The crypto market has found some buoyancy, just in time to cover for the airline fuel surcharges. The Iran situation takes and gives in equal measure.

Earnings season on the JSE has delivered a flurry of updates in the past couple of weeks. There’s a mix of good news and bad news, with results affected by the usual mix of competitive forces, macroeconomic factors and internal strategic decisions at the companies.

Amid fears of a looming encryption crisis from quantum computing, experts are proactively implementing robust defences, ensuring our digital security remains intact.

When Yoco was assembling its first team to develop a new type of payments system for small businesses, it was operating out of a bachelor studio in Cape Town. Today it is a R12 billion business with more than 300 000 customers. And it all started with an idea that flourished around a single table in a tiny office.

While Cape Town may look perfect, Johannesburg still wins on energy, encounter and the unpredictable collisions that make a city feel alive.

South Africa is deindustrialising rapidly and the Vaal Triangle is ground zero. Daily Maverick went to the Vaal to see how the economic collapse is unfolding.

Amid ongoing efforts to secure funding for the Trans-Kalahari Railway, Botswana and Namibia confront new challenges posed by a US visa bond, affecting investor confidence.

While South Africa has various legislation and ample guideline documents governing the use of water resources, they have become overly complicated, thus making it difficult for both authorities and users to properly understand.

Not a single rhino was poached in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in January (compared with about 30 a month just three years ago). But the poaching assault in KwaZulu-Natal’s most famous rhino reserve is far from over.

While drones have quietly been helping Nelson Mandela Bay law enforcement for the past three years, a firm specialising in drone technology hopes to see more of its craft assisting the city and its residents with a wide range of other services.

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure is managing the coordination of more than 2,000 members of the South African National Defence Force in support of the South African Police Service, with efforts focused on ‘hotspots’ for illegal mining and gang activity in the Free State, Gauteng, North West, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

At midnight on a recent Friday, I found myself standing in the rain on Queen Street, surrounded by flashing blue lights, sex workers in stilettos and police officers carrying sound equipment out of a nightclub. This was not, I should immediately clarify, my usual Friday night.

The passing of the much-loved Soli Philander, a South African actor, comedian, director, television presenter and radio personality, gives pause for complex thoughts.

Experience laughter and chaos at Gqeberha’s Isithatha Theatre with See How They Run!, a farcical delight that brings together a stellar local cast for an unmissable show.

In March 2020, regular casino visitors across South Africa (SA) faced an abrupt change. Lockdown restrictions closed every casino in the country. These gamblers, suddenly confined to their homes, turned to their phones and downloaded betting apps like Betway and Hollywoodbets. Five years later, most of them haven’t returned to casinos.

The South African Weather Service has issued weather advisories for Monday, with extreme heat expected in parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape, while thundershowers and fog will affect several other provinces.

A dispute between the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Markman Business Forum over illegally occupied land has escalated into legal action. Businesses say they are being unfairly blamed for collapsing road infrastructure and are threatening to protest.