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.
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Three South African tech entrepreneurs become instant billionaires
Three South African tech entrepreneurs who founded BVNK became instant billionaires after selling the company to Mastercard for R30 billion.
Indonesia arrests four military officers allegedly involved in acid attack on activist
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.
Kremlin condemns US-Israeli ‘murder’ of Iran’s leaders after Ali Larijani killing
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.
Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan as RFK Jr influences policy
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.
King Charles to welcome Nigerian president to UK for state visit
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.
News24 | Cat Matlala in push for urgent trial date as well as separate trial
Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala seeks an urgent trial date and separation from co-accused in a case involving attempted murder charges.
News24 | ‘Stop overthinking it’: News24’s teens, CEOs and Profs tell SA how to create 5 million jobs
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,...
News24 | Former judge John Hlophe returns as MK Party’s parliamentary leader
Former Western Cape High Court Judge John Hlophe has made a sensational return to the MK Party’s leadership fold.
CAF strips Senegal of 2025 Afcon title and Morocco declared official champions
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
Bringing Old Mutual back to where it belongs
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.
AFCON 2025: Meet CAF Appeal Board members who stripped Senegal of the title
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been thrown into chaos after the CAF Appeal Board stripped Senegal of the title!
VIDEO: Watch – The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories
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.
“Rotten egg” smell over Joburg highlights toxic air pollution risks
Air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area threatens lives and violates environmental rights, as hydrogen sulphide levels recently spiked over Johannesburg
Good news about inflation with a big catch for interest rate cuts
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.
South Africa’s newest bank going it alone
Pepkor is weighing plans to abandon a possible partnership with Investec and instead launch a lender on its own.
BOOTED RETROSPECTIVELY: Morocco win Afcon in the boardroom after Senegal stripped of title
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.
Andre de Ruyter warns about dark days in South Africa
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.