MONDAY, 09 MARCH 2026, 19:11
China, the US and other Western governments have mounted an unusually co-ordinated push to get Ghana to halt a gold royalty hike they say could harm some of the world’s biggest miners, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter and a letter f
An Iranian state television presenter has labelled the women’s national soccer team as “wartime traitors” after the players did not sing their national anthem before their Asian Cup opener against South Korea in Australia earlier this week.
These are not mere administrative lapses. They point to governance failures with direct ramifications for public safety, regulatory compliance and SA’s fragile democratic project.
Maryke Bezuidenhout is constantly on the road in rural, northern KwaZulu-Natal, visiting and helping people with disabilities where they live. As part of Spotlight’s new Rural Health Heroes series, writer Sue Segar and photographer Thom Pierce tagged along with her.
Ukraine accused Hungary on Friday of “taking hostage” seven employees of its state savings bank who were carrying around $82 million in cash and gold, as Budapest vowed to stop transit shipments to the war-torn country amid an oil dispute.
Richard Ishmail’s legacy as a visionary leader lives on through the lives he touched and the communities he empowered.
The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, banned the use of social media by those under the age of 16 on Friday, becoming the first in India to join global calls for more scrutiny of minors’ digital usage.
The United States-Israeli war on Iran is estimated to have cost Washington $3.7 billion so far in its first 100 hours alone, or nearly $900 million a day, driven largely by the huge expenditure of munitions, according to new research.
Geordin Hill-Lewis seeks to stay on as the mayor of Cape Town rather than take a portfolio in the national cabinet should he win the party’s leadership race in April.
Discovery is on track to double the size of its business by 2029, driven by strong momentum across its divisions, with CEO Adrian Gore revealing the model behind this strong growth.
The life and work of Jesse Jackson exemplified a transnational tradition of civil rights activism, linking struggles for dignity, equality, and self-determination across societies. Through initiatives such as Operation Breadbasket and Operation Push, his message of black self-affirmation and economic justice resonated globally, including within South Africa’s Black Consciousness movement.
From July 2025 to January 2026, City Power suffered 652 incidents of cable theft and vandalism, which outpaced its ability to repair the infrastructure, leaving communities without electricity for extended periods.
Nedbank has partnered with Crypto.com to develop regulated blockchain-based payment and settlement solutions aimed at enabling faster, lower-cost cross-border transactions and digital-dollar access across Africa.
Battery can be charged from 20% to 97% in less than 12 minutes in temperatures as low as -20ºC
The US Justice Department published additional FBI documents describing interviews with a woman who said US President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her after she was introduced to him by Jeffrey Epstein.
SANDF border patrol achieves significant vehicle, livestock and illegal cigarretes busts in February and early March.
In South Africa, 26.5 million people are dependent on the state for their income, receiving not nearly enough money to live off.
Retro Karoo Food: 80 Nostalgic South African Recipes (Penguin Random House South Africa, 2026) is the cookbook Daily Maverick’s food editor, Tony Jackman, has been quietly building for years – 160 pages of recipes that shaped South African kitchens long before anyone was plating things on slate.
The Khampepe commission of inquiry is holding public hearings in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Friday to investigate whether political interference blocked the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.
Patients and staff at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria have raised concerns after air conditioning systems stopped working.