SUNDAY, 01 MARCH 2026, 20:35
In 2025, South Africa’s new energy vehicle (NEV) market saw a significant 73% growth, driven primarily by used hybrid sales, which accounted for 85% of the NEVs sold and showed a 76% increase from 2024.
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Political parties have appointed senior members to serve on the new committee overseeing the Presidency.
The FIFA World Cup is upon us, and today marks exactly 104 days before the global showpiece in Mexico, Canada and the US.
South Africa’s richest city is in talks with the National Treasury to address mounting financial troubles ahead of local government elections expected to be the most closely contested in Johannesburg’s history.
Businessman Calvin Mojalefa Mathibeli has been ordered to retract defamatory statements he made on social media and repeated in radio and TV interviews.
South African runner Adriaan Wildschutt aims to become the first athlete to complete a sub-27-minute 10km on African soil, competing against Kenyan Isaac Kibet Ndiema at the Absa Run Your City Gqebera 10km.
Several alleged undocumented foreigners were arrested during an inspection by the department of employment and labour at two construction sites in Clayville, Ekurhuleni, on Friday.
JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund has bought a 91 000m² shopping centre in Spain’s fastest-growing city.
Despite the City of Cape Town proposing lower rates and broader relief to offset rising property values, local bodies warned that some homeowners face much steeper valuation increases, raising affordability concerns.
South Africa’s land and mining crisis is not a technical problem – it’s political, structural and about power. Experts at the 2026 Mining Indaba agreed that real reform requires giving communities collective, democratic control over their land.
Marks Maponyane is among the six players to score for both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in the Soweto Derby but who are the other five?
And so in an attempt to settle the ethical discomfort I have with this position, I have decided to publicly curate an edition of writing filled with musicians, writers, journalists, ethnographers and music makers and listeners to tell us more about the sounds that animate the Johannesburg landscape
The Metro FM Music Awards 2026 nominations spotlight amapiano’s dominance, with Jazzwrld and Thukuthela emerging as the names to watch.
Boksburg Murder and Robbery Unit detective, the late Mike Holmes, hailed for solving the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party head, Chris Hani, conspired to cover-up the kidnapping and murder of activist Nokuthula Simelane, the Khampepe Inquiry has heard.
Nestlé has begun issuing retrenchment notices to more than 400 employees in South Africa as part of a global overhaul.
Full road closures and traffic diversions will come into effect from 11am on Saturday