FRIDAY, 02 JANUARY 2026, 09:25
In this carefully curated collection, we present photographs that, to our eyes, captured the unfolding realities of the climate crisis over the past year. No single selection can encompass every defining moment, but these images bear witness to a period that tested ecosystems and communities alike, while still revealing moments of resilience.
A South African court rejected a R54 billion settlement between the nation’s energy regulator and electricity provider over a tariff-calculation mistake that would have seen power prices raised by more than previously permitted.
Thirty questions to test your knowledge of the year’s events that made the headlines – from politics to pilchard-loving VIPs.
As Swellendam faces severe water restrictions due to dwindling supplies, residents unite to address the ongoing crisis.
Thirty-six members of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature have been suspended following chaotic and violent scenes during a no-confidence vote sitting earlier this month.
Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert’s companies inked some notable deals in 2025.
Halfway between Cape Town and Joburg sits the historic town of Richmond. Ordinary-looking at first glance, it has a delightful character.
The largest portion of what South African taxpayers pay to the revenue service is allocated to managing the country’s debt.
In November 2025, the R50 million Funda Uphumelele National Survey (FUNS) delivered the first comprehensive measurement of early-grade reading in all official languages. The findings confirmed what researchers suspected: only 31% of Grade 1 learners can identify 40 letter-sounds per minute — the minimum threshold for reading readiness. By Grade 3, 15% cannot read a […]
Bafana Bafana beat Angola 2-1 on Monday to pick up three points in their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations opener, thanks to goals in each half from Oswin Appollis and Lyle Foster.
Professor Renfrew Christie, who died at the weekend aged 76 following a short illness, was an intellectual force, a man of appetites, great bravery and tenacity, and, as a member of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) who spent many years in an apartheid jail, a South African hero.
Police have announced that two suspects have been arrested and are set to be charged in connection with the murder of Warrick Stock, popularly known as ‘DJ Warras’, who was fatally shot in Johannesburg on 16 December.
The City of Cape Town’s proposed R180m wall along the N2 corridor to Cape Town International Airport has been met with fierce opposition over claims of a lack of public participation.
Inclement weather across the country has resulted in two confirmed deaths so far, as clean-up operations and stock-counting get under way.