News24 | Brutal fuel price hikes: Govt warns it can’t give much relief, if any
National Treasury signalled it has little room to mitigate against the impact of a looming fuel-price shock stemming from the war in the Middle East.
SUNDAY, 22 MARCH 2026, 01:56
National Treasury signalled it has little room to mitigate against the impact of a looming fuel-price shock stemming from the war in the Middle East.

Three South African tech entrepreneurs who founded BVNK became instant billionaires after selling the company to Mastercard for R30 billion.
Indonesian military authorities said on Wednesday that they have arrested four officers allegedly involved in an acid attack on an activist known for his opposition to the expanded role of the military in civilian life.
The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned what it called “the murder” of Iran’s leaders in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, a day after Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency confirmed that Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in Tehran.
Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, a Reuters analysis of state data shows, providing an early indication of how vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is influencing immunization practices in the United States.
Britain’s King Charles will host Nigerian President Bola Tinubu at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, in the first state visit by a Nigerian leader in 37 years, which is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties.
Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala seeks an urgent trial date and separation from co-accused in a case involving attempted murder charges.
Ahead of News24’s On the Record summit, readers from across South Africa shared their blueprint for creating 5 million jobs in 10 years. The answer isn’t in policy papers – it’s in unlocking what already exists. From teenagers redesigning school curricula to platforms that turn soccer coaching into real income, the solutions are hiding in plain sight. The question isn’t, can we do it,...
Former Western Cape High Court Judge John Hlophe has made a sensational return to the MK Party’s leadership fold.

Senegal’s 2025 Afcon title has been revoked and awarded to Morocco following a landmark ruling on Tuesday. The Senegalese Football Federation is set to challenge the move at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Old Mutual CEO Jurie Strydom is on a mission to bring the insurer back to where it belongs among South Africa’s premier financial institutions. He explained to Daily Investor how he will take the company there.
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been thrown into chaos after the CAF Appeal Board stripped Senegal of the title!
South Africa is in the grip of an infrastructure supercycle, but it isn’t roads or rails. It is the rise of the AI Factory, windowless fortresses consuming small cities worth of power. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters explains.

Air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area threatens lives and violates environmental rights, as hydrogen sulphide levels recently spiked over Johannesburg

South African inflation eased in February, but the Reserve Bank is unlikely to view this as a reason to cut interest rates next week as it weighs the impact of conflict in the Middle East.

Pepkor is weighing plans to abandon a possible partnership with Investec and instead launch a lender on its own.
Late on Tuesday night, the Confederation of African Football announced it had stripped Senegal, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations winners, of their title. Morocco are now the new African champions, with the Senegalese retrospectively forfeiting the tie 3-0 after they staged a walk-off, before returning to the match and seeing it out for a 1-0 victory. Senegal have said they will appeal the ruling.

Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter warned that South Africa could be plunged into darkness again if it does not urgently build new power stations.