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The head of South Africa’s budget office resigned last week, after helping the National Treasury stabilise public debt.

Two weeks ago after 23 days, Melville residents laced their tekkies and toyi-toyi’d against Joburg Water. The next day, many of the residents reported that they had water again and its been flowing freely since. In Northgate, a friend is not renewing her lease because of intermittent water supply. I was with her when she […]

Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings argues that despite a fiscally disciplined Budget, South Africa faces mounting economic and social pressure unless it urgently accelerates growth well above 2%.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso praised Monnapule Saleng’s impact during their 3-1 win over Sekhukhune United, where Saleng assisted a goal after coming off the bench.

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria

US and Israel strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei over the weekend.

In the last appearance, Judge Phillip Loubser expressed concern over the delay.

The conflict between Iran, Israel and the US has caused disruption to global air transport.

It’s the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets.

The high prices came as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain.

The move could undermine Lilongwe’s pursuit of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund

He used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.

This is the highest number of confirmed casualties from a single African country in the Ukraine-Russia war.

The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi – but the purchase was never completed.

Bidvest has formally relaunched the sale process for its discontinued banking operation, in the hope of finding a new buyer after its sale to Access Bank collapsed.

3am wake-up calls should be reserved for brilliant ideas, not infrastructure failures.

Prince Buthelezi Mall is opening its doors next month, with the 37,000 sqm mall offering modern retail services to Empangeni for the first time.

Brown Mogotsi sent word to the Commission that he has taken ill.  

The Inquiry probing efforts to stall the investigation of apartheid-era perpetrators continues.

The commission is probing corruption, political interference in criminal justice system.

The SACP call comes after a two-day Lekgotla following the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. 

The Ikey Tigers are on the road in Round 3 of the Varsity Cup as they travel to Durban to take on newly promoted Emeris on Monday, 2 March.

The Proteas would be in line for a big pay day if they can go all the way and clinch the 2026 T20 World Cup title in India.

Lionel Messi scores twice as Inter Miami fight back from two goals down to beat Orlando City 4-2 in the Florida derby.

Is Youssef Chermiti’s overhead kick for Rangers against Celtic the best of the 2000s so far? Or do some of the other strikes in the fixture get your vote?

Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile

In order to watch the Oscar-nominated documentary in which many of them have starring roles, pupils at Karabash School No 1 have had to source bootlegged copies, viewing the...

The very private couple have managed to keep their much-anticipated wedding under wraps… until now.

In the Eastern Cape, the picturesque seaside town of St Francis Bay is attracting buyers from across South Africa. Here’s why…

Ian von Memerty’s original Handful of Keys co-star, Bryan Schimmel, has posted a touching tribute to the late thespian…

Eskom follows a seven-day rotational schedule, with outages affecting different areas each day.

‘It’s very difficult to manage a locker room that has players of high quality that are not in the line-up,’ he said.

‘My derby had to be a win and we won,’ said the Pirates winger.

The Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) Cross-border Payments Scheme, operated by PayInc, has achieved a new milestone through its collaboration with First Capital Bank (FCB) Botswana, for activating payments into Botswana. With the Botswana corridor now live, this partnership is driven by the seamless integration of the TCIB multi-currency, cross-border digital platform into […]

Pick n Pay has added its clothing range to its asap! app as it pushes to build a retail super app.

Pick n Pay Clothing is now available to millions more customers nationwide following its launch on the Pick n Pay asap! app, making affordable, quality clothing easier to access through a platform customers already use every day for their daily grocery needs. This is another step in Pick n Pay asap’s evolution from an on-demand […]

TymeBank is overhauling its retail footprint by rolling out dedicated customer hubs in malls across South Africa.

Motorists have important rights when dealing with police roadblocks in South Africa’s biggest city.

Luxury British automaker Aston Martin may be forced to retrench up to 20% of its workforce.

The Western Cape is strengthening its passenger and commercial rail operations.

Women with endometriosis say doctors failed to listen to them or take their pain seriously.