SATURDAY, 03 JANUARY 2026, 06:11
These rallies underscore the disconnect between financial markets and asset classes and the wider South African economy, which is growing at a snail’s pace and remains burdened with an unemployment rate of almost 32% and glaring disparities of income and wealth.
Joburg Super Kings go top of the table after three consecutive victories.
Impeached former Western Cape judge president John Hlophe’s longtime counsel, Barnabas Xulu, has started 2026 with a legal bang.
The KwaZulu-Natal surf rescue team is searching for two missing 21-year-olds who were swept away by rip currents at Pennington Beach on New Year’s Day. One body was recovered, and two others were rescued unharmed.
Build-up dominated by news the embattled Bulls will receive help from Bok assistant coaches.
NHS bosses say the fall is welcome, but expect freezing temperatures to increase pressure on the health service.
While MPs have attended most of their scheduled meetings, many fail to use the available Parliamentary processes to hold ministers accountable.
Captain Ben Stokes says he cannot imagine “someone else” replacing head coach Brendon McCullum, despite England’s Ashes series defeat in Australia.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian authorities in years.
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
The video shows a man trying to extinguish the flames while music can be heard playing in the background and some people film the fire on their phones.
Massive decisions were made by selectors and coach Shukri Conrad as the Proteas named their 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup set in India and Sri Lanka.
There is much in the world about which to feel despondent. My hope is that we let kindness and care for others be the things that define us in 2026. Enough lying, and cruelty and toxicity.
Bafana Bafana will clash with Cameroon in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16. Displays that mimic their rollercoaster group stage showings will probably lead to early elimination from the continental tournament.
The US president says “we will come to their rescue” after days of demonstrations and clashes.
Overnight snowfall left a covering of snow and ice in some areas
Paul Ovenden, who left Downing Street in September, says the British state has been “emasculating itself”.
Israel has been widely criticised for recognising Somaliland’s statehood, but others may follow suit.
The body of a woman was recovered after the vehicle she was travelling in was swept away by floodwater.
A legal battle over a venue for the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association’s January 2026 competition appears to be far from over, with the City of Cape Town launching another appeal – two days after the competition was supposed to kick off.