TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 10:05
The Ekurhuleni municipality evicted more than 300 households from its Airport Park Phase 2 property in Germiston on Monday morning, over allegations of nonpayment of rent and services by residents.
The most consequential test of the Federal Reserve’s independence in more than a century of existence comes before the US Supreme Court this week.
Zambia is the first African country to let Chinese mining companies pay taxes in yuan. It probably won’t be the last, as Beijing seeks to internationalise the currency and dilute its dollar dependence.
Under normal circumstances, South Africa’s move to a lower inflation target would have come with serious short-term pain. However, the Reserve Bank received an unexpected gift in 2025.
Following heavy rainfall that devastated Kruger National Park and led to its temporary closure, SANParks pledged to establish the Kruger Relief Fund.
Daily Investor is running its annual South African Investor and Banking Survey.
Israeli forces have wounded several Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, firing on civilians and launching air and artillery attacks in the latest near-daily violations of the ceasefire in place since October, as its war on the besieged enclave continues unabated.
A controversial final between Morocco and Senegal on Sunday, 18 January 20206, brought down the curtain on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The decider in Rabat will be remembered for the various disputes that took place, as opposed to the action on the field.
After manager Unai Emery says Aston Villa are not top-five contenders in the Premier League, BBC Sport looks at the importance of the transfer window.
The SAPS faces 48,569 civil claims for unlawful arrest and wrongful detention, potentially costing up to R56.7bn. Behind these figures lies a toxic mix of poor training, weak supervision and entrenched impunity that steadily hollows out public trust in law enforcement.
Parents of the 13 pupils who died in a collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning forcefully entered the crash site where their dead children lay in the wreckage after police repeatedly tried to stop them
The Nelson Mandela Bay council will soon consider a motion to suspend more than 10 officials involved in streetlight contract fraud, following Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s revelations of the content of a preliminary Special Investigations Unit report showing serious misconduct.
In Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, parents and community members express dissatisfaction with the temporary police presence at a school safety event, highlighting persistent gang violence issues in schools.
Stranded family survives three nights without food or shelter.
FNB has paid out over R1 billion to Ithala depositors following the institution’s looming liquidation due to long-standing compliance failures and insolvency.
Instead of reflecting economic confidence, the surge in gambling appears to be happening alongside growing hardship, debt and uncertainty for millions of South Africans.
Orlando Pirates midfielder Selaelo “Iniesta” Rasebotja, who’s on a comeback trail after a long-term injury, has reserved special praise for the Buccaneers coach Abdeslam Ouaddou for the way he treats players at the club.
The film has overtaken the previous record holder, Inside Out 2, after making $1.7bn (£1.3bn) worldwide.
There is growing tension between the country’s liberation-era foreign policy identity and its deep economic integration into Western-led global systems. In the context of recent developments such as South Africa’s stance on Israel, Venezuela, and its broader Global South alignments, strategic ambiguity is becoming harder to sustain.