SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2026, 10:34
The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We talked to tobacco economics expert Corné van Walbeek to unravel fact from industry fiction.
South African hospitality giant City Lodge Hotels reported a mixed bag for the first half of its 2026 financial year, with a decline in profit alongside its highest occupancy rate since pre-Covid-19.
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In South Africa, as in many places, pharmaceutical companies are not free to change medicine prices as they wish. Dr Andy Gray unpacks how medicines prices are regulated in the country and considers how this regulatory framework might change.
Police will investigate the circumstances that led to the shooting
A special council meeting in Madibeng meant to address findings of a forensic investigation implicating mayor Douglas Maimane in corruption was postponed indefinitely.
South Africa’s government gave the continent’s biggest bulk-water supplier an urgent license to take more water from a key river system that feeds its richest province to help stabilize supplies amid shortages.
Blu Label Unlimited is expected to report a loss per share for the first half of its 2026 financial year.
Police say two men are being questioned and Sowetan understands one is Mugabe’s son
Thami Banda joins Rams Mabote on Taking the Rams by the Horns.
Since 1994, many small-scale fishing communities in South Africa have waited for the inclusion and recognition they were promised. Yet decades later, policies like the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy have fallen short, with recent traditional linefish allocation decisions threatening livelihoods and sidelining meaningful participation. For these communities, the struggle for rights, dignity and...
Benfica manager José Mourinho insinuated that Vinícius Júnior deserved being racially abused in the past, due to his sometimes provocative personality.
The South African National Roads Agency will increase toll fees by 3.12% from March 1, aligning with the Consumer Price Index. This year’s rise is lower than last year’s 4.85% adjustment.
Debt counsellors warn that the outage prevents them from flagging new applicants or clearing rehabilitated consumers at credit bureaus, creating a bottleneck.
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse has warned that ignoring China, the world’s top auto market, would put at risk future economic success, saying on Thursday cooperation with Beijing was fundamental ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first trip to the country.
The establishment of a property investment vehicle for government assets marks the most significant shift in the management of state property since 1994.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ plans to build a wall along the N2 to curb crime have split the city into “for” and “against” camps.
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