WEDNESDAY, 08 APRIL 2026, 15:19
Dr Hayley Clements, one of the participants in an upcoming Tipping Points webinar, reveals that sub-Saharan Africa has lost a quarter of its biodiversity, stressing the need for inclusive conservation strategies that empower local communities.
While Washington spent two years threatening Pretoria, Donald Trump built the conditions for his own undoing. At 35% approval and $4-a-gallon gas, the leverage is expiring.
A likely cure for one of the Western Cape’s worst pine weeds is ready for roll-out, after conservationists and pine growers break a 15-year deadlock on the safety of the biological control agent. Government funding remains the last bottleneck, as the province gets hotter, drier and more fire-prone.
From sunscreen to plastic additives and pharmaceuticals, human-made chemicals are now embedded in ocean water across the globe. A new study reveals they are no longer trace pollutants – but part of the ocean’s chemistry itself.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on Monday led the commemoration of anti-apartheid icon Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu
A 36-year-old Free State woman was arrested after allegedly attempting to conceal four rifles and an airgun by refusing to move from a bed where the weapons were hidden.
Dining out in South Africa is shifting from routine to luxury as rising costs and new data reshape consumer habits.
Police have arrested a 53-year-old police captain attached to the Sunnyside police station on allegations of stealing millions from the SAPS presidential protection security service.
Kaizer Chiefs’ strong second-half performance inspired them to a 3-1 win over Orbit College at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Monday, boosting their ambition to finish in the top three.
Severe thunderstorms with strong winds, hail, excessive lightning, and heavy downpours are expected in the south-western parts of the North West and north-western parts of the Free State, according to the South African Weather Service.
Four taxi passengers were killed in two separate accidents on Mpumalanga roads.
A 53-year-old captain attached to the police’s Protection and Security Services (PSS) unit has been arrested for allegedly defrauding it of millions of rand.
Traffic congestion was a significant issue on major roads across the country on Monday, with more than 2 400 vehicles per hour recorded on the N1 heading to Gauteng.
Outgoing SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said increasing tax collections improved the lives of poor South Africans. We look at the numbers.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula believes the party will be victorious in its court bid and win back the Umkhonto We Sizwe trademark.
The 44 year old veteran takes on 22-year-old German prospect, Benjamim “The Bomber” Imeri, in a non title light heavyweight ight in Albia.Boxing SA knows nothing about this fight probably because Mhlongo is not licensed with the regulator.
Pair the dizzying development of small, inexpensive, nimble and undetectable flying ordnance, such as in Ukraine, and the development of agentic AI, and terrifying scenarios quickly emerge.
South Africa’s planned increase in the VAT registration threshold to R2.3 million is forcing small businesses to rework their tax strategies or risk undermining their long-term growth and financial stability.
Eastern Cape police have confirmed that one of the eight detainees who escaped from police cells at the weekend was rearrested while sleeping at his aunt’s residence on Monday morning.
Dark chocolate has gained a reputation as the “better” choice because it usually contains more cocoa and less sugar than milk chocolate. Is it really the healthier alternative?