
South Africa’s biggest drug busts of 2025
More than R2.5 billion worth of drugs have been seized from illegal operations throughout the year.
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More than R2.5 billion worth of drugs have been seized from illegal operations throughout the year.

In Umlazi, just outside Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, is a high school that has been operating for nearly 60 years and is known as one of the largest in the country by student population.

A family trust linked to South African tycoon Koos Bekker sold 2.5 billion rand ($150 million) of Naspers shares to finance the construction of hotels in South Africa, the UK and Italy.

Bafana Bafana are not only supported by South Africans at the ongoing AFCON, but they also have a fan in Orlando Pirates coach.

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Lyle Foster scored a stunner of a goal as Bafana Bafana beat Angola, and this was somehow a feat for the 25-year-old.

South African companies are sitting on a massive cash pile due to low business confidence and policy constraints have stalled expansion efforts.

Gavin Hunt was most recently on the books of Durban City, and despite having a good start to the season, he was sacked.

Codehesion is an award-winning software development company that produces world-class work for South Africa’s biggest businesses.

A property in Pretoria bought by Oscar-winning actor Presley Chweneyagae, using funds from a lottery grant, has been frozen by the Special Tribunal.

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Tariffs were meant to punish Chinese exporters and encourage American manufacturing; instead, they have raised prices for US consumers

Creation Wine Estate was ranked as the seventh best vineyard in the world, and the second in Africa.

Truecaller warned that South Africans should be on guard, as the country is entering its highest scam-risk period in five years.

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South Africans are increasingly semigrating to the Garden Route, boosting property prices in the area.

Bafana Bafana recorded a hard-fought 2-1 win at the hands of Angola who impressed throughout the 90 minutes.

The club was founded in 1875, which was before the rules of rugby and football had arrived in the Cape.

A South African court rejected a R54 billion settlement between the nation’s energy regulator and electricity provider over a tariff-calculation mistake that would have seen power prices raised by more than previously permitted.

Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert’s companies inked some notable deals in 2025.

In November 2025, the R50 million Funda Uphumelele National Survey (FUNS) delivered the first comprehensive measurement of early-grade reading in all official languages. The findings confirmed what researchers suspected: only 31% of Grade 1 learners can identify 40 letter-sounds per minute — the minimum threshold for reading readiness. By Grade 3, 15% cannot read a […]