With all its problems, the case for moving out of the city is compelling, but it just might be that Joburg, still at the centre of things, is about to turn around.

During his opening remarks at the Indaba, Minerals and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe said there were ‘data issues’ that were delaying the roll-out. There are many plausible explanations for issues on this front. One that comes to mind is the fact that mountains of paper have been reported to be seen strewn around the offices of regional departments such as Mpumalanga.

ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) – An anarchist group claimed responsibility on Monday for sabotaging rail infrastructure in northern Italy on Saturday and disrupting train traffic on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games.

South Africa, 213-4 (Aiden Markram 59, Lungi Ngidi 4-31), beat Canada, 156-8 (Navneet Dhaliwal 64, Ansh Patel 3-31), by 57 runs.

On 14 January 2026, before the Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane testified that Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm had once attended a braai at Paul O’Sullivan’s house – the implied purpose of the gathering was, allegedly, to orchestrate a smear campaign. Daily Maverick’s...

Disgraced former acting National Commissioner, Khomotso Phahlane, lost his Labour Appeal Court bid against his unfair dismissal in the same week that the Madlanga Commission heard of his alleged links to cartel boss Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.

After his removal from the Cabinet, Dion George has launched a global conservation trust that he insists is a response to what he says his firing revealed: how easily wildlife policy can be captured and undone.