NOVEMBER BY-ELECTIONS: Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support
Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support
SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2025, 03:10
Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support

Pressure is mounting for corruption-accused Malusi Gigaba, who has stepped aside from his party duties, to step down from his role as co-chair of Joint Standing Committee on Defence.
While Black Friday might not command the same online hype it once did in South Africa, the discount spree continues to shape retail spending patterns.
Thinus Ferreira chats with Safta-winner Brett Michael Innes, co-producer of The Heart is a Muscle, South Africa’s Oscars-hope for 2026, to explore the challenging path to Academy Awards recognition.

Great Britain’s World Cup qualifier against Lithuania on Thursday was on, then off, and now back on – but amid turmoil and ‘civil war’, how did we get here?

England add training sessions to their schedule in Brisbane following their hammering by Australia in the first Ashes Test.

Fake football kits can be as much as £70 cheaper than the real deal, but experts have raised concerns they could be harmful.

Here are some of the key developments in South Africa today, 27 November 2025.

Here are some of the key developments in South Africa today, 27 November 2025.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa is a member “in its own name and right” and does not attend at the discretion of any single nation.

A year on from a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel is continuing attacks on what it says are Hezbollah’s efforts to recover from their war.
A clampdown in Mondeor, Johannesburg, has exposed extensive illegal mining activities powered by stolen electricity, which threaten vital infrastructure and cause repeated outages in nearby areas.

In a Budget dogged by months of leaks, Labour hopes its big tax and spend plans pay off.
Pineapple culture, rusky business, old school kitchen devices and an offbeat Book of Wisdoms

Two unsafe tower blocks in Kirkby, Merseyside, were closed down by the fire service in July.

The initiative targets South African-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate in the UK, but can employ workers remotely back home.

The alleged gunman in the Washington shooting is an Afghan national who entered the US in September 2021.

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Thursday, 27 November 2025.

He will gather with leaders of other Christian traditions in Nicaea and celebrate Mass in Beirut.

The ransomware attack in September crippled Asahi’s Japan operations and caused a drinks shortage.
South Korea’s fourth space rocket launch successful, sends satellites into orbit