SATURDAY, 21 MARCH 2026, 14:15
Senegal’s 2025 Afcon title has been revoked and awarded to Morocco following a landmark ruling on Tuesday.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.
Building a digitally fluent and future-ready workforce in South Africa requires closing the technology access gap in schools, especially in under-resourced and rural communities
From academic corridors to ministerial meetings and rural reaches, Leslie London has never shied away from speaking truth to power. Spotlight speaks to the Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town, who, still in his bright signature shirt and trademark wry grin, continues to fight health inequity.
An investigation has revealed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT was used to generate Kremlin-aligned propaganda, with a made-up ‘Dr Manuel Godsin’ persona used as a byline. This was then published as serious analysis by one of South Africa’s largest media conglomerates, before being syndicated into other African outlets and legitimate news sites like MSN.
With South Africa’s personal and corporate income taxes already near their limits, economist Dawie Roodt warns the government only has space to raise VAT.
SA’s older population is projected to double by 2050, and this demographic shift will stretch the Old Age Grant and place huge pressure on working-age citizens.
Technology giant iOCO has reported a strong set of results and announced a R52 million acquisition.
Chinese electric vehicles are entering South Africa’s second hand car space.
Facing a sharp fuel price hike in April 2026, South Africans can consider simple driving and planning tricks to save diesel and petrol.
The V&A Waterfront is investing R230 million in a new superyacht marina to boost Cape Town’s marine economy.
South Africa’s largest integrated poultry producer, Astral, expects its earnings per share to grow by at least 365% in the first half of its 2026 financial year.