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Oil prices slid, stocks and bonds surged while the safe-haven dollar was knocked back on Wednesday, as a two-week Middle East ceasefirebrought some relief to marketson hopes for a resumption of oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Hungry Lion is set to open 200 new stores this year, which is the fastest rollout of any fast-food restaurant chain in South Africa.
Oil plunged below $100 a barrel after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
BERLIN, April 7 (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned on Tuesday of cyberattacks by the Russian state-linked hacker group APT28, saying it had compromised vulnerable TP-Link internet routers to spy on military, government and critical infrastructure targets.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/CAIRO, April 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian infrastructure.
Since September 2025, Daily Maverick has documented governance failures at the Department of Social Development under Minister Sisisi Tolashe. A letter sent to Tolashe by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March reveals the most recent: Tolashe charged her own Director-General with misconduct and advertised for his replacement without the legal authority to do either.
Iran’s plan, according to wire agencies, includes its continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, the cessation of war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.
On the same day Trump threatened Iran with power plants and bridges, Russia and China killed a UN resolution in its sleep. South Africa sat square in the wreckage of both.
Amid allegations of corruption in a R2bn security contract, Tshwane metro police chief Yolande Faro reveals a smear campaign against her as she seeks to restore integrity in her department.
MTN awarded nearly R160 million in performance-linked shares to executives under its Performance Share Plan, including R39.97 million to CEO Ralph Mupita.
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Wednesday, 8 April 2026.
Donald Trump is no stranger to provocative language. But his threat to wipe out Iranian civilisation and other recent menacing comments have prompted critics to question the US president’s mental health.
SA’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir – 37 920 doses – arrived last week at OR Tambo International Airport via two shipments from Dublin.
SA’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 doses — arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two shipments from Dublin. The batches reached the country six weeks later than expected. The delay of the shipment meant the health department couldn’t start its roll-out on April 1, as it had originally planned, and had to postpone it to mid to late May
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Yolanda Faro says that the testimony of corruption revealed at the Madlanga Commission concerning corruption in her department is alarming
Morning fog is expected in most parts, but the day will be warm, with isolated thundershowers, according to the South African Weather Service.
Economist Dawie Roodt argued that South Africa’s highly redistributive tax system relies on a small tax base to support a growing number of dependents.