MONDAY, 22 DECEMBER 2025, 01:55
In a significant step, Australia’s South32 has announced plans to mothball its Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique by March, incurring a $60-million one-off cost, because of failed power negotiations. The deadlock stems from an inability to agree on electricity pricing amid ongoing drought conditions affecting hydroelectricity supply.
Visitors from across the country and beyond have begun to flock to Durban’s beaches, many of them to collect “holy” water.
After steep hikes in December, South African motorists are set to get a much-needed break at the pumps in the new year.
National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi refused to continue testifying at the inquiry into South Gauteng director of prosecutions Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office on Monday, saying she needed to obtain proper legal counsel.
After commemorating International Human Rights Day on 10 December, a look at how Western-influenced right-wing movements are gaining traction in Africa and are using so-called traditional family values to undermine sexual and reproductive health rights and LGBTQIA+ rights.
Strangefoot, the Knysna Forest’s last wild elephant, continues to walk alone while a privately funded plan to reintroduce companions stalls and is withdrawn
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) icon John Cena has officially retired from professional wrestling after more than two decades, ending his remarkable career with his final match at Saturday night’s Main Event in Washington DC. He faced fellow WWE star
South African authorities have confiscated hundreds of millions in counterfeit goods across the country as it attempts to crack down on the illicit trade.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering the keynote address at the national commemoration of Reconciliation Day at the Ncome Museum in the Nquthu local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
Coastal property in South Africa is booming as buyers flock to popular seaside towns, driven by lifestyle appeal, semigration, strong tourism demand, and superior growth, sharply increasing prices across hotspots.
If you’re planning to travel by road this festive season, you’ll want to be prepared. Here are some tips to make your journey as pleasant as possible and ensure you reach your destination in one piece.
South Africa has a knack of producing world-class loose forwards, and Lusanda Dumke was no exception to that unofficial rule.
The Western Cape government has stepped in to avert a full-blown water disaster in Knysna.
If Botswana carries out its proposal to permit the world’s largest elephant hunt quota, it will provoke a fierce reckoning over science, politics and the fate of Africa’s remaining giant tuskers.
Collen Malatji has been re-elected unopposed as ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ahmed al Ahmed, the man hailed as a hero for intervening in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, in hospital on Tuesday, lauding his efforts to help stop the nation’s deadliest gun attack in decades.
South Africa is likely to see falling interest rates through 2026 as inflation moves toward the new 3% target, government finances improve, the rand strengthens, and global conditions create room for the Reserve Bank to ease policy.
Mechanical problems in some of Airlink’s aircrafts have put the brakes on festivities for scores of passengers who were delayed for more than eight hours at the Chief Dawid International Airport in Gqeberha on Saturday.
In 2016, a community leader saw a gap for educational spaces. Nearly a decade later, libraries across Cape Town offer kids a safe place to learn.