April marks Financial Literacy Month in South Africa, but a surge in online gambling is quietly undermining the very households financial education seeks to protect. Without strong safeguards in the Remote Gambling Bill, the country risks legalising access while leaving social costs, especially for low-income families, unchecked.

Main Street in Marshalltown will be closed to traffic on Sunday as it’s transformed into a fun, safe, open playground for the people of Jozi.

A judiciary facing enormous public scrutiny, as well as waning public trust, will loom large during the Judicial Service Commission interviews.

Public backlash to sharing evidence of corruption and state brutality highlights a growing tendency to equate patriotism with silence and political loyalty. In reality, conflating patriotism with patronage erodes accountability, allowing impunity and systemic corruption to deepen.

The dry forecast for the southwest bodes ill for the winter wheat crop at a time of sharply rising fuel and fertiliser prices triggered by the Iran conflict, while eastern coastal regions prone to flooding could experience another season of disaster.

An ongoing case in the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg is drawing attention to the long-standing failure of the province’s Department of Education to pay early childhood development subsidies on time, affecting nutrition and staffing in centres across the region.

There is a different air at the 2026 Masters with two of the greatest champions missing and Rory McIlroy no longer playing with the weight of the world on his shoulders.

A highly shorted stock. A shrinking pool of shares available to trade. A price that keeps climbing. They’re the classic signs of a painful short squeeze, and they’ve rapidly come into view for Avis Budget Group.

Oil and gas prices immediately dropped after the announcement of a ceasefire in the war on Iran. It’s good news for South Africa – if the deal holds.

‌US President Donald Trump wants to ⁠see the Strait of Hormuz ⁠open up for oil tankers and other traffic without any limitations, including tolls, White House spokeswoman Karoline ‌Leavitt said on Wednesday.

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