Widespread water shortages across the country are being exploited by criminal syndicates that will sabotage infrastructure to create demand for water tankers.

While the Department of Home Affairs’ extended visa concession provides temporary relief for applicants, it does little to address persistent processing delays, leaving many reliant on legal intervention.

Eskom reported positive improvements to its financial performance, with the utility having received R460 billion in debt guarantees over the past decade, but warned that challenges remain.

Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says poor and inadequate regulation has created opportunities for corruption and incompetence in South Africa, which slow its economic growth.

Israel has passed a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, codifying practices previously carried out extrajudicially. With conviction rates in military courts exceeding 95%, critics say the measure is a guarantee of death, not justice

The fuel levy relief announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will come at a significant cost to the fiscus, but there is some hope that this will not markedly impact the country’s fiscal consolidation efforts.

Easter egg prices are extraorbitant. Read about the global cocoa crisis, key statistics, and what it means for South African shoppers.

While Cape Town property prices continue to soar, a surprising municipality has quietly overtaken the Mother City’s growth.

Cape Town homeowners have less than a month left to review and object to their updated municipal property valuations, which will determine their new rate bills and could significantly impact household costs.

SARS is leading a government initiative to introduce a single biometric-secured digital identity for all South Africans to replace multiple identification systems across the government.

Discover how light pollution affects your view of the stars and how using the Bortle Scale measures when to see the Milky Way clearly.

Global data-centre provider Equinix plans to build more facilities in South Africa as part of a R7.5 billion plan to capitalise on the continent’s artificial-intelligence boom.

A nearly blind Rohingya refugee died on the streets of Buffalo after federal agents left him outside a shuttered doughnut shop in winter. The medical examiner’s homicide ruling this week exposes a pattern South Africans know too well.

There will be eight lowest ranked teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Bafana Bafana are one of them. Who are the remaining seven?

South Africans are making waves abroad, and this former Bafana Bafana midfielder is joining that growing list.