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South African ministers ignored hundreds of questions in 2025
Of the 7,351 questions that were asked in the National Assembly this year, over 400 were ignored.

AFCON 2025: Top 10 oldest players of all-time
SA People has compiled a list of 10 oldest players of all-time to feature at AFCON finals since the first edition in 1957.

Record number of illegal immigrants flooded South African borders this Christmas
Over 1,000 undocumented foreign nationals were caught attempting to enter South Africa from Zimbabwe on Boxing Day alone.

Parental leave changes for South Africa
The Constitutional Court’s has rules that all South African parents should share four months and 10 days of parental leave, which means that employers need to implement major operational changes.

AFCON 2025: All the teams that qualified for the Last 16
There were susprise inclusions in the Last 16 of this year’s AFCON as two teams made the cut without winning a single match.

The woman behind one of South Africa’s biggest food empires
Ina Paarman went from teaching cooking classes in a garage to founding one of South Africa’s most well-known food-manufacturing businesses.

Nelson Mandela is turning in his grave
Nelson Mandela and his successor, Thabo Mbeki, reduced South Africa’s inherited debt and avoided a World Bank or IMF bailout. However, this work has been squandered.

WEATHER: Severe storms to hit SIX provinces as wet New Year looms
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Wednesday, 31 December 2025.

FIFA World Cup: Infantino defends high ticket prices
There will no be empty stadium at the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches as ticket demands are high, according to the president.

South Africa’s last manganese smelter on the brink of shutting down
High electricity prices will force South Africa’s last operational manganese smelter to shut down without immediate government intervention.