MONDAY, 04 MAY 2026, 07:05
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the government are working to restore growth, the Kremlin said, after preliminary official data showed the $3.0 trillion economy contracted for the first time in three years and the central bank called for honest data.
South Korea and Australia have agreed to work together to strengthen energy supply chain resilience and to maintain stable, safe and reliable supply of energy resources, including diesel and LNG, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
The Waikato River race strips sport back to something raw, unpolished and deeply human, where participation outweighs performance. Along a demanding 142km stretch of river, competitors are bound together by breakdowns, resilience and a shared journey, rather than the pursuit of status or spectacle.
Co-coach calls out lack of fight after Amakhosi’s seven-game unbeaten run ends
The Blitzboks have emerged as the team to beat in this season’s HSBC SVNS series, having finally broken their Hong Kong hoodoo. But their resurgence is built on more than results. Under Philip Snyman, South Africa’s (SA’s) sevens side have paired defensive steel with a return to their roots.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the 2026 local government elections will take place on 4 November 2026.
The Western Cape High Court has declared key tariff charges in the City of Cape Town’s 2025/26 budget unlawful and invalid.
Volkswagen must fundamentally overhaul its business as tariffs, geopolitical shocks and weak car demand batter the industry, the carmaker said on Thursday, with a sharp first-quarter profit drop underscoring the urgency.
With Moody’s Ratings South Africa bowing out, local banks have a 24-month grace period to transition their credit risk assessments.
The PA has once again snatched a ward from the DA in the Western Cape, this time in by-elections in Stellenbosch and George on Wednesday, while the DA has won a ward from the ANC.
South Africans are resilient people, but that resilience depends on a belief that institutions still work, and that belief is beginning to weaken.
Islamabad was chosen as the meeting ground, and it received the US and Iranian delegations with respect and with no side quietly favoured over the other.
Organised labour says International Workers’ Day on Friday comes at a time when workers are “drowning under a deepening cost of living crisis” in South Africa.
It is suspected access to the premises was gained by cutting a hole in the perimeter fence.
The uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab lenacapavir (LEN) in South Africa will be heavily affected by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the country, a new report has found. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with doctors, nurses, peer counsellors, transgender and young people, sex workers, gay and bisexual men and government health workers with personal...
Winnie Mandela has been dead for eight years, yet even in death her trials have not ended.
Security guard *Andile has been paying R416 a month toward his pension for the last two years. But to date, his pension statement reflects a credit of only R2,584.
The last time Zozibini Tunzi was featured in SMag was on the eve of her Miss Universe win in December 2019, when she changed attitudes toward beauty. “I was doe-eyed, fresh, new in the industry,” she recounts.
The last time Zozibini Tunzi was featured in SMag was on the eve of her Miss Universe win in December 2019, when she changed attitudes toward beauty. “I was doe-eyed, fresh, new in the industry,” she recounts.
South Africans deserve a head of state who is visibly in charge, not one who appears to tolerate misconduct and poor governance.