Minister John Steenhuisen said that a court case over the state’s monopoly of the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines would derail the urgent procurement and rollout of FMD vaccines, a claim dismissed by some agricultural interest groups.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept reserved for science fiction. It has happening now.

These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 2 February 2026.

Sonskynhoekie, a white informal settlement on the outskirts of Pretoria, is characterised by extreme poverty and the absence of electricity or running water.

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said the world is witnessing the beginning of the end of the monetary system as we know it.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that rich people, who are the whites, must pay for services for poor South Africans.

The Department of Agriculture’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) requirements for exports to the European Union have drawn sharp criticism.

A Democratic Alliance (DA) oversight visit across four informal settlements in Gauteng revealed incited land invasions and land fraud.

The cost of living in South Africa is unaffordable to most households, with small annual salary increments not reflecting inflation as experienced by workers or the actual cost of worker expenses.

Power has been restored in Tshwane after a widespread outage left large parts of the city in the dark.

Dr Lumkile Mondi, an economist and senior lecturer at Wits University, said the plan to impose a 50% tariff on vehicles from China and India is a bad idea.

Former Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says that, according to his estimations, the number of people living in poverty, as well as poverty intensity, is exceeding the levels of early democracy.

The City of Tshwane in Gauteng is currently experiencing a widespread electricity outage, said to be triggered by tripped transformers.

The iconic Sun City Hotel is reinventing itself, while honouring its history as the Resort’s first hotel.

A heated Face The Nation debate questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s accountability for allies, amid Madlanga report fallout and police probe exclusions.

Lobby groups are taking the Minister of Agriculture to court over his failure to provide legal justification for banning private Foot-and-Mouth disease vaccinations during South Africa’s worst outbreak in history.

A man in the Krugersdorp CBD, faced with a crumbling town, decided to pick up a mop and hold the line.

South Africa’s long-squeezed motorists might find fresh relief next month as recent datafrom the Central Energy Fund (CEF) data points to meaningful  fuel price cuts  in February — a rare bright spot in a world rattled by geopolitical theatrics and jittery oil markets. In an unexpected twist, the rand has staged its strongest run in […]

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The EFF leader suggested that the United States might attempt to influence the elections over policy differences with South Africa