YEAR AHEAD: Five economic and business factors to watch for SA in 2026
Here are five key economic and business factors to keep an eye out for in 2026.
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Over 9,000 teenagers gave birth in Mpumalanga in 2025
Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini says it is a cause for concern that 9,712 teenagers gave birth in Mpumalanga in 2025.
Nearly 10,000 teenagers gave birth in Mpumalanga in 2025
Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini says it is a cause for concern that 9,712 teenagers gave birth in Mpumalanga in 2025.
RUGBY: No ordinary year as Rassie, Boks face defining 2026 season that offers no place to hide
The 2026 rugby season is loaded with new ventures — and the women’s game goes fully pro.
This is how much gym memberships will cost South Africans in 2026
As millions gear up to get fit in 2026, gym franchises across South Africa are adjusting their fees.
Spaza shop owner arrested in Limpopo with false immigration papers
Limpopo police arrested a 25-year-old man in Solomondale, Polokwane, for possessing a fake asylum document after a community tip-off.
Teen, 19, charged with raping two minors in Limpopo
A teenager was arrested in connection with the rape of two minor children.
Inside the dark and spooky shopping mall in South Africa’s capital where most shops are empty
Daily Investor visited the Zambezi Mall in Pretoria this week, and it felt like walking through a shopping centre after a zombie apocalypse.
The South African hotspots where properties sell for over R100 million
Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl have seen an exceptional surge in ultra-luxury property sales, with record transactions over R100 million.
About 40 killed, more than 100 injured in New Year’s Eve fire at Swiss ski resort bar
About 40 people were killed and 115 injured when a fire ripped through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday.
News24 | Makhadzi recovering in hospital after New Year’s Eve crash
Award-winning Limpopo singer Makhadzi is under close observation in the hospital after she was involved in a car accident while travelling from Limpopo to Johannesburg.
21 babies born to teenagers in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape department of health celebrated the birth of 84 babies in the province by midday on New Year’s Day.
News24 | Red-hot rand starts year at best levels since 2022
After gaining a blistering 12% against the dollar last year, the rand continued it hot streak at the start of 2026.
The man behind South Africa’s biggest dairy company
Over 100 years ago, Joseph Baynes, along with a group of farmers, formed what would go on to become South Africa’s biggest dairy company, Clover.