Inflation reached its highest rate in 13 months, at 3.6%, but core inflation remains quite cool.

Here are the pros and cons of a flexible investment or a voluntary annuity.

Riaan Manser and his family spend the weekend driving to the Langeberg mountains to take in the famous forests and towering redwood trees at Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve.

Cape Ballet Africa brings a beloved masterpiece of classical ballet to local audiences.

The task is immense. Between now and 2100, roughly one billion Africans will join the labour force. Four factors are likely to play a pivotal role in whether they will find jobs or be forced to seek a better life abroad.

Schools in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have sounded the alarm, saying that the National Lotteries Commission has not honoured its commitment to them as part of the NLC’s “good causes” funding mandate. The National Lotteries Commission allocates a portion of the National Lottery revenue to non-profit organisations, schools and sports clubs to develop their facilities, giving out an average grant...

US President Donald Trump said that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.

Rachel John, a Dutch influencer with a love for South Africa, sparks curiosity as she’s spotted courtside with Siya Kolisi.

Top South African bankers are the most optimistic they’ve been about the nation’s economic prospects in about two decades after a spate of good news.

A principal and administrative staff member were killed in a shooting at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, on Tuesday evening, according to the provincial education department.

This Is Wild: The Best of Carlos delivers 180 cartoons from eight years of satire.

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AMSTERDAM, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.

In testimony that sounded more Hollywood than judicial inquiry, controversial ANC-aligned North West businessman Brown Mogotsi made a series of claims before the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, including that he was a Crime Intelligence agent and that KZN police commissioner Nhanhla Mkhwanazi works for the CIA.

Mary de Haas has monitored violence in KwaZulu-Natal for decades and backed sidelined Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s controversial order to disband a team investigating political cases. Now she has told Parliament about her view of certain top cops – that they are not credible.