MONDAY, 13 APRIL 2026, 05:21
The four astronauts embarking on NASA’s lunar flyby became on Monday the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they get set to view areas of the moon never before seen by the naked eye.
While Washington spent two years threatening Pretoria, Donald Trump built the conditions for his own undoing. At 35% approval and $4-a-gallon gas, the leverage is expiring.
Dining out in South Africa is shifting from routine to luxury as rising costs and new data reshape consumer habits.
Severe thunderstorms with strong winds, hail, excessive lightning, and heavy downpours are expected in the south-western parts of the North West and north-western parts of the Free State, according to the South African Weather Service.
A 53-year-old captain attached to the police’s Protection and Security Services (PSS) unit has been arrested for allegedly defrauding it of millions of rand.
Traffic congestion was a significant issue on major roads across the country on Monday, with more than 2 400 vehicles per hour recorded on the N1 heading to Gauteng.
Outgoing SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said increasing tax collections improved the lives of poor South Africans. We look at the numbers.
South Africa’s planned increase in the VAT registration threshold to R2.3 million is forcing small businesses to rework their tax strategies or risk undermining their long-term growth and financial stability.
The Radisson Hotel Group is expanding its presence in South Africa with a new 155-room serviced apartment development in Umhlanga.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the credentials of US Ambassador-designate Leo Brent Bozell III this week, a step that may signal a tentative easing of strained ties between the two countries.
The South African government introduced an incentive scheme in 1996 to try and boost the country’s manufacturing sector by giving qualifying companies an up to six-year-long tax holiday.
Easter road fatalities fall from 356 to 291 thanks to intensified enforcement and 321 roadblocks nationwide
US President Donald Trump and other US officials cast the rescue of a US airman in Iran as an “Easter miracle”, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.
Standard Bank processed over R164 trillion in payments in 2025, driven by rising digital transactions across Africa.