South Africa’s Treasury has doubled the Single Discretionary Allowance to R2 million per year, giving taxpayers greater flexibility to move money offshore.

Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan

From global stages to intimate performances, Judith Sephuma shares what has sustained her career and what she hopes to build

A legendary Swiss festival meets the Cape Winelands as Montreux launches its first African edition in Franschhoek with global stars and jazz visionaries

The culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended

Through its KinFolk theme, the Folklore Festival returns to the work of connection, bridging generations, regions and disciplines to reimagine how South Africa remembers, archives and sustains its cultural voice

Macron personally invited Ramaphosa to the G20. Now the invite’s gone, Pretoria and Paris can’t agree on why.

The lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies

Organisers Griffin Shea and Ntokozo Ndlovu speak about how silent reading clubs are transforming South Africa’s book culture

The Across represents Suzuki’s value-driven approach: a refined, efficient and reliable mild hybrid SUV rooted in Japan’s disciplined engineering culture

The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

The recent arrests of 12 senior police officials show how the alleged cartel leader took over the procurement process

A flagship green hydrogen project is positioned to support industrial development in the Vaal — but there’s no sign of it and little awareness among the communities it is meant to serve

Too often, leadership is seduced by power. The allure of authority, prestige and influence can slowly overwhelm the original motivation to serve people. What begins as a commitment to uplift communities can quietly turn into an obsession with status and control

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