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

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Wednesday, 24 December 2025.

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.

Thirty-six members of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature have been suspended following chaotic and violent scenes during a no-confidence vote sitting earlier this month.

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

The largest portion of what South African taxpayers pay to the revenue service is allocated to managing the country’s debt.

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 […]

Zenzile Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba was a woman who not only put the country on the map for its music but also drew international attention to the brutalities of apartheid.

New SARS guidelines mean that interest-free or informal trust loans will now be strictly policed, carrying significant tax consequences for South Africans using trusts.

The Bank of England has slashed its base rate to 3.75% – the lowest in nearly two years. If you’re a South African living in the UK with a mortgage, here’s exactly what this means for your monthly payments, whether you’re on a tracker, fixed rate or variable deal.

South African homeowners are paying a lot less on their monthly home loan repayments in December 2025 compared to 2024, with more interest rate relief expected in the coming years.

The Deputy Mayor of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape, Nokuzola Kolwapi, is in hot water after a video of her discharging a firearm in public went viral.

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The rand has rebounded sharply in 2025, gaining 10% against the dollar and reaching its lowest volatility in decades, supported by a weaker US dollar, strong commodity prices and improving South African fundamentals. However, as with any trend, this will not last forever.