News24 | Inflation inches higher as bigger shock looms
The inflation rate inched up to 3.1% in March, from 3% in February, and food price inflation marginally dropped, to 3.6%.
SATURDAY, 25 APRIL 2026, 13:18
The inflation rate inched up to 3.1% in March, from 3% in February, and food price inflation marginally dropped, to 3.6%.

Schools will always be a critical part of South Africa’s sporting machinery. But they should not be the system

Disgraced and suspended SAPS Organised Crime Unit member, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, was denied bail in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Although SANRAL is not directly responsible for the Senqu Bridge, the project remains instructive. It demonstrates that large-scale infrastructure is less about individual assets than about the institutional systems that enable them

Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company (AK NPC) has continued its professional development programme for Natural Sciences educators in the West Coast Education District of the Western Cape. This initiative is supported through a partnership between AK NPC, the Garden Cities Archway Foundation (GCAF), and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). The second-term CAPS curriculum for Natural […]
The Israeli military said two soldiers would receive 30 days of military detention and be removed from combat duty over the destruction of a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon.
Living in Putney has its perks – including several South African shops within reach for those SA foods that spark taste-of-home moments.

We buried a young black man with heavy hearts. The two collected prizes drenched in the blood of a black man. That is what stands out in our minds when we see them. Justice for our brother is still outstanding. As we say in isiXhosa, ityala aliboli!

The West does not have a moral claim over African security. African states retain the right to choose partners according to their own historical interests. A multipolar world means nothing if African states must still ask Western permission before selecting allies, building armies, nationalising resources, regulating NGOs or rejecting political models that serve foreign capital more than...
SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox RBLX.N and Microsoft’s MSFT.O Minecraft to spell out how they were protecting children from grooming by sexual predators and youth from radicalisation.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the U.S. ally in the two-month war, would agree.
A Daily Maverick investigation has established that the former chief of staff and the current special adviser to Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe fraudulently claimed work experience involving late Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize.
South Africa’s police experienced a wild 72 hours, and that’s really saying something. National Commissioner Fannie Masemola has appeared in the dock a day after another senior colleague did the same. Meanwhile, a suspended provincial police boss held a ‘rogue’ press conference and levelled cover-up claims.
Whether his comments and insults were meant as threats or not, judicial authorities are not taking them lightly, and EFF leader Julius Malema’s remarks following his sentencing could have a lasting impact on court proceedings.
Nelson Mandela Bay is again under threat of losing National Treasury grant funding after missing key deadlines and failing to submit required financial governance documents.