Francois Gouws said the group’s financial performance for the year to end-February was strong considering the “tepid” economic environment.

Gouws has been under cross examination at the High Court in Pretoria.

Service delivery protests have blocked several Johannesburg roads, including Eben Cuyler Drive, Mooki Street, and roads in Noordgesig, Orlando East, and Pennyville, leading to heavy traffic disruptions in the city.

Harare residents are still traumatised after the area was plagued by three shooting incidents

Academic activities have been suspended at Motheo TVET College, Hillside View campus in Bloemfontein

The prosecution sought 12-year prison sentences for the founders of a now-defunct law firm at the centre of the so-called “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal.

A Sydney bishop brutally stabbed during a live-streamed sermon said he was recovering and forgives his attacker, declaring: “You are my son.”

There were temporary issues in Nevada, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas overnight; the cause is unknown.

The late musician’s song is part of a project giving financial credit to nature.

The United Kingdom’s push to send migrants to Rwanda this week again faced resistance from the House of Commons and House of Lords.

Trhas Tesfay was a champion cyclist in Ethiopia but came to the UK last year to seek asylum.

West Indies legend Courtney Walsh will be a coaching consultant as Zimbabwe’s women bid to reach a first T20 World Cup.

Cubana Chief Priest is the latest celebrity to fall foul of a crackdown on “abusing” banknotes.

The IMF has warned that unemployment in South Africa is expected to deteriorate in 2024 – and prospects look bleak for next year as well.

Online retailer Takealot has penned a R150 million partnership with the Gauteng provincial government to help train and build up local businesses.

The City of Joburg has added 50MW to the grid by recommissioning an open gas turbine in Fordsburg.

Meta has started to roll out its WhatsApp generative AI tool to select users in South Africa ahead of a wider launch.

Mda briefed the media today at Constitution Hill on her elections manifesto.

ActionSA says municipalities need to start replacing ageing water pipes to avoid wasting water.

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

Operation Dudula Movement accuses the Electoral Court of bias in handling its case against the IEC.

It’s like looking at a receipt from the shops but it’s not your money.

Former midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says he was banned from first-team training by manager Jose Mourinho during his time at Manchester United.

Brendan Loughnane, who faces Pedro Carvalho in the PFL on Friday, says sparring with Conor McGregor helped him recover from being knocked out by Jesus Pinedo in June.

Northampton Saints lock and retired England forward Courtney Lawes blasted the Bulls for sending a watered-down team for last week’s Champions Cup quarter-final, saying the Bulls’ eight-flight theory was exaggerated.

Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny

In the middle of night, students at Utah’s Kings Peak high school are wide awake – taking mandatory exams.

At this online-only school, which opened during the pandemic and has seen its enrollment boom ever since, students take tests from...

A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision

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The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award.

Lerole, the SA deputy chairperson of the National Men’s Forum called out some of his close friends who were making advances on his daughter.

Gauteng Premier Panyazi Lesufi said that Takealot is investing R150 million into township e-commerce, laying the foundation for 20,000 jobs.

A super-simple, hands-free action sports device that takes the hassle—and smartphone—out of on-the-go active chat.

Twitch’s upcoming discovery feed, which resembles the TikTok live stream layout, has been greenlit and will roll out this month.

One of the new entries is a fully-electric rework of an icon that could join the ranks of the most affordable EVs when it lands in South Africa.

Updated Opel Corsa and Jeep Wrangler, turbo Citroen C3 and electric Fiat 500e introduced in 2024.

CX-80 will be positioned above the CX-60, though at present, final spec plus a date of arrival remains unknown.

Step below the C9 will incorporates similar styling, but will likely do without the bigger 2.0 T-GDI engine.

Severely obese pre-schoolers in Somerset are among the first to receive NHS weight management help.

Sustainable Energy Africa is helping municipalities across the country build their capacity to register rooftop solar PV.

Corporate climate lobbying is recognised globally as a threat to effective climate change policy, the private and public sectors in SA do not perceive closed-door engagements to be problematic, write Caroline James and Emma Schuster.

South Africa is among 175 countries negotiating on a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation had budgeted for 100 stranded turtle hatchlings in the whole of 2024, but the immense storm in the Western Cape resulted in hundreds of the endangered animals being washed ashore.