THURSDAY, 02 APRIL 2026, 04:22
The February 28 derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates was oversubscribed, with nearly 15,000 more people making it into the stadium when capacity had been capped at about 89,000.
A delivery driver was forced to drive a suspicious device to Lurgan police station after being threatened, police say.
A fire aboard an oil tanker that Kuwait says was hit by an Iranian strike off Dubai has been extinguished, local authorities have said.
Lwazi Matusse, 8, died after a wall collapsed at his school in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni.
South African rugby fans will have welcomed the news that the Bulls and Stormers will travel to Europe this week with strong squads – and essentially a fighting chance of winning their respective Champions Cup playoffs.
Eleven men have been found guilty on a raft of charges – including murder – in connection with a 2022 cash-in-transit heist in Rosettenville, in which eight people were killed.
Dr Leonard Mandlalele Mhinga,73, a radio doctor, faces 102 charges for not filing tax returns as far back as 2007.
As foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks continue to rise, the Department of Agriculture’s strategy is on containment, rather than eradicating.
The South African Revenue Service has collected over R3.6 billion in tax from two-pot withdrawals made by Alexforbes clients since September 2024.
Tshwane bus services have been severely disrupted due to fuel shortages, with only 65 out of 155 scheduled shifts operating as of Monday and all three main depots running out of diesel.
Weeks after pledging to end child stunting by 2030, President Cyril Ramaphosa has kick-started a task team to drive this urgent national mission. But what concrete steps could the government actually take to end stunting? Spotlight sat down for an in-depth interview with one of the country’s leading experts on the issue.
Motor industry association calls for urgent intervention to cushion households from rising costs
Pollen “Trompies” Ndlanya, who holds the record of scoring the most hat-tricks in the PSL era, has questioned the commitment of current strikers amid the increasing rarity of hat-tricks in the PSL.
South Africa will reduce a tax imposed on fuel to offset the impact of surging oil prices on domestic petrol and diesel, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.
Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop said South Africa could see an interest rate hike as soon as May or July this year.
Beijing expressed “gratitude” on Tuesday for coordination that enabled three Chinese ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway which Iran has all but closed during the war in the Middle East.
A Malaysian court on Tuesday ordered jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to pay $1.3 billion to a former unit of scandal-tainted state fund 1MDB, state media reported.
People accused of spying or cooperating with “hostile states” could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a recently enhanced law, an Iranian judiciary spokesperson said, a month into the war with the United States and Israel.
European Union governments should prepare for a “prolonged disruption” to energy markets as a result of the Iran war, the bloc’s energy chief has told countries’ ministers ahead of an emergency meeting on Tuesday.
Discussions are under way for a U.N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday, making it the deadliest conflict in the body’s history.