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CHANGING OF THE GUARD: DA’s youthful leadership aims for a political revolution by 2029
Here are the DA’s new leaders, elected by more than 2,000 delegates at the party’s 2026 congress. They are mostly young, but the question remains: can they grow the party into the country’s largest by 2029?
News24 | Monday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms, rain, damaging winds expected across 5 provinces
The SAWS has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms in parts of the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the North West and Gauteng with heavy downpours, hail and damaging winds which may lead to flooding and cause damage to property, infrastructure and livestock.
Inside the DA elective congress: Five key things you should know
Leadership overhaul and bold policy moves signal a new direction
Brink blasts ANC over Tshwane ‘looting’ claims
Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink said his election as a deputy federal chairperson of the party would not compromise his ability to run the campaign.
News24 | DA congress: Msimanga’s vision to grow the party in rural areas
Newly elected DA federal chairperson, Solly Msimanga, wants the party to grow outside urban areas to rural areas if it stands any chance of becoming the biggest party in 2029.
Reading is work, but it’s the only way to figure out complex issues
The thing about reading is that it stimulates your own individual thoughts. It doesn’t impose other people’s prepackaged opinions on any particular topic on you.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY: In and out in 22 seconds — Gqeberha heist points to laptop theft syndicate
Three armed men robbed seven customers of their laptops in a coordinated heist at a Gqeberha café, with security experts describing the operation as highly organised and deliberate.
Minister says state departments owe public works R14.5bn
Macpherson flags 384 illegally occupied properties and claims internal collusion
Plan to save 134-year-old South African company from liquidation
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition is positive that Tongaat Hulett and the collapsing local sugar industry can be saved.
The lie of media neutrality and price of silence when the truth is dangerous
The idea of journalistic neutrality is a fiction that can obscure power, mute injustice and blur the realities of conflict. In moments when truth itself carries risk, silence and false balance come at a cost that journalism can no longer afford to ignore.
BHEKISISA: Our anti-HIV jab LEN is here — now for quality checks in Ireland
South Africa’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection lenacapavir arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two shipments from Dublin – six weeks later than expected. The delay meant the health department couldn’t start its planned roll-out on 1 April and had to postpone it to mid- to late May.
Why silver three-legged pots may be more dangerous
Health experts are warning that commonly used three-legged silver pots may pose greater health risks than their traditional black counterparts, with new insights pointing to the dangers of materials used in their production.
News24 | How delistings are tilting the JSE
A decline in new listings has intensified the concentration of large companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), a study by the University of Cape Town’s Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) shows.
Education MEC highlights persistent challenges facing pupils and province
723 schools show signs of overcrowding, with a documented shortage of about 5,554 classrooms
Hill-Lewis takes helm of DA leadership
Geordin Hill-Lewis takes over the DA leadership as the party unveils a new top team and sets its sights on key metros in the coming local government elections
News24 | OPINION | Data centre gold rush in SA, but where are the incentives?
Government must match the booming private sector appetite for data centres with tangible incentives, argue Dirk Wessels, Heather Irvine, Julia Power and Olivia Deckers of Bowmans.