TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2026, 21:50
South Africa’s energy regulator has allowed state-owned Eskom to raise tariffs and recover R54.7 billion over three years after a series of pricing errors and a failed attempt to settle the matter privately.
After much speculation about a loss of nerve in the Union Buildings, Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau has detonated the Transformation Fund bomb – and debris is set to scatter far and wide.
The rapid acceleration of AI is causing a ‘yawning inside-outside gap’ between those who use it casually as a search bar and those who master it as a powerful, automating toolkit, leading to a new, non-traditional inequality.
Kaizer Chiefs beat Egyptian side Al Masry 2-1 in their dramatic penultimate CAF Confederation Cup Group D fixture at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday to go top of the group
Mamelodi Sundowns’ poor run in the CAF Champions League continued after they were held to a 1-1 draw by St-Eloi Lupopo at Stade TP Mazembe Stadium on Sunday.
The Water Crisis Committee has called on the government to declare Johannesburg’s worsening water crisis a national disaster after a multisystem failure left parts of the city without water for more than seven days.
The South African Weather Service has warned people to brace for a wet and potentially dangerous day, with flooding warnings in place across several provinces.
Business owners in the historic mining town of Krugersdorp are issuing a desperate plea for help, warning that the CBD is undergoing a “slow death” due to rampant urban decay, crime, and infrastructure collapse
While foreign analysts find it easy to focus on those destructive, mercurial words and deeds of US President Donald Trump and a few of his senior officials, they should also pay attention to those in the ‘engine room’ of government, such as Frank Garcia, just nominated to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has called on South Africans to ignore the name change from Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town.
South Africa’s electricity reforms are dismantling Eskom’s century-old monopoly to create a competitive market led by a new grid operator and private investment, despite resistance from the utility.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a landslide election win on Sunday, paving the way for her tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending aimed at countering China.
Last week in this column, I wrote about the retailers and the Real Estate Investment Trusts as a great example of a value chain on display on the JSE. I particularly enjoy reading updates from companies at different points in the chain and seeing what the top-down and bottom-up views look like. This week, I’m looking at a different (but closely related) value chain: food retail and food producers.
Police are investigating whether a criminal syndicate may be systematically eliminating individuals connected to the 2022 murder of Emmanuel Mbense after a series of deaths involving key people of interest.
Students from Roedean, a prestigious Johannesburg-based girls’ school, have been slated for their alleged refusal to play tennis against Jewish opponents.
Wiandre Pretorius, an Ekurhuleni police reservist, died by his own hand at a Brakpan petrol station while intoxicated and arguing with a woman
Although contractors have been appointed to restore operations at the dysfunctional Driftsands Wastewater Treatment Works, vandals and thieves are still targeting the critical municipal facility, stripping cables and equipment unimpeded.
Sometimes faith is what keeps us from falling apart. Be encouraged as you listen to this year’s first episode