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South Africa’s petrol station forecourts are rapidly transforming into high-value retail hubs, with convenience store growth and major brand partnerships driving a market worth over R33 billion.
Israel and US strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have heightened tensions as Iran retaliates, threatening regional stability and escalating military confrontations across the Gulf.
The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated US-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes
A first-of-its-kind national survey has found that 80% of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning, only 30% are reading at a grade level between Grade 1 and 3, and a shocking 15% cannot read at all.
The Johannesburg suburb remains one of those rare ones that feel historic and perfectly ahead of the curve
1,195 companies in South Africa pay 66% of all corporate income tax, which makes them the lifeblood of the economy.
Topping the list of bling pastors who came to South Africa on tourist visas, bribed their way to permanent residency, and built up huge congregations of followers who funded their luxury lifestyles is Shepherd Bushiri, now a fugitive from justice
On Saturday, the ministry said Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected
In recent years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prioritised his survival – and that of his regime – above all else, writes Andrew Thomas.
EFF leader Julius Malema has accused Oscar, the Premier of the Eastern Cape, of killing children in his province through poverty.
Plans are underway to introduce a basic income support grant in South Africa, with the social relief of distress grant set to be the blueprint.
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Dubai-based South African restaurateur Nicky van der Walt has described explosions in the city on Saturday, as Iran retaliated against attacks by the US and Israel, as “surreal, completely crazy”.
How Bushiri and a syndicate of African pastors ran an immigration fraud ring and made a mint in the process
Dean Macpherson requests state security probe after alleged internal hacking amid sweeping anti-corruption reforms.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack that extended into a second day on Sunday, as the two powers seek to topple the Islamic republic.