MONDAY, 06 APRIL 2026, 01:21
Eleven men have been found guilty on a raft of charges – including murder – in connection with a 2022 cash-in-transit heist in Rosettenville, in which eight people were killed.
As foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks continue to rise, the Department of Agriculture’s strategy is on containment, rather than eradicating.
The South African Revenue Service has collected over R3.6 billion in tax from two-pot withdrawals made by Alexforbes clients since September 2024.
Weeks after pledging to end child stunting by 2030, President Cyril Ramaphosa has kick-started a task team to drive this urgent national mission. But what concrete steps could the government actually take to end stunting? Spotlight sat down for an in-depth interview with one of the country’s leading experts on the issue.
South Africa will reduce a tax imposed on fuel to offset the impact of surging oil prices on domestic petrol and diesel, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.
Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop said South Africa could see an interest rate hike as soon as May or July this year.
Beijing expressed “gratitude” on Tuesday for coordination that enabled three Chinese ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway which Iran has all but closed during the war in the Middle East.
A Malaysian court on Tuesday ordered jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to pay $1.3 billion to a former unit of scandal-tainted state fund 1MDB, state media reported.
People accused of spying or cooperating with “hostile states” could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a recently enhanced law, an Iranian judiciary spokesperson said, a month into the war with the United States and Israel.
European Union governments should prepare for a “prolonged disruption” to energy markets as a result of the Iran war, the bloc’s energy chief has told countries’ ministers ahead of an emergency meeting on Tuesday.
Discussions are under way for a U.N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday, making it the deadliest conflict in the body’s history.
Over 85 000 tickets were made available for this Soweto Derby match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs on 26 April.
South Africa will reduce a tax imposed on fuel to offset the impact of surging oil prices on domestic fuel, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.
An attempt to have the December election of Loyiso Masuku as the ANC Greater Johannesburg region chairperson overturned has fallen flat after the Gauteng High Court struck the matter off the court roll.
Bafana Bafana return to the Mother City on Tuesday, 31 March to face Panama at Cape Town Stadium in what promises to be a packed house.
Heart surgery patients at Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital have a one in five chance of dying from surgery.
The government has little room to soften April’s fuel price shock, as reducing levies would undermine efforts to stabilise South Africa’s debt.
The Orange Art Project, a Cape Town nonprofit, is inspiring creativity among foster children by facilitating art sessions run by practising artists in homes across the city.
Tourists from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany clearly prefer the sunny reality of South Africa over exaggerated fears.