SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2026, 07:46
The NSFAS and the gambling board have joined forces to protect students from gambling-related harm and safeguard the public funds allocated for education. This is after Daily Maverick revealed that students are blowing their allowance money on online betting.
It is likely we have only seen the tip of the iceberg compared to what the police have seen.
The Nelson Mandela Bay is in the process of appointing plumbers to address widespread water leaks, as the number of reported leak complaints jumps from 4,000 in January to 6,770 in February. Dam water levels, meanwhile, have plummeted to 34%.
On 14 January, a low-pressure system that formed over Mozambique moved into South Africa’s Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, triggering devastating floods. Homes were destroyed, roads washed away and more than 30 people lost their lives. As communities grappled with the aftermath, residents also came together to support neighbours in need, revealing both the scale of the disaster and the...
For Gauteng public school learners, a water outage means raw sewage risks and cancelled classes. More affluent schools, however, report not having water outages in years and turning the crisis into a teachable moment.
After years apart and turning away every male suitor, two female Cape vultures are reunited at Shamwari, celebrating the enduring strength of their bond and their unwavering commitment to each other.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the first senior royal to be arrested in modern history.
A commission made up of Trump appointees signed off on the design after architects made changes in response to concerns.
It comes as US President Donald Trump criticises Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over the Chagos Islands.
General details mystery overtime claims that he reported to Ipid
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran must make a “meaningful deal” in its negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else “bad things happen”, as he deployed warships, fighter jets and other military hardware in the region.
From regime change to retaliation, the BBC’s Frank Gardner outlines possible outcomes of US strikes on Iran.
The Competition Commission is pushing for 10% of turnover to compensate for price-fixing dating back to 2004.
The shimmering profits of gold-mining companies raise an interesting question: how much will our society benefit from this? Does it really do very much for our economy?
Afrocentric subsidiary Medscheme has filed its answering affidavit in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg, seeking to halt Bonitas Medical Scheme’s multibillion-rand administration and managed care tender pending a forensic probe by the Council for Medical Schemes into alleged governance and procurement irregularities. At stake are contracts linked to South Africa’s...
The US is surging forces to the Middle East amid negotiations with the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme.
‘Faith & Defiance — The Life of Sally Motlana’ brings to a new generation the exceptional life of Motlana as an avid developmental and Christian anti-apartheid activist from the mid-1940s until her retirement in the early 1990s.
Community assured that operations at the station will continue