News24 | China’s BYD beats Tesla with world-record EV sales in 2025
Chinese auto giant BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles last year, a company statement showed Thursday, setting a new record for any firm globally.
MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 2026, 19:18
Chinese auto giant BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles last year, a company statement showed Thursday, setting a new record for any firm globally.

An investigation revealed that the Ubuntu Municipality irregularly employed an individual over 65 years old as municipal manager, without so much as an interview.

Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, provided details about South Africa’s multi-million-rand military deal with China.

Experts warned that wealthy South African families risk costly conflict, legal battles and losing their assets if they do not implement clear succession planning.
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Residential mortgage defaults are rising sharply despite lower rates and inflation, underscoring severe financial strain on South African households amid weak economic conditions.

Constrained by Table Mountain, Cape Town has been expanding into the Atlantic Ocean for the past two centuries, with another land reclamation project planned.

Reggies, the once-popular South African toy franchise, gradually disappeared from shopping centres following controversial protest action in 2012.

In the months leading up to the 2010 event, South Africa faced the reality that the country may not be safe enough to host the tournament.

Of the 7,351 questions that were asked in the National Assembly this year, over 400 were ignored.

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

Over 1,000 undocumented foreign nationals were caught attempting to enter South Africa from Zimbabwe on Boxing Day alone.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

I wasn’t sure what it would be like going back home after 12 years. Last time, I was a decade younger, with two small girls and far less London in my bones. Now, I’ve got more kids, more wrinkles and I may have forgotten what the sun looks like.

Ronwen Williams is now in the top five of Bafana Bafana players with most AFCON matches after he went level with Shaun Bartlett.