WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026, 04:39
Erecting walls painfully echoes, fortifies, entrenches and concretises (literally) the painful legacy of apartheid spatial planning and risks normalising new forms of segregation in a democratic South Africa.
The friendship between the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu once defined how South Africa was imagined — as a place of moral courage and transformative leadership. Today, in a more transactional and fractured world, that legacy raises a sharper question about what kind of global relationships we still choose to value.
The Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy misdiagnoses core constraints, prioritising governance structures over urgent needs like compute, energy, capital and talent retention. Without a rapid pivot to infrastructure and incentives, SA risks missing a narrow global window to build a competitive AI economy, and instead entrenching decline.
However, a juxtaposition of naval exercises raises questions about South Africa’s non-aligned stance amid its simultaneous military engagement with nations like Iran, Russia and China.
Investors back management as much as assets, and recent updates from PSG Financial Services and Sirius Real Estate show why. In very different sectors, both companies demonstrate that disciplined strategy, consistent execution and smart capital allocation still matter deeply when it comes to creating long-term shareholder value.
South Africans planning a holiday in Namibia face unpleasant surprises as Sossusvlei and coastal disputes raise costs and access concerns.
The state covered R502,000 worth of flight tickets for Enoch Godongwana’s spouse to accompany him on three international trips in 2025 and 2026.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was at a standstill on Sunday after Iran reasserted control over the strategic waterway that is key to global energy supply, days before a fragile ceasefire with the US was set to expire.
The privately owned facility was presented in Durban on Friday by Dean Macpherson, the minister of public works and infrastructure.
South Africa is said to have one engineer for every 3 000 people, compared with about one engineer for every 300 people in a developed country
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for social development has been removed from the National Freedom Party with immediate effect
An end to the Middle East conflict will not necessarily lead to pre-war prices at the pumps for South Africans.
Brenthurst Wealth has grown from a small, independent boutique to one of South Africa’s largest wealth managers, with R35 billion in assets under management.