In his final State of the City address, outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero delivered an upbeat farewell filled with cherry-picked statistics and swipes at political rivals. However, the optimistic tone was overshadowed by a crippling R5.3bn Eskom debt threat and widespread municipal collapse.

From R9,500 commercialisation conferences to millions of livestream views, school sport is increasingly being drawn into a professionalised, high-pressure economy. Coaches, psychologists and parents say its educational and developmental purpose is being displaced by performance and profit, while legal experts warn that children risk being reduced to unpaid entertainers in a rapidly expanding...

Salim Essa, a central figure in South Africa’s State Capture, evades justice in Dubai as prosecutors pursue his extradition for orchestrating massive corruption linked to state contracts.

South African digital insurer Naked has launched a ChatGPT app that can generate a final, binding car insurance quote inside the chatbot, in what the company says is a global first for motor insurance.

South Africa’s conservation establishment has a favourite phrase, ‘sustainable use’, presented as the pragmatic answer to balancing biodiversity protection with economic reality. But sustainable use is not a self-executing principle. It depends on science, lawful governance and meaningful enforcement. Where those conditions collapse, the framework does not conserve wildlife. It...

Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has confirmed to Parliament that the State Security Agency is conducting lifestyle audits of lieutenant generals and that more senior officers will be vetted. This is among several plans to ‘reset’ and bolster the police service.

A year ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa was ambushed in the White House. Today, Roelf Meyer will present his credentials to President Donald Trump as the new South African Ambassador to Washington. The hope is that this act will restore diplomatic channels and reset relations between the nations.

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Since 1999 the ballot paper has been long with no-hopers, but this time, with the emergence of new coalitions looking to reshape the political landscape, things might be different.