WEDNESDAY, 25 MARCH 2026, 20:59
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Five years since the establishment of the Presidential Climate Commission, South Africa’s Just Transition seems to be faltering. A new groundWork report warns that while climate policy frameworks exist, entrenched fossil-fuel interests and weak implementation are leaving communities behind.
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Scientists have a vital role to play. But they cannot arbitrate values, nor legitimise them by implication. When they attempt to do so, they risk overstepping their authority and end up narrowing, rather than enriching, the debate.
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For South African investors, the impact of the Middle East conflict is not an abstract concept, but is showing up in the market through higher oil prices, inflation fears, rand weakness and a sharp reshuffling of winners and losers on the JSE. Let me be clear – this is not the time to make dramatic moves in your investment portfolio. However, you may want to understand what is being repriced,...
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Matipandile Sotheni, who has been charged with assassinating the Madlanga Commission’s Witness D, Marius van der Merwe, told the Brakpan Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that he was ready to share his side of the story.
South Africa
The fire ignited on Tuesday in Hout Bay and reached the mountain ridge overnight
South Africa
The NPA has not clarified what charges Masemola is facing.
South Africa
Lukhanyo Calata, son of late Fort Calata says he doesn’t believe that Stemmet is a credible witness
South Africa
Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, which may result in floods, are expected in parts of the Northern Cape, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
World
Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.
World
A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.
World
British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men over a London arson attack on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation.
World
There has been a surge of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank since the start of the Iran war.
Africa
South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.
Africa
Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.
Africa
Ghana is the first African country to make such a deal with the EU, the Ghanaian vice-president says.
Africa
Namibia’s regulator noted that Starlink’s subsidiary is not locally owned.
Business
Low-income families are being offered help with the cost of food during the Easter holidays.
Business
Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe has warned petrol stations that withholding fuel ahead of massive price increases anticipated next month.
Business
Business
The National Treasury has confirmed that the recruitment process for the appointment of the next SARS Commissioner has been completed, and that an announcement on the next lead is imminent.
Politics
Applicants believe the conference can’t go ahead without their disputes being resolved by the party.
Politics
The MK Party approached the Pretoria High Court in a bid to block Advocate Batohi’s pension payout.
Politics
This came out at the end of the party’s two day meeting of its High Command held in Durban
Politics
ANC says the dossier is a move aimed at discrediting Mbalula and the party’s leadership.
Sport
Rangers intend to raise £16m of new capital in a share issue to help fund investment in the playing squad, the club chairman Andrew Cavenagh has announced.
Sport
SA sprint star Benjamin Richardson is targeting a future in Irish colours, with ambitions to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Sport
Nobody can replace the great Gareth Bale, but Harry Wilson is stepping up more than anyone as Wales aim to qualify for the World Cup.
Sport
Former Wales and British and Irish Lions full-back Liam Williams has announced his retirement from rugby union.
Education
[Vanguard] …These sad tales unheard of — Pa Usikpedo
Education
[This Day] Bullying is an evil, that appears to have always existed in Nigerian Schools. However, recent statistics indicate that bullying is not only escalating in nature, judging from some of the heinous bullying incidents that Nigerians have watched in various video footages, but seems to be almost intractable.
Education
A union for about 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track said that 95 percent of its instructors would earn more than $100,000.
Education
[FrontPageAfrica] Tappita City — In Zuatuo Town, Tappita, lower Nimba County, over the weekend, residents erupted in cheers and rhythmic clapping over the weekend, celebrating a transformative pledge from one of their own, Bob Yeenuah Kartoe, Deputy Director General for Administration at the National Food Assistance Agency (NFAA) and a proud Nimba County native.
Lifestyle
Thabo Bester’s bid to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee, about ‘certain executives’ has been rejected…
Lifestyle
AKA’s father criticises commission for showing video of his son’s murder, calling it insensitive
Lifestyle
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in parliament in a video that has gone viral…
Lifestyle
Entertainment
A young child’s bravery played a crucial role in identifying the attacker and securing a conviction.
Entertainment
A total of R79 million in jackpots is up for grabs tonight. Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results for 25 March 2026.
Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Wednesday, 25 March 2026, in our simple daily news update.
Entertainment
A total of R550 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 25 March 2026.
Science/Tech
In a controlled experiment, OpenClaw agents proved prone to panic and vulnerable to manipulation. They even disabled their own functionality when gaslit by humans.
Science/Tech
“This is my home”: At a VR comedy club in Horizon Worlds, users mourn Meta’s plans for the platform.
Science/Tech
A jury found the companies negligent in their app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
Science/Tech
The JBL Bar 500MK2 boasts Dolby Atmos support and easy setup and streaming.
Motoring
South Africa may be at risk of fuel shortages because of a corruption scandal that sold off a huge portion of the country’s strategic reserves.
Motoring
Stellantis recently confirmed that its plans to build a bakkie factory in the Eastern Cape have been put on hold.
Motoring
The City of Johannesburg has unveiled its first electric car charging station.
Motoring
A cartel of South African number plate companies has been referred to the Competition Tribunal for alleged price-fixing and exploitation.
Health
Resident doctors in England are striking between 17 and 22 December, the 14th walkout since 2023.
Health
Betty Mukherjee talks to Naga Munchetty about living with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
Health
Retired boxer Stephen Smith shares how boxers can struggle to “fill the void” after hanging up their gloves.
Health
The attorneys general of Texas and Arizona contend that Cord Blood Registry, which stores umbilical cord cells, profited from misleading new parents.