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News24 | South Africa ramps up fuel imports from US as war jolts trade
South Africa is boosting oil-product imports from the US to help replace lost supplies from the Middle East, in another example of how the conflict is reshaping trade and threatening higher costs for consumers.
Drama over former Zambian president’s body as court orders its return
The family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu has launched an urgent high court application in Pretoria after his body was allegedly removed without permission from a mortuary by South African police and Zambian authorities, escalating a cross-border dispute over his final resting place
Holiday reality: Why your next South African getaway will be substantially more expensive
Planning a South African getaway? Prepare to dig much deeper. From a massive tourism boom to soaring municipal tariffs, costs are surging.
News24 | Three men arrested for kidnapping, mass murder in KZN
Police have arrested three suspects following the kidnapping and brutal murder of seven people in Newtown, Newark, about an hour north of Durban in KwaDukuza.
Malawi anti-corruption chief accused of using case files to pressure MPs
Malawi’s anti-corruption chief is accused of using confidential case files to pressure a parliamentary probe into a controversial pension fund deal.
A few things right and a few wrong about the Tata Curvv
While providing a smooth drive and some great features, the build quality makes the Curvv hard to love
News24 | Is wine writing working? SA’s most influential vino voices weigh in
A panel of South Africa’s most influential wine voices, including critic Christian Eedes, memoirist Bridgid Hamilton Russell, and winemaker Craig Wessels, will tackle the future of wine writing at Hermanus FynArts on 9 June. Join us.
Malawi’s hospital crackdown ignites legal firestorm
A presidential order banning doctors from private practice has ignited a constitutional showdown, exposing the dangerous gap between anti-corruption politics and the hard economics of a health system that is already running on empty
News24 | Here are some of SA’s fastest-growing firms – with Fieldbar topping the list
A Cape Town company that turned the humble cooler box into a must-have status symbol, tops a new list of South Africa’s fastest-growing companies.
News24 | Pentagon mum on sudden departure of US Navy Secretary John Phelan, amid leadership purge
US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan will leave office “immediately”, the Pentagon announced, without providing an explanation for the sudden exit.
Sundowns drop points, but is the PSL title over?
Did Mamelodi Sundowns just hand Orlando Pirates the PSL title on a silver platter? Stellies stole three points under their nose in Tshwane.
Capitec at 25: how scale, trust and practical innovation are reshaping access to finance
Capitec reports headline earnings growth of 23% to R16.8 billion, celebrates R1 billion in client savings, and enters its next chapter as a diversified financial services group built on the trust of 26 million South Africans Capitec opened its doors 25 years ago with a simple belief: banking should be simple, transparent and affordable. That […]
Biltong vs jerky: one is tastier and now also big business
One is a four-hundred-year-old masterpiece of air, salt and coriander. The other tastes like sadness. This is not even a contest.
South Africans Abroad: Lyle Foster’s Burnley relegated from EPL
Lyle Foster and his Burnley teammates have been relegated from the Premier League following the team’s 1-0 defeat to table-toppers Man City.
News24 | Breakthrough HIV jab arrives in 6 weeks, but cuts cripple rollout capacity
A new report warns that SA’s rollout of the six-monthly HIV-prevention jab, lenacapavir, could falter after US funding cuts gutted outreach networks. Findings draw on interviews with healthcare workers and high-risk groups in Cape Town and Johannesburg.