
China, Russia and Iran launch naval exercises off South Africa’s coast
China, Russia, and Iran began a week-long naval exercise off South Africa, which is framed as being for maritime security and trade cooperation within BRICS Plus.
FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 2026, 17:22

China, Russia, and Iran began a week-long naval exercise off South Africa, which is framed as being for maritime security and trade cooperation within BRICS Plus.

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged the ANC to fix service delivery ahead of local elections as support is expected to decline.

There are currently two South Africans who have set Olympic records that remain unbroken.

As South Africa’s rental market enters its peak moving season, experts warned that automatic rent hikes could lead to vacancies and a loss of income.

Johannesburg’s recurring water shortages stem from years of poor maintenance and inadequate storage capacity within the city, meaning even routine disruptions from bulk supplier Rand Water result in widespread outages.

If it weren’t for a levy added to every litre of petrol for the dysfunctional Road Accident Fund, South Africans would be paying significantly less to fill up their cars.

Monnapule Saleng became the EIGHTH player to directly join Sundowns from Orlando Pirates in the PSL era. Who are the others?

South Africa’s fragile, consumer-led economic recovery is at risk of being derailed by a global slowdown due to the country’s high exposure to external factors and weak fixed investment.

The ANC SG vowed that an ANC-led government would prioritise nationalising the SARB and implementing land expropriation without compensation.

Trump’s refugee programme has approved over 1000 South Africans, including Black people, under an ‘Afrikaner’ classification. This begs the question: who gets to decide what an Afrikaner actually is?

South Africans planning to leave the country permanently must deregister as tax residents with SARS through a complex financial emigration process to avoid unexpected taxes and compliance issues.

Motorists have been told not to yield, move from a traffic lane, or be forced off the road by any vehicle displaying white flashing lights.

Conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III has been sworn in as the United States’ ambassador to South Africa.

The National Freedom Party (NFP) has suspended its KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, Mbali Shinga.

As the rand weakens and markets stagnate, South Africans are increasingly investing in luxury watches, jewellery, and handbags as alternative assets.

Tensions within the African National Congress’s structures have deepened after the ANC Youth League president accused some senior party leaders of being “detached from reality.”
The 2025 matric results will be available on News24 from 13 January

As interest rates ease and affordability improves, more South Africans are re-evaluating offshore investing and turning back to local property.

The DA has condemned Gauteng’s Education Department for leaving thousands of learners unplaced with the school year only days away, but the DA-run Western Cape is struggling with the same crisis.

Data shows that sick pay rates in South Africa are among the best in Africa, with employees earning an average of R1,863.29 in mandatory sick pay for a week off.
Residents of Stanford in the Western Cape have been urged to prepare for possible evacuation, as a fire spreads across the area.