Speaker suspends 36 MK Party and EFF lawmakers in KwaZulu-Natal
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.
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Billionaire Johann Rupert’s busy year
Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert’s companies inked some notable deals in 2025.
BEST SMALL TOWNS: Richmond is easy to miss, but if you do visit, it’s hard to leave
Halfway between Cape Town and Joburg sits the historic town of Richmond. Ordinary-looking at first glance, it has a delightful character.
Where every R100 you pay in tax is meant to go in South Africa
The largest portion of what South African taxpayers pay to the revenue service is allocated to managing the country’s debt.
The politics of literacy
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 […]
FAST START: Bafana Bafana begin Afcon quest on rare winning note after downing Angola
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.
TRIBUTE: Farewell to a South African hero, Professor Renfrew Christie
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.
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Two suspects arrested for murder of DJ Warras following police interrogation
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.
DIVISIVE PLAN: City of Cape Town faces community backlash over proposed R180m wall on N2 ‘Hell Run’
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.
WEATHER WARNING: Severe weather claims two lives as relief operations across SA kick into gear
Inclement weather across the country has resulted in two confirmed deaths so far, as clean-up operations and stock-counting get under way.
CENTRE STAGE: Sonic boom: what to expect from the world of music in 2026
When it comes to music, local will be even more lekker and the west wilder than ever as musicians and contemporary artists throw it back to bring it forward in a year of genre-defying greatness.
From a Johannesburg township to South Africa’s first Grammy winner
Zenzile Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba was a woman who not only put the country on the map for its music but also drew international attention to the brutalities of apartheid.