TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026, 00:41
Brown Mogotsi may face an uphill battle when he makes a formal bail application next week after the police revealed that the gun allegedly used in a staged assassination attack on his vehicle was also used in a murder and armed robbery case.
Anglo American agreed to sell its steelmaking coal mines in Australia to Dhilmar as the mining company continues to reshape its business.
The summer festival at London’s Hyde Park will see the eight-member K-pop group perform.
Affordable, tech-rich SUVs and long warranties hit home with cash-strapped consumers.
Eskom has threatened to cut power to Johannesburg over a R5,2bn it said City Power owed.
The IFP has expelled one of the party’s King Cetshwayo District Municipality leaders, Sipho Mbatha, over longstanding allegations of extortion.
Three South African sides have made the URC quarterfinals, but hosting a final in South Africa would require a unique set of results.
The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC.
‘Political fixer’ makes his first court appearance over alleged fake assassination plot
BBC Sport announces its plans for the 2026 Fifa World Cup next month including coverage of all 104 matches in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Former South Africa Under-20 centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg could make his England debut this summer.
Growth has been upgraded from 0.8% to 1% for 2026 in the influential body’s latest forecast.
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North West businessman Brown Mogotsi will apply for bail on 25 May in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court after being arrested on charges of defeating the ends of justice over an alleged staged assassination attempt in Vosloorus
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The US-Israeli war with Iran has already cost companies around the world at least $25 billion – and the bill is climbing, according to a Reuters analysis.
African fintech is tied to the continent’s underlying financial realities, because solving those challenges is where many of the sector’s largest opportunities still sit.
The DA has appointed veteran MP and former prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach as its new chief whip in the National Assembly.
The extortion case of taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni has been struck from the court roll, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba, who was a no-show.