When Yoco was assembling its first team to develop a new type of payments system for small businesses, it was operating out of a bachelor studio in Cape Town. Today it is a R12 billion business with more than 300 000 customers. And it all started with an idea that flourished around a single table in a tiny office.
South Africa’s weak economic growth over the past 15 years was largely driven by load-shedding, logistics failures, and corruption, though recent improvements in power supply and reforms have led to a modest recovery.
The South African Weather Service has issued weather advisories for Monday, with extreme heat expected in parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape, while thundershowers and fog will affect several other provinces.
Security forces say the integrated deployment aims to dismantle illegal mining syndicates, curb gang violence and restore order in affected communities
President Cyril Ramaphosa is cracking down on municipal mismanagement of South Africa’s water crisis, with criminal charges waiting for municipal managers who fail at their duties.
Economist Dawie Roodt argues that South Africa has effectively lost two decades of economic progress due to weak growth from policy choices that have discouraged investment and job creation
South Africa is facing worsening infrastructure failures as a growing skills exodus of engineers and finance professionals from government erodes the state’s capacity to maintain and build critical infrastructure.
South African commercial property landlords often lose profitability due to hidden inefficiencies, such as prolonged vacancies, poor maintenance decisions, and unresolved rent arrears, which can significantly reduce returns.
Increased global data sharing means South Africans taxpayers with undeclared foreign assets are more likely to be uncovered and risk penalties of up to 200%, significant interest, and even criminal liability.
The Palestinian Iran-aligned militant group Hamas has called on Iran to not target neighbouring countries, while still reaffirming Tehran’s right to respond to the US-Israeli attacks.
When fellow villager Vulikhaya “Fish” Zilindlovu began posting videos of himself with the intellectually disabled Mkhanyiseli Mfutye on TikTok and Facebook in 2020, he never imagined it would transform his friend from a village outcast into an internet sensation.
Celebrated actor Zenande Mfenyana was still coming to terms with taking home her very first South African Film and TV Awards (Safta) honours after a career spanning nearly two decades.
From solar streetlights to community events, Jozi My Jozi is revitalising the inner city through practical civic projects that inspire hope and reignite pride
Economist Dawie Roodt argues that state capture persists through an overpaid civil service and politically connected tenderpreneurs, who consume a large share of government spending without improving service delivery.
A suspect believed to be the gunman in the murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D who testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, has been arrested in Johannesburg.