News24 | Petrol, diesel prices to fall to four-year low
You might just be able to afford an expensive Valentine’s rose for your beloved as the Month of Love starts with a 65c/l drop in the petrol price.
THURSDAY, 05 FEBRUARY 2026, 08:12
You might just be able to afford an expensive Valentine’s rose for your beloved as the Month of Love starts with a 65c/l drop in the petrol price.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party is likely to score a landslide victory in next week’s lower house election, a survey by the Asahi newspaper showed, heightening the chance the country will continue to pursue big spending and tax cuts.
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration head Bryan Bedford said his agency accepted findings by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board that a series of systemic failures by the FAA led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year.
Cut off from family or urgently requiring hospital care, Palestinians stranded on each side of Gaza’s Rafah crossing waited with growing desperation for Monday’s reopening of the border as a delayed part of October’s ceasefire deal.

South African discount retailer Pepkor reported a 12.9% rise in first-quarter revenue to R29.9 billion on Monday, as its financial services revenue surged by 47.6%.
Former British government minister Peter Mandelson said he had resigned as a member of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party after new reports of his ties with late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Over the past week, South Africa’s rand went from a four-year high to weakening against the US dollar and other major currencies.
South Africa’s expulsion of the Israeli chargé d’affaires and Israel’s reciprocal response emphasise a collapse in relations. These ‘persona non grata’ declarations are symptoms of an ideological war of attrition over the Gaza conflict.

Parties within the GNU say that they were not consulted before the Department of International Relations and Cooperation declared the Israeli Charge d’Affaires persona non grata, a move they say will have economic and geopolitical consequences.

Sentiment among South African manufacturers climbed to a three-month high in January, driven by improving local demand.
Frustrated farmers are calling for the state to urgently allow foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to be acquired and administered privately. DA leader John Steenhuisen has hit back, urging unity and warning that litigation will ‘derail’ the national vaccination strategy by diverting critical resources.

South Africa’s highest-denomination banknote is the R200 note, which has not changed since 1992.

Minister John Steenhuisen said that a court case over the state’s monopoly of the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines would derail the urgent procurement and rollout of FMD vaccines, a claim dismissed by some agricultural interest groups.
Hosted by Trevor Noah, the ceremony unfolded at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, drawing music’s biggest names onto a red carpet that reflected the industry’s power and glamour. These photographs capture the mood, and some of the moments, and the personalities that shaped the night.

South Africa’s tax-to-GDP ratio increased from 20.2% in 1994 to 25.1% in 2024, which means citizens have the highest tax burden in history.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept reserved for science fiction. It has happening now.

Shoprite is expected to report another strong set of half-year results as the retail giant continues to go from strength to strength.

These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 2 February 2026.

Sonskynhoekie, a white informal settlement on the outskirts of Pretoria, is characterised by extreme poverty and the absence of electricity or running water.