The Eastern Cape holds a particular interest for Ford, and this year the rally supports schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman district.

Their superb roads notwithstanding, how can these people believe they can get away with trying to screw companies and, ultimately, you?

What the MPC statement on Thursday underscored is that South Africans must brace themselves for an acceleration in inflation, a possible slowing of economic growth and a potential rising of interest rates.

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What began as an audacious racket to launder rhino horns has unravelled into the biggest wildlife trafficking bust in years, dragging the Department of Home Affairs into the spotlight and exposing Vietnam’s shadowy passport and visa processes.

The South African Weather Service has forecast scattered thundershowers in most parts of the country, but with severe thunderstorms in Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State.

Claims suggesting that the party does not have a plan for affordable housing in Johannesburg ignore both our published policies and my track record when I was the mayor.

Veteran journalist Terry Bell, who spent decades in exile opposing apartheid before returning to hold democratic South Africa to account, has died at 84. Fiercely principled to the end, he remained a relentless critic of injustice, using his final writings to challenge accepted narratives and defend the truth.

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Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary between Iran and the United States to try to secure talks to end their war in the Gulf.