Steve Borthwick is facing mounting pressure as head coach of England following their worst campaign in the modern era of the Six Nations.

South Africa has officially submitted Lesufi’s name for secretary-general of the African Telecommunications Union for the 2027–2030 term.

Newsday is taking a break, which means we will not publish any articles over the next few weeks.

Within only eight years, the value of the illegal mining industry has ballooned from R7 billion to R60 billion by 2025 despite efforts from government to curb the crime.

The quaint tourist town of Riversdale, known for its natural beauty, will soon become the first town in South Africa to supply all of its own electricity.

Orania is a small South African town located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province, and it experiences just four to five serious crime offences per year.

A first-of-its-kind national survey has found that 80% of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning, only 30% are reading at a grade level between Grade 1 and 3, and a shocking 15% cannot read at all.

EFF leader Julius Malema has accused Oscar, the Premier of the Eastern Cape, of killing children in his province through poverty.

Nicholas Woode-Smith, a senior associate of the Free Market Foundation, argues that training more doctors is the path to lowering healthcare costs.

Minister Parks Tau said that with the number of companies contributing to BEE skills development programmes, if BEE were working, South Africa would not have a critical skills gap.

The fuel levy that supports the Road Accident Fund has been raised for the first time in five years, only months after mismanagement and dysfunction were uncovered in the RAF

The South African Government’s National Development Plan 2030 planned to reduce unemployment from 24.9% to 6%. However, it increased to over 30%.

Award-winning economist Dawie Roodt said crime has gotten completely out of control in South Africa, and the government has lost control over the police.

The mayor of Cape Town says his election campaign to become DA leader will focus on building a stronger party.

Finance MMC and the ANC’s regional Chairperson Loyiso Masuku has been appointed the city’s first deputy mayor, a position that will cost taxpayers R1.2 million a year.

Political analyst Prince Mashele said people who are scared of the MK Party are scared of the dead lion.

These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 27 February 2026.

The resignation of the City of Ekurhuleni’s Finance MMC is the latest in a series of politically destabilising events to rock the metro’s shaky coalition.

While on-demand online streaming services have become the preferred way to consume movies and series, South Africa still has a handful of DVD rental stores

South Africa loses about R100 billion every year due to illicit trading, slowly killing the tobacco and alcohol industries.

The city of Cape Town has embarked on the next step in its plans to make the city independent from Eskom.