Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump.

China said on Wednesday it will impose additional 55 percent tariffs on some beef imports from countries including Brazil, Australia and the United States that exceed a certain quantity from January 1.

Revellers around the world toasted the start of 2026 on Thursday, bidding farewell to a volatile year when temperatures soared, US President Donald Trump upended global trade, and the brutal conflict in Ukraine raged.

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Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. This is The Lead, and this is the South African story.

Multichoice – now owned by CANAL+ – dished up good news for DStv subscribers on Wednesday: those 12 Warner Bros. Discovery channels won’t be disappearing at midnight after all.

Since 1 December, the City of Cape Town has recorded 19 near-drownings and four drownings at Cape Town’s beaches.

South Africa’s 2025 GDP growth showed technical improvement, but the benefits have largely bypassed households. Rising unemployment, sluggish per-capita gains and the persistent cost of essentials explain why headline growth doesn’t translate into lived economic relief.

In 2025, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants became the security guard this writer kept mistaking for the police. Its leadership was at pains to correct the record: it is not a statutory regulator, and it certainly is not the police.

Hours before the Warner Bros. Discovery channels were to disappear from the DStv bouquet, new local pay TV owner Canal+ came through with a deal.

For more than a decade, parts of northern Johannesburg have lived under a haze of toxic smoke. What began as illegal dumping has become a full-blown public health emergency – and a symbol of how environmental neglect and corruption converge when oversight fails.

Many sexual predators confess to using a classic playbook to target, groom and abuse their victims, making them feel powerless and complicit. Understanding it is the key to keeping our children safer.

Women now represent a growing share of people who use steroids, so harm minimisation efforts, currently targeted at men, will need to change too.