Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was a “failure” of the international order, and the United States had not consulted its allies before striking Iran.
South Africa’s NHI is unlikely to ever be implemented due to funding and design flaws, and warns that pursuing it risks further damaging the healthcare system instead of fixing its underlying governance problems.
In the 2026 State of the Nation Address the President said the Social Relief of Distress grant will remain for another year, until 31 March 2027, unchanged at R370. It would be redesigned to ‘effectively support livelihoods, skills development, work opportunities and productive activity’.
AmaZulu coach Arthur Zwane criticised the refereeing standards in the PSL, claiming his team has been unfairly targeted by officials, which has impacted their performance, particularly in matches against Magesi and Stellenbosch.
Barbie Kyagulanyi’s ordeal reveals how love can become a powerful, non-violent force driving resistance, courage and conviction in Uganda’s struggle for meaningful democracy and good governance
In creating the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa chose ecotourism over extractive mining for the region’s development. But conservation authorities inherited an apartheid-era model of exclusion, which may continue the erasure of Thonga fishing culture from the landscape.
The magistrate who presided over my matter, acting magistrate Lerato Moraba, promised to send the judgment via email to both parties. I am still waiting for it.
MultiChoice, part of Canal+ SA, has announced it will discontinue Showmax after a strategic review found the streaming platform’s mounting losses unsustainable in an increasingly competitive global market; but jobs are safe
The Iranian embassy in South Africa has defended the country’s targeting of American military installations in the escalating confrontation with the US and Israel. Tehran insists its actions fall within its right to self-defence under international law. “Our act is our inherent right,” ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr told a media briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday. […]
Sustained higher oil prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East may fuel inflation in South Africa, though the buffers built by the government should help keep its debt-consolidation plans on track, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.