News24 | Dollar stampede pushes rand to weakest level in months
The dollar rose on Monday as escalating retaliatory threats in the Middle East conflict curbed risk appetite and lifted demand for safe-haven assets.
MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2026, 17:42
The dollar rose on Monday as escalating retaliatory threats in the Middle East conflict curbed risk appetite and lifted demand for safe-haven assets.

An Air Canada Express plane suffered significant damage after the collision.

The vehicles belonged to Hatzolah, a volunteer Jewish organisation that responds to medical emergencies.
Four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Community Ambulance service Hatzola were set on fire in Golders Green, north London, in what police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.

Advtech said construction of its new campus in Durban should start in 2027, which comes as the company has completed its other new campuses in Sandton and Nelson Mandela Bay.

In the song CMAT voices her frustration towards Oliver, singing “God, I hate him”.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman are being held in Tehran’s Evin prison amid ongoing attacks on Iran.

Tomos is one of thousands with ME in Wales, with services described as “a desert” for those most affected.

Andre de Ruyter resigned from Eskom after being overwhelmed by intense scrutiny, political interference, and a lack of government support, which distracted from running the utility and addressing its core challenges.

Recent data reveals a striking trend in South Africa’s marriages: wives are overwhelmingly far more likely to file for divorce.

The praise for grants from the president over the weekend is poor electioneering

One city in KwaZulu-Natal has been rewarded for its excellent service delivery in a province notorious for challenges in this regard.

We ignore that African men bore the primary physical and systemic brunt of the colonial and apartheid machines

When Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi appeared for the first time before the parliamentary ad hoc committee hearings in October last year, EFF leader Julius Malema spent 10 minutes of his hour-long engagement asking about cadre deployment.

“There would be no Pirates today had it not been for Irvin,” he told Sowetan team during an exclusive interview at home in Meadowlands Zone 7, Soweto.

LIV Golf will return to Steyn City next year from April 22 to 25, sport minister Gayton McKenzie announced

Too many people tested too late, turning curable illness into fatal one

Realising the Bill of Rights requires using competition law to curb corporate power and prevent excessive pricing

The concert was attended by an estimated 104,000 fans, much lower than the expected 260,000.

“At an average cost of R2836,87 in February 2026, these foods are relatively very expensive in relation to the total money available in the household purse to secure food,” reads the report in part.

Actress Mamarumo Marokane may be a familiar face to viewers of Scandal!, where she plays Bridget “Vuvu” Maseko, but there is more to the TV star than the fiery character audiences see on screen.