News South Africa

A high-end French pastry and candy maker has opened a shop at the V&A Waterfront, selling a box of its iconic macarons for R28,000.

Matt Brittin says he’s taking the top job at “a moment of real risk, yet also real opportunity”.

Sundowns have another chance to make it two CAF Champions League finals in a row after reaching the semifinals last weekend.

National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola has been summoned to appear in court on April 21 over the R360m health tender awarded to Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala.

Meek appeared before the high court sitting at Palm Ridge, East in the east of Johannesburg.

The number of suspects has now risen to sixteen from the twelve initially mentioned by the NPA

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.

The U.S. is sending thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne to the Middle East. And, congressional Republicans present Democrats with a new deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Nations will vote on whether to designate the slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”.

Israel signals major expansion into Lebanon, with plans to control swathes of southern Lebanon in a bid for a “defensive buffer.”

Some of the 32 bodies, including 25 children, are believed to have come from local hospitals and mortuaries.

Ghana is the first African country to make such a deal with the EU, the Ghanaian vice-president says.

Namibia’s regulator noted that Starlink’s subsidiary is not locally owned.

Moses Itauma, one of heavyweight boxing’s brightest prospects, says he found the answers to questions about his identity on a trip to his father’s village in Nigeria.

SARS is stepping up action against employers who abuse the Employment Tax Incentive, heading to court for legal backing to boost enforcement.

The group briefed the media on Wednesday after releasing what it calls the “Mbalula Dossier”

MKP is in court on an urgent bid to stop former NPA head Shamila Batohi’s pension.

NPA Head Adv Andy Mothibi says his focus is to restore the integrity of the office

American Mikaela Shiffrin wins a sixth overall World Cup title, equalling a record that has stood since 1979.

It’s set to be a blockbuster 2026 season for the Springboks, and there are also a couple of special individual milestones to look forward to.

Mohamed Salah’s goodbye from Liverpool signals the end of an era and leaves the Premier League giants facing another expensive rebuild.

The deepest, fastest field ever assembled for an African marathon will line up in the 2026 Cape Town Marathon on Sunday, 24 May.

A major SA retail group is allowing shoppers to split purchases into flexible interest-free instalments at checkout.

Philicity Reeken opens up about the habits, hurdles, and the vital support system that guided her through this life-changing evolution.

12 police officers appeared alongside Matalala at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on Wednesday

A six-week pilot will examine how limiting social media affects teenagers’ wellbeing, education and family dynamics.

Youth radio giant unveils a daring, refreshed lineup set to redefine sound culture in 2026.

Picture your point-of-sale screens freezing during lunch rush. Phones keep ringing while the cloud CRM stays blank. Every silent minute can bleed up to $50,000 an hour from a typical small business. In 2026, “good enough” internet isn’t good enough. Fiber now pushes multi-gig speeds, Wi-Fi 6E floods offices, and 5 G or low-orbit satellites […]

The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to “ensure that AI is safe.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.

As war reshapes the Gulf, the satellite infrastructure the world relies on to see conflict clearly is being delayed, spoofed, and privately controlled—and nobody is sure who is responsible.

Truecaller says it is cooperating with the Information Regulator’s ongoing Popia probe in South Africa.

A cartel of South African number plate companies has been referred to the Competition Tribunal for alleged price-fixing and exploitation.

The new stations and routes proposed for the Gautrain have officially been gazetted.

The survey shows only one in four people are satisfied with the NHS but the figure is even lower in younger age groups.

Tired of health misinformation on social media, Barbora Gray is fighting back by sharing facts.

A GP looks at the social media trend of drinking hot water in the morning.