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A UN watchdog warned on Wednesday that racist hate speech by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders, coupled with intensified immigration crackdowns, was fuelling grave rights violations.

Late payments from the South African government are worsening, placing severe cash-flow pressure on small businesses and threatening their sustainability, jobs, and broader economic stability.
The South African Weather Service has issued warnings for disruptive rain and flooding across several provinces on Thursday.

Discover seven reasons why the tiny Skukuza Airport in Kruger National Park is considered the most beautiful airport in the world.

How a deep love of children drives life-changing care across Southern Africa through Pediatric Care Africa and its inspiring outreach work.

While Washington sent a culture warrior to lecture Pretoria, the SA president was in Brazil pitching South Africa as a gateway to Africa. The divorce is getting expensive.
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For 1,400 days, a wildlife film crew lived and worked in Zambia’s Nsefu sector, documenting the lives of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs in one of the most socially complex predator landscapes in Africa. What emerged was not just a study of survival, but a layered portrait of family, conflict, resilience and the strange […]

Improving unemployment figures in South Africa mask a weak labour market where falling participation, rising discouraged job seekers, and limited job creation highlight deep structural problems.

Rising oil prices could delay interest-rate cuts in South Africa and briefly slow the housing market recovery, potentially creating a short window for buyers to purchase property before prices accelerate.

FNB is steadily building a fully integrated financial services platform to deepen client relationships, boost cross-selling and grow higher-quality non-interest revenue, although major challenges remain.

There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of not abiding by international law, the rules-based order and respect for international institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court

While there’s not much to argue about in terms of ride quality, this is as compact as a compact SUV gets and the price point is set way too high

Leading domestic South African low-cost airline, FlySafair, will implement a temporary fuel surcharge to help it cope with sharply higher global jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East crisis.
US Ambassador Brent Bozell has backtracked on his comments that he doesn’t “care” about the SA court ruling that “Kill the Boer” is not hate speech, saying now that he respects the finding.

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources reassured the public that South Africa’s fuel supply is secure – for now – but warned that motorists can expect higher prices at the pump.

While the NPA argued the Nkabinde enquiry had become adversarial the panel chairperson Bess Nkabinde said the Prosecuting Authority cannot play referee in its own case

Discovery Bank says it is ahead of expectations, with early profitability and strong growth giving it confidence in its long-term targets and plans to expand its integrated banking platform.

Emerging markets have a way of punishing rigid systems. Spreads widen without warning. Liquidity appears, then vanishes. A policy headline hits the tape and the market reprices before a static model finishes “confirming” the move. That is the real challenge here. Automation keeps getting faster. Market environments keep getting messier. The edge goes to systems […]

MultiChoice’s subscriber base and profitability continued to decline in 2025, prompting new owner Canal+ to unveil a roughly R1.9 billion turnaround plan, which includes shutting down Showmax.