Ambassador Gjermund Saether said Norway and South Africa grew closer in defending international law.

‘These kids – we cannot build the future for them, no matter how much we love them – but we can build the youth for the future,’ Ma Joye tells Daily Maverick.

Angel Mokgokolo, a third-year education student, founded Maukq & Company to bridge South African classrooms with real-world engineering. By converting mining rehabilitation and water projects into Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement-aligned ‘living lessons’, she equips pupils in grades 7 to 9 with practical STEM resources.

South Africa’s retail sector enters the 2025 festive season in cautious transition. While sales are rising in key categories like textiles, furniture and online channels, households remain mindful of budgets, inflation, and value. From Black Friday spikes to the rise of e-commerce, this data-led analysis explores what festive growth really looks like — and what it means for retailers...

It was definitely a roller coaster year for South Africa’s business sector, having begun with cautious optimism from business leaders anticipating a decreasing interest rate environment, and hoping for the best from the Government of National Unity.

The Competition Tribunal’s three-day pretrial hearings in the Meta–GovChat dominance case clarified how evidence and participation rights will operate ahead of trial. From E‑Discovery standards to disputes over subpoenas and witness statements, the rulings are shaping how South Africa balances Big Tech accountability with fairness.

President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes Thursday against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country.

With films encountered across cinemas, streaming platforms, and the occasional hard-to-find corner of the internet, this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive. It is a personal selection of the films that stood out along the way.

At the start of 2025, the mood was hopeful. By midyear, it was anything but straightforward. From economist optimism and fiscal standoffs to behind-the-scenes policy battles and a late-breaking mini-budget, Business Maverick Lindsey Schutters rounds up the moments that defined South Africa’s business year and asks what they tell us about where the economy is headed next.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup, went into surgery on Thursday for an inguinal hernia, his wife said.

Five people have been killed in a helicopter crash on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, authorities say.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to find the “courage” to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza in his first Christmas message.

Almost a dozen people have died on Limpopo’s roads over the past two days, including six who were killed in a single crash on Christmas Eve.

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