THURSDAY, 05 FEBRUARY 2026, 08:12
The early childhood development sector has an important role to play in the delivery of universal access to quality Grade R learning for young children. However, despite recent mass registration drives for centres and a boost in the early childhood development subsidy, resources and funding remain limited.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday beat Serbian Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 to win his first Australian Open, increasing his overall Grand Slam tally to seven.
As Andy Mothibi takes the reins as National Director of Public Prosecutions, a potential opportunity for reform arises amid the ongoing scrutiny of the South African Police Service and organised crime networks.
Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds and excessive lightning are expected in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State on Monday, which could cause flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, while the South African Weather Service issued a heatwave warning for parts of the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.
South Africa’s failure to transform the education system despite massive spending has left most learners without basic literacy and maths skills, deepening unemployment and skills shortages in the economy.
A Democratic Alliance (DA) oversight visit across four informal settlements in Gauteng revealed incited land invasions and land fraud.
South African courts are increasingly holding community scheme boards and trustees in estates personally accountable for routine decisions.
The cost of living in South Africa is unaffordable to most households, with small annual salary increments not reflecting inflation as experienced by workers or the actual cost of worker expenses.
Power has been restored in Tshwane after a widespread outage left large parts of the city in the dark.
South Africa’s economy has grown faster than its population for the first time in years. However, growth remains too weak to meaningfully reduce unemployment.
Dr Lumkile Mondi, an economist and senior lecturer at Wits University, said the plan to impose a 50% tariff on vehicles from China and India is a bad idea.
Just a few weeks after etching his name into South African sporting history as one of the oldest swimmers to conquer the Robben Island crossing, 80-year-old John Flanigan has died in a tragic sea-kayaking accident at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town.
As affordability pressures rise in major metros, South Africans are increasingly semigrating to smaller coastal and lifestyle towns in search of better value, a higher quality of life, and strong property growth.