THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026, 05:07
Trade unions in the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council have rejected the decision by the Government Employees Medical Scheme to implement a 9.8% membership contribution increase from January, followed by a revised 9.5% increase from April 1.
Two of South Africa’s top private schools, King David Victory Park and Mayfair Convent School, have officially shut down, with both campuses expected to be sold.
A 10-year-old boy died when a soccer goalpost fell on him at Reagile Primary School in Winnie Mandela, Tembisa, and 15 pupils were injured in a scholar transport accident between Pretoria West and Hartbeespoort.
The South African Revenue Service is set to intensify VAT compliance monitoring, refund scrutiny, audits, and data-driven enforcement to boost revenue without raising rates.
Speaking ahead of negotiations on Tuesday, the US president says he believes Iran wants to make a deal.
In conversation with Daily Maverick’s Book Editor at Large, Joy Watson, author Mpho Boshego reflects on her journey from diplomat to author.
Event features music, connection and community.
Suspended legal, HR heads face disciplinary action as metro integrity crisis deepens
1,000 hectare farm breeds cattle, chicken, grows maize and vegetables
Young defender credits playing alongside Kekana for his regular appearances
The jaw-dropping scenes that unfolded on municipal land in Springs, Ekurhuleni, last week are as unsettling as they are revealing.
Orlando Pirates skipper Nkosinathi Sibisi has suggested that tomorrow’s eagerly anticipated clash against league kings, Mamelodi Sundowns, won’t be a title decider.
Company says it supports moves to strengthen safety, professionalism and accountability
Audio recordings will form part of the evidence against a senior South African National Defence Force (SANDF) intelligence officer accused of bribing a police officer in an attempt to stop a case of intimidation he was being investigated for.
Thirty councils across England now have to organise local elections after the government abandoned plans to delay.
Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the FBI will not hand over any evidence it has gathered.
Instead of switching off after work, Mitchells Plain police officer Constable Sinovuyo Seti changes into training gear, grabs his cones and hula hoops, and steps onto the open pitch in front of his house to prepare for a different kind of duty – one aimed at keeping children off the streets and out of gangs.
Feb 16 (Reuters) – Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of Apocalypse Now, or the spectral Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at age 95, his wife said in a Facebook post.
Feb 16 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukrainian intelligence showed more Russian attacks on energy targets lay ahead and that such strikes made it more difficult to reach an agreement on ending the nearly four-year war.
The former Navy captain and astronaut says “we’re in some seriously challenging times”.