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Beer-price reality: Your favourite local lager is becoming a luxury
With SA beer prices surging much faster than spirits, your weekend six-pack is becoming a luxury. Find out what is driving these costs.
News24 | Takeaways out, weight-loss drugs in: SA credit card users are shifting their budgets
South Africans are increasingly opening their wallets in pursuit of better health, with weight management emerging as a new spending trend that is reshaping household budgets.
SACP defies ANC ultimatum over dual membership ahead of elections
The South African Communist Party has dug in against pressure from the ANC, instructing its members not to bow to demands to choose between the two organisations ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
News24 | Trump administration considers dramatic increase in US refugee cap for white Afrikaners
US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering more than doubling an annual refugee limit to bring more white South Africans into the US, according to three people familiar with the matter.
News24 | Cape Town communities ‘still under siege’: Winde slams Operation Prosper as killings continue
The Western Cape Provincial Safety Council has raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of Operation Prosper, with Premier Alan Winde warning that communities remain ‘under siege’ despite ongoing deployments.
Iran tightens control of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks
Iran has seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightens its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting.
News24 | South Africa ramps up fuel imports from US as war jolts trade
South Africa is boosting oil-product imports from the US to help replace lost supplies from the Middle East, in another example of how the conflict is reshaping trade and threatening higher costs for consumers.
Drama over former Zambian president’s body as court orders its return
The family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu has launched an urgent high court application in Pretoria after his body was allegedly removed without permission from a mortuary by South African police and Zambian authorities, escalating a cross-border dispute over his final resting place
Cardoso expects an immediate response against Richards Bay
Sundowns dropped points for the first time this year after drawing with Stellenbosch
Holiday reality: Why your next South African getaway will be substantially more expensive
Planning a South African getaway? Prepare to dig much deeper. From a massive tourism boom to soaring municipal tariffs, costs are surging.
WATCH LIVE | SACP briefs media on ANC’s stance about its decision to independently contest elections
The South African Communist Party is expected to brief the media on Thursday to address the ANC’s remarks regarding the tripartite partner’s decision to go at it alone in the upcoming municipal elections.
READER LETTER | Trump likely to respect Meyer
SA’s new ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, at 78, is likely to be received with respect by Donald Trump, who is a year older.
Human rights body mulls asking parliament for binding powers
Institution considers legislative amendment to give its directives legal force
SPOTLIGHT: ‘I’m serving my people’: The pastor running a rural clinic that treats more than illness
Bukhosi Mdletshe is clinic manager at the Ensingweni clinic, and in his words, paying his dues to the community that raised him. Spotlight spent some time with the nurse who is also a pastor.
News24 | Three men arrested for kidnapping, mass murder in KZN
Police have arrested three suspects following the kidnapping and brutal murder of seven people in Newtown, Newark, about an hour north of Durban in KwaDukuza.
READER LETTER | Anger management crucial to our survival
The road rage incident in Gauteng that captured the attention of the nation serves as a grim reminder that anger management is crucial to our survival.