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Major threat to South Africa’s economy that is out of its control
South Africa’s fragile, consumer-led economic recovery is at risk of being derailed by a global slowdown due to the country’s high exposure to external factors and weak fixed investment.
Mbalula promises nationalisation of the Reserve Bank and expropriation without compensation
The ANC SG vowed that an ANC-led government would prioritise nationalising the SARB and implementing land expropriation without compensation.
THE WEEKEND WRAP: Trump’s dangerous precedent, SA’s flawed NDPP process and a dash of lychees
Trump tears up international law. The NDPP appointment redeems a flawed process. And sweet and sour pork with lychees brings the flavour. All in the weekly wrap.
Can Black South Africans be Afrikaners?
Trump’s refugee programme has approved over 1000 South Africans, including Black people, under an ‘Afrikaner’ classification. This begs the question: who gets to decide what an Afrikaner actually is?
Important message to South Africans who want to leave the country
South Africans planning to leave the country permanently must deregister as tax residents with SARS through a complex financial emigration process to avoid unexpected taxes and compliance issues.
When private security identification lights are illegal in South Africa
Motorists have been told not to yield, move from a traffic lane, or be forced off the road by any vehicle displaying white flashing lights.
COALITION POLTICS: Clear as mud — Inside the NFP’s high-stakes game in KwaZulu-Natal
The National Freedom Party is the kingmaker in KZN, but after the failed attempt to oust the provincial government, it’s unclear whether it wants in or out.
‘NOT ON MY WATCH’: Umalusi and Minister Siviwe Gwarube greenlight NSC results amid Pretoria paper leak scandal
Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube believes the 2025 National Senior Certificate exams remain credible despite a contained leak affecting 40 candidates. Umalusi has approved the results release but issued strict recommendations.
Key Trump ally sworn in as US Ambassador-Designate to South Africa
Conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III has been sworn in as the United States’ ambassador to South Africa.
TEST YOURSELF: Are you smarter than a matriculant? Relieve exam results tension with our quiz from past papers
With matric results for the Class of 2025 just days from being announced by Minister Siviwe Gwarube, take our fun 20-question quiz drawn from past NSC exam papers. Test your English, mathematical literacy, life orientation and life sciences knowledge — minus the exam stress! See if you can outsmart a Grade 12 whiz.
More chaos in the KwaZulu-Natal coalition as kingmaker NFP suspends its sole representative
The National Freedom Party (NFP) has suspended its KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, Mbali Shinga.
The luxury watch outperforming stocks in South Africa
As the rand weakens and markets stagnate, South Africans are increasingly investing in luxury watches, jewellery, and handbags as alternative assets.
ANC leaders are detached from reality
Tensions within the African National Congress’s structures have deepened after the ANC Youth League president accused some senior party leaders of being “detached from reality.”
ADMISSIONS FAILURE: No timeline, no plan as Gauteng Department of Education continues to fail unplaced learners
School placement issues are perennial and systemic. This is unacceptable in a context where thousands of parents and learners remain anxious about securing places in schools. An urgent response and clear plan ought to be in place to deal with what is clearly a foreseeable and recurring crisis every year.
News24 | Matric Results Countdown
The 2025 matric results will be available on News24 from 13 January
South African property investors are coming home
As interest rates ease and affordability improves, more South Africans are re-evaluating offshore investing and turning back to local property.
Western Cape struggling to place over 7,500 learners in schools
The DA has condemned Gauteng’s Education Department for leaving thousands of learners unplaced with the school year only days away, but the DA-run Western Cape is struggling with the same crisis.
Good news for employees in South Africa
Data shows that sick pay rates in South Africa are among the best in Africa, with employees earning an average of R1,863.29 in mandatory sick pay for a week off.
FRENCH LETTER: The moveable literary feast of a flâneuse in Paris
One day between Christmas and New Year, Marita van der Vyver headed to Paris to become a flaneuse for a day – a quiet presence on the streets, taking everything in, in the footsteps of writers who went before. She wrote this piece on her Substack.