THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2026, 11:38
South Africa keeps relying on commodity booms to bail out the fiscus, yet the mining sector’s pleas for relief – from lower electricity tariffs and targeted incentives – remain unanswered.
Social grants up, fraudulent beneficiaries busted, ghost workers identified
Matt Henry gets New Zealand off to a blistering start as Pathum Nissanka is dismissed with the first delivery of Sri Lanka’s innings in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super 8s match.
De Beers has gone from an iconic industry legend to costing Anglo American billions in impairments, with plans to sell the diamond giant still up in the air.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions are expected in most parts of the country, followed by thundershowers in the afternoon, according to the South African Weather Service.
18-year-old Arvid Lindblad is about to become Britain’s youngest ever Formula 1 driver when he makes his debut this season. BBC Sport’s Andrew Benson met with him ahead of the opening race in Australia.
Gianluca Prestianni will miss the second leg of Benfica’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid after Uefa reject the club’s appeal against his suspension.
Ballistics expert shows how ammunition could not have come from one of the rifles in question
The next round of talks between the US and Iran in Geneva on Thursday could be decisive in the president’s decision-making.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2026 Budget Speech just gave global South Africans a massive financial reason to come back to the sun.
David Campbell murdered former colleague Brian Low in Aberfeldy two years ago then tried to cover his tracks.
ANC Youth League secretary-general Tsakani Shiviti has resigned from Parliament, and her seat has been taken by her deputy in the party, Zama Khanyase.
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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has signalled increased spending on peace and security in his budget speech from R268.2 billion in 2025/26 to R291.2 billion in 2028/29. The allocation follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement in his State of the Nation address (Sona) that the defence force will be deployed alongside the police to combat illegal mining […]
Members accuse the principal of protecting the teacher by trying to hide the incident
Members accuse the principal of protecting the teacher by trying to hide the incident
Budget 2026 is the industrialisation fulcrum on which the Ramaphosa administration will lift the South African economy out of the pit despair.
The National Treasury has begun implementing its Early Retirement Programme, with over 7,600 applications being approved since October 2025.