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Iconic South African mining giant doubles profit
Valterra Platinum declared a dividend that smashed analyst expectations as earnings jumped last year on soaring metals prices.
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Valterra Platinum declared a dividend that smashed analyst expectations as earnings jumped last year on soaring metals prices.
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Player reunites with coach, eyes Nedbank Cup

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Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has warned that the collapse of Tongaat Hulett puts thousands of jobs at risk, with around 40,000 livelihoods depending on the supply chain linked to the company’s mills.
South Africa
Police, the Hawks and multiple units raided a plush home in Chatsworth, arresting five suspects after uncovering what authorities believe is part of a major drug distribution network.
South Africa
Transformation will succeed if all defend it – Minister Tau
Transformation will not succeed unless all key stakeholders embrace it, defend it and implement it with conviction.
This is according to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau.
He was speaking during the historic engagement session between the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and all 11...

South Africa
South Africa’s national artificial intelligence policy will be finalized in the 2026-2027 financial year, with the government preparing to launch an implementation plan following a recent colloquium on the country’s AI policy framework. The draft policy will be reviewed by the economic cluster ministerial council next month before advancing to a cabinet committee. It is […]

South Africa
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.
World
Seventeen international aid groups said they have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other areas in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the Israeli government is set to halt their life-saving work.
World
Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti‑ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the US deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic.

World
China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan’s “remilitarization,” in the latest escalation of tensions with Tokyo.

World
Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.

Africa
Uganda has some of the strictest anti-homosexual laws in the world.

Africa
The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”.

Africa
Senegal’s prime minister says it is “regrettable” that 18 of its football fans have been handed prison sentences related to disturbances at the 2025 Afcon final.

Africa
Diezani Alison-Madueke denies five counts of accepting bribes and a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Business
Eskom has warned that it may have to recover over R380 billion more through price hikes in South Africa.

Business
Niall Kramer is the National Spokesperson for the Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa and has worked in the energy sector for nearly four decades.

Business
In increasingly competitive and technology-led markets, insurers must rethink how they operationalise care, accuracy and efficiency at scale.
Business

Politics
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to table National Budget to MPs.

Politics
The ANC in Mpumalanga held a two-day provincial Lekgotla in Mbombela.

Politics
Brown Mogotsi says Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala claimed an IPID insider could erase criminal cases

Politics
General Sibiya has been linked to Motsumi through alleged middleman Sergeant Fannie Nkosi.

Sport
Kaizer Chiefs coach Khalil Ben Youssef has apologised to supporters after a 2-1 home defeat to Stellenbosch FC on Tuesday evening.

Sport
A leading Springbok, who has been fighting off injury-enforced retirement talk, has made a welcome return to the team camp.

Sport
Rassie Erasmus invited 11 uncapped players to the Springboks’ first in-person alignment camp of the year.

Sport
The Springboks have revealed a 49-man squad featuring 11 uncapped players for the team’s first in-person alignment camp of the year.

Education
A compelling and fitfully harrowing child’s-eye account of a mother’s unravelling
Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him out of school. It was the early 1990s and the family had recently moved from Indianapolis to Plano, Texas, where Block’s father had started a new job. While Block and his older brother, Aaron, had been wrenched away from their schoolmates, their mother had...
Education
The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”
Education
[Namibian] The government has approved a 5% salary increase for civil servants for the 2026/27 financial year – and a further 5% for 2027/28.

Education
Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California
The justice department sued the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, alleging the university created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff after protests against the war on Gaza broke out across campus.
The lawsuit claims UCLA...

Lifestyle
If you’re looking for your dream vehicle among pre-owned cars, there are several things to keep in mind and costly mistakes to avoid.

Lifestyle
Ahead of today’s Budget Speech, traditional leaders have been handed a sizeable pay rise by President Ramaphosa. Here’s by how much …

Lifestyle
Amanda Jingela sports a new short haircut in celebration of her late mother’s legacy, who passed away ten years ago.
Lifestyle

Entertainment
The apology follows renewed backlash over comments she made on TikTok last year.
Entertainment

Entertainment
‘You could see today he was one of our best players,’ admitted co-head coach Khalil Ben Youssef.

Entertainment
Five U20 players are included while veterans Faf de Klerk and Willie le Roux miss out.

Science/Tech
South Africa’s iGaming sector is entering an exciting growth phase powered by international partnerships, evolving product portfolios and a rise in digital engagement. Operators and suppliers are racing with intent to strengthen their foothold in the market which is projected to hit roughly £3.3 billion by 2030. Punters are increasingly reading BettingTop10 reviews to find […]

Science/Tech
Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology.

Science/Tech
As Minister Godongwana prepares to deliver another Budget in a constrained fiscal environment, the pressure to make hard choices is mounting. Vuyani Jarana, CEO of Ilitha Telecommunications, argues that repeating traditional investment patterns will lock South Africa into the same outcomes. Instead, he says, government must take a longer-term view and prioritise building intelligent...

Science/Tech
Blu Label wants to help municipalities find billions in lost electricity revenue – and keep a cut of the monies recovered.

Motoring
Auto&General has been a leader in the South African insurance industry for many years and is known for its total commitment to its customers.

Motoring
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced that the R120-billion plan to expand the Gautrain network will kick off this year.

Motoring
A university in Gauteng is running programs to assist with the transition to electric cars.
Motoring
Health
In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a neuropeptide later linked to chronic pain syndromes and migraines.
Health
Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for children. The states, led by Democrats, say the changes were not based on science.

Health
New contract will require patients in England to be given immediate appointment if needed.
Health
Ms. Stavenhagen started a group intended to counter the notion that A.L.S. was an “older white man’s disease.”