While South Africa is a net oil importer, the country is not a net energy importer, which makes it more insulated than some of its peers to supply shocks from the conflict in the Middle East.

South Africa walked back its claim that US pressure led to its disinvitation from an upcoming Group of Seven summit in France.

A new 2,000 m² coastal-inspired retail and lifestyle centre, Garden Walk, has opened in Hartenbos, offering 51 stores, dining, and community spaces.

South Africa’s largest distance learning university is taking a bold step into aviation, aiming to blend theory with real world experience.

Coal-trucking syndicates sabotaged conveyor belts and railways to profit from expensive road transport and coal price arbitrage during the past decade’s load-shedding crisis, which is now under control.

South Africa’s Treasury has doubled the Single Discretionary Allowance to R2 million per year, giving taxpayers greater flexibility to move money offshore.

Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan

From global stages to intimate performances, Judith Sephuma shares what has sustained her career and what she hopes to build

A legendary Swiss festival meets the Cape Winelands as Montreux launches its first African edition in Franschhoek with global stars and jazz visionaries

The culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended

Through its KinFolk theme, the Folklore Festival returns to the work of connection, bridging generations, regions and disciplines to reimagine how South Africa remembers, archives and sustains its cultural voice

Macron personally invited Ramaphosa to the G20. Now the invite’s gone, Pretoria and Paris can’t agree on why.

The lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies

Organisers Griffin Shea and Ntokozo Ndlovu speak about how silent reading clubs are transforming South Africa’s book culture

The Across represents Suzuki’s value-driven approach: a refined, efficient and reliable mild hybrid SUV rooted in Japan’s disciplined engineering culture

The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

The recent arrests of 12 senior police officials show how the alleged cartel leader took over the procurement process

A flagship green hydrogen project is positioned to support industrial development in the Vaal — but there’s no sign of it and little awareness among the communities it is meant to serve

Too often, leadership is seduced by power. The allure of authority, prestige and influence can slowly overwhelm the original motivation to serve people. What begins as a commitment to uplift communities can quietly turn into an obsession with status and control

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A councillor said police had to be brought in to stop the disruptions