WEDNESDAY, 05 AUGUST 2026, 04:24
After the June 30 xenophobia protests delayed the launch of Home Affairs’ new online service, Minister Leon Schreiber was finally in an FNB branch to cut a ribbon and wax lyrical about the future of Home Affairs.
The company pleaded guilty to failing to register three homes after being prosecuted by Ofsted.
An Addo citrus farmer has just eight weeks to transform himself from farm manager to MMA fighter after accepting a last-minute call-up to compete in Moer ’n Boer season three.
Wildcat strikes and protests have brought six of Pikitup’s biggest depots to a standstill, leaving rubbish uncollected across large parts of Johannesburg. Frustrated residents and businesses are paying private contractors to remove waste while the city’s refuse collection service grinds to a halt.
Emergency services were called to Hornsea, East Yorkshire, at about 18:00 BST.
The chief executive of Paramount-Skydance says criticism of $110bn (£82m) merger with Warner Bros. relies on outdated Hollywood model.
Fruitless R4m spent on now unused rural school builds, highlighting school infrastructure failures as pupils migrate to Gauteng and the Western Cape, worsening urban overcrowding.
SPOKANE, Washington, Aug 4 (Reuters) – A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting one of three fires that have destroyed over 700 houses and other buildings, forcing 64,000 people to evacuate in and around Spokane, Washington, the city hardest hit by wildfires sweeping the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest United States.
GLASGOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games that ended in Glasgow last Sunday.
The guide creates a framework for approving projects under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which allows countries to trade emission reduction credits to help meet global climate targets.
What thoughts passed through the mind of a badly injured hyena that sought refuge in the bedroom of a private game reserve near Kruger National Park? Was it looking for help? Or, simply disorientated and exhausted by the agonising pain of a wire snare slicing through its belly and back?
It came as no surprise when the decision by the previous Public Investment Corporation board to suspend embattled Ceo Patrick Dlamini was overturned with costs.
High tariffs and phytosanitary barriers restrict South Africa’s agricultural exports to BRICS partners, driving urgent calls for preferential trade agreements ahead of the upcoming New Delhi summit.
From supermarkets to night-time tours, experts share how to make the most of Italy during this latest heatwave.
Investors who began 2026 hoping for a year of gently rising markets and subdued volatility will by now be disappointed.
Gill performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a successful directing career.
From first jobs to family nights out, restaurants create memories, but in Joburg, rising operating costs, unreliable municipal services and the need for back-up power and water are choking the sector.
The Treasury’s draft crypto manual retrofits 1960s exchange controls onto digital assets, leaves threshold blanks and bans self‑custody transfers — risking South Africa’s Web3 access and the rand.
It is deeply worrying that the situation has reached this point. The Treasury has clearly hit the limits of its patience, forcing it to draw a line in the sand. Years of support and guidance have been flushed down a drain of negligence
Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low due to drought that the hulks of dozens of World War 2 German battleships are emerging into view.
The daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson welcomed her third child on Monday.