Top political party ask South Africans to ignore prominent town’s name change
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has called on South Africans to ignore the name change from Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town.
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End of Eskom’s 102-year reign
South Africa’s electricity reforms are dismantling Eskom’s century-old monopoly to create a competitive market led by a new grid operator and private investment, despite resistance from the utility.
News24 | Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi forges stunning election win
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a landslide election win on Sunday, paving the way for her tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending aimed at countering China.
USA’s Johnson wins women’s downhill gold
USA’s Breezy Johnson wins the women’s downhill gold medal, the same alpine skiing event in which her compatriot Lindsey Vonn suffered a heartbreaking crash in, to win her first Winter Olympics title at Milan-Cortina 2026.
PHANTOM SHARES: The Finance Ghost: Price wars meet wild profits as chicken, fish and sugar shake SA grocers
Last week in this column, I wrote about the retailers and the Real Estate Investment Trusts as a great example of a value chain on display on the JSE. I particularly enjoy reading updates from companies at different points in the chain and seeing what the top-down and bottom-up views look like. This week, I’m looking at a different (but closely related) value chain: food retail and food producers.
Police probing if people linked to Mbense murder being ‘silenced’ by syndicate
Police are investigating whether a criminal syndicate may be systematically eliminating individuals connected to the 2022 murder of Emmanuel Mbense after a series of deaths involving key people of interest.
England deny Nepal in final-ball thriller at World Cup
England fight from the brink to avoid a major shock and beat an inspired Nepal by four runs in their opening match of the T20 World Cup in Mumbai.
Top South African school allegedly refused to play tennis against Jewish opponents
Students from Roedean, a prestigious Johannesburg-based girls’ school, have been slated for their alleged refusal to play tennis against Jewish opponents.
What CCTV caught just before Wiandre Pretorius took his own life
Wiandre Pretorius, an Ekurhuleni police reservist, died by his own hand at a Brakpan petrol station while intoxicated and arguing with a woman
Big Stink: Vandals strip Nelson Mandela Bay wastewater plant bare as metro promises repairs
Although contractors have been appointed to restore operations at the dysfunctional Driftsands Wastewater Treatment Works, vandals and thieves are still targeting the critical municipal facility, stripping cables and equipment unimpeded.
Don’t drop PM over Mandelson, minister urges Labour MPs
Pat McFadden says Sir Keir Starmer made a mistake – but ditching him would destabilise the country.
Holy Spirit’s presence in life’s darkest moments
Sometimes faith is what keeps us from falling apart. Be encouraged as you listen to this year’s first episode
SARS is coming after South Africans who actually pay tax
With just 2.4% of South Africans now paying 77% of all personal income tax, SARS is tightening scrutiny on this small, wealthy group of taxpayers.
Vonn crashes in Olympic downhill after ACL injury
Lindsey Vonn crashes in the women’s downhill competition at the Winter Olympics nine days after rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament.
LOCAL HEROES: ‘Like waiting for an advancing enemy’: Thin yellow line saves homes as tinder-dry Greyton burns
A small team of volunteers has kept 50 wildfires from destroying homes in six fire-hit villages in the Overberg in recent months.
Numbers don’t lie, Bucs are wasteful in front of goals – Ouaddou
Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou wasn’t too pleased with the 4-1 scoreline that saw the stroll to the Nedbank Cup round of 16 at the expense of third-tier’s Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday.
Joburg Mayoral Race: Joburg mayoral race: Herman Mashaba hints at return
Herman Mashaba may put his name in the hat for Johannesburg mayor, pledging to tackle crumbling infrastructure, revive the inner city and collapse municipal entities. Referring to political opponents, he warned: ‘In a village when we come across a snake, we don’t just kill it, we burn it.’Herman Mashaba may put his name into the ring for Johannesburg mayor, pledging to tackle crumbling...
Pretorius was a person of interest in Witness D hit
Former police reservist Wiandre Pretorius, who died by suicide, was a person of interest in the murders of Marius ‘Vlam’ van der Merwe and Emmanuel Mbense. Van der Merwe was killed outside his home in December, with Pretorius being the first to be questioned by police. He was also linked to Mbense’s murder, with police investigating a potential criminal syndicate eliminating its members. An...