WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026, 23:16
Almost 10 years after Cape Town experienced a drought so severe it sparked fears of a Day Zero scenario in which residents’ taps would run dry, the City of Cape Town is again sounding the alarm over possible drought conditions.
South African taxpayers were afforded relief in the 2026 Budget, with full inflationary adjustments to personal income tax brackets and medical tax rebates.
In the 2026 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has unveiled key reforms and strategies to bolster South Africa’s economic resilience, emphasising infrastructure investment and more efficient public services.
Early retirement and payroll audits drive consolidation effort
Thomas Morgan’s “rage-filled attack” left the five-month-old boy with catastrophic injuries.
Government plans to deal with dysfunctional municipalities
Good news for small businesses and savers
Good news for small businesses and savers
The government has revised its tax revenue expectations due to rising collections from VAT and commodities, scrapping a proposed R20-billion tax increase for 2026.
Lilia Valutyte, 9, was playing outside a shop in Boston when she was stabbed by Deividas Skebas.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered rare relief for taxpayers by adjusting personal income tax brackets and medical tax credits in line with inflation, easing the sting of bracket creep after two frozen years. But higher fuel levies and inflation-linked increases to alcohol and tobacco taxes will take some shine off the otherwise ‘good news’ Budget.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2026 Budget Speech
Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was acting “in good faith as is my duty and responsibility” as he felt information was “relevant”.
KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by Grade 3.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is delivering the 2026 budget speech on Wednesday in parliament.
A widening gap between skills taught at school and university and those wanted by employers is fuelling South Africa’s deepening youth unemployment crisis.
The Madlanga commission of inquiry has not disclosed whether Musa Khawula, a celebrity critic, will testify after he publicly shared a message from the commission seeking his availability.
The BBC says the popular drama will return for five new episodes, nine years after series two aired.