
This unexpected province keeps beating the Western Cape’s property prices
While the Western Cape dominates headlines, SA property prices keep soaring in one unexpected province.
TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026, 16:24

While the Western Cape dominates headlines, SA property prices keep soaring in one unexpected province.

Rhino poaching cases have dropped in South Africa, but new attacks and syndicate violence keep pressure on rangers.

Kruger National Park faces renewed calls for name changes as traditional leaders and younger activists question historic place names.

History is now repeating itself — and the same blind spots remain. In 2026, the global fuel price shock caused by the conflict in the Gulf has led to substantial rises in regulated fuel prices effective 1 April 2026

The EFF has slammed ‘constitutional delinquent’ Ramaphosa, vowing to oppose his ‘opportunistic’ judicial review and ensure he faces impeachment.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

VAR IS COMING TO THE PSL!
SAFA has made a commitment to have VAR up and running in the PSL from the start of the 2026-27 season.

Danish Superliga Champion!
Gift Links has joined an exclusive list of South African-born players to have lifted the league trophy in Denmark.

The proposal highlights that South Africa’s universities and technical and vocational education and training colleges can become productive economic nodes distributed across all provinces

Amid the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out of a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection called lenacapavir (LEN) has been a spot of bright light. Staff in 360 healthcare facilities spread across the country stand trained and ready to […]

While management at Stellenbosch University projected stability and excellence, students, auditors and internal oversight bodies warned of chronic debt, unsafe housing, National Student Financial Aid Scheme failures and slow transformation

The Madlanga commission has heard how the Hawks intercepted nearly a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021, after an initial intervention by Gauteng traffic officers

Several universities are facing deepening governance crises marked by institutional capture, leadership instability and weakened accountability systems, say higher education leaders and a Universities South Africa report

The memory of the Covid-19 shock shapes how governments and publics react to any new outbreak with even a hint of international spread

A look at Mother’s Day, recycled lovers and salaries that defy South African maths as we see it in popular soap operas.

Experts agree that there is no reason for public panic while Hantavirus remains under close watch in South Africa.

By Prof Linda du Plessis, senior deputy vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU). Visit North West University press office The tragedy of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) story is that it reflects more than an institutional crisis; it reflects a deeper tension in public leadership in South Africa. NSFAS has grown from a […]

Repairs to the collapsed Orpen Road leading to Kruger are being fast-tracked as South Africa’s iconic park celebrates 100 years in 2026.

10 May a special date for Kaizer Chiefs!
It was on 10 May 2025 when Amakhosi qualified for CAF Confederation Cup and history repeated itself on Sunday.

The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is a unique and proudly South African organisation that exists to represent all stakeholders in science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa (SA). The NSTF marked its 30th anniversary last year as the largest, longest-standing and most representative independent stakeholder body of its kind. The NSTF […]

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