Gun charge compounds trouble as Mugabe son’s bail bid is delayed
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Mugabe Matonhidze, will remain behind bars until 3 March
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Why switching Forex brokers at the right time can be a game-changing decision most traders delay too long
Most South African traders spend years refining entries, indicators, and risk rules, but they often ignore the one decision that can quietly reshape everything: who they trade through. In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Durban, it is common to see traders blame the market for poor fills or frustrating spreads, when the real issue is […]
South Africa’s new electricity crisis
While President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates the end of loadshedding, the plan to fix a new electricity crisis, load reduction, is falling behind schedule and proving more difficult.
International giant taking on Checkers and Pick n Pay with new stores across South Africa
Walmart will launch 21 new stores in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape, offering South Africans lower prices than those at Checkers and Pick n Pay.
Face-to-face with a pangolin: Free AR app launches for World Pangolin Day
Users can project a life-sized Temminck’s ground pangolin, ask questions about its ecology and threats and learn about conservation challenges such as illegal poaching, habitat loss and dangers from electric fencing. The app is free to download and supports pangolin rescue and rehabilitation
Sibiya denies receiving 20 impalas from Cat Matlala
Deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya said that when he found out the impalas were from Cat Matlala, he stopped the delivery
One thing South Africa can do to avoid financial collapse
Putting a fiscal rule in place will help South Africa stay on a good path and avoid the near-financial crisis it has faced in the past few years.
SNOW MEAN FEATS: The Winter Olympics had it all, from political tension to phenomenal performances
As the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo were extinguished on 22 February, bringing the 2026 Winter Olympics to a close, the curtain fell on a Games defined as much by controversy as by competition.
LEGAL DRAMA: Bellarmine Mugabe to remain behind bars for another week on attempted murder charges
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, is facing charges of attempted murder, obstructing justice and the possession of a firearm following the shooting of an employee at his Hyde Park residence.
What South Africa needs to win the war on crime
Ian Cameron, Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, said South Africa needs more than the army deployment to win the war on crime.
The South African bank moving R5 trillion every single day
Standard Bank’s corporate and investment banking arm processes trillions of rand in daily payments, underscoring its immense scale as it deepens its presence across Africa.
Smart Money – Cogence CEO Jonel Matthee-Ferreira on the company’s 2026 investment outlook and the AI bubble
Jonel Matthee-Ferreira is an asset management veteran with nearly two decades of experience in the finance industry.