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Investec CEO Fani Titi said South Africa needs a reformed empowerment framework that focuses on effectiveness, accountability, and broad-based economic growth.

South Africa’s oldest building has faced multiple threats over its almost 350-year existence, the latest being contending with its associations to slavery, colonialism and apartheid.

Your Party delegates vote to be led by a panel of members – avoiding a potentially explosive leadership race.

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Monday, 1 December 2025.

Ledwaba says the body was discovered by community members who were looking for a missing person

About 148 000 people living with HIV, who know their status, are not on treatment

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the killing of police officers is concerning.

Police say the body of an unidentified man was found amongst the debris

Dozens have been arrested during climate protests at one of the world’s biggest coal export ports.

The husband and wife are alleged to have used a range of devices to cheat card games over a number of weeks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that’s bitterly divided the country.

Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Zambia’s government is accused of ‘hypocrisy’ as fallout from ex-president’s death deepens.

The defendants were accused of attempting a coup – but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

A South African allegedly recruited to fight for Russia recounts the horrors of war in Ukraine via voice notes.

The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.

GP Dr Kamlesh Sreekissoon says his patients are working multiple jobs to make ends meet.

St Anne’s Diocesan College began with one woman’s decision to build a new kind of educational space for South African girls in the late 19th century.

The searing rally across South African assets this year risks running out of steam unless economic growth picks up enough to make a dent in the nation’s sky-high unemployment rate.

The Africa Organised Crime Index 2025 revealed that criminality in South Africa is worse than in war zones like Sudan, Somalia, Mali, and Niger.

Mantashe was speaking at the sidelines at the North West Provincial General Council in Potchefstroom

The debate in the National Assembly was sponsored by Build One SA leader Mmusi Maimane

Governance challenges came under sharp focus on day one of the ANC NW Provincial General Council.

Crystal Palace manger Oliver Glasner believes the club should have spent more in the summer given their European commitments, arguing that January is too late to bolster his squad.

Ruben Amorim praises Joshua Zirkzee after the striker scored in a 2-1 comeback win at Crystal Palace.

Great Britain win the SailGP grand final in Abu Dhabi to claim their first overall title and the $2m (£1.5m) winners’ prize.

Leicester City boss Marti Cifuentes says he is only focused on winning and not the club’s ongoing legal case over financial breaches, which could result in a points deduction.

Expecting South Africa’s poorest residents to stretch Christmas SASSA grants – with the added spending of the holidays – is plain unfair …

South Africans – included a former Springbok – have condemned Eben Etzebeth’s eye gouge attack on a Welsh player…

Ouch! Springboks supporters both trolled and sympathised with Wales after their embarrassing loss on home ground…

Applicants of the refugee resettlement programme have been given another warning, days after one was accused of lying about her experiece.

Severe thunderstorms that are expected to bring heavy downpours, strong winds, and large hail to multiple regions.

The NPA declined to take action against the Eastern Cape MEC who claimed the Bergview College principal was a suspect in the Cwecwe rape case.

Human error responsible for nine out of ten crashes, says minister.

Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter and Treasury’s Ismail Momoniat received the inaugural Kathy Award for courage and service.

In a dramatic reversal of fortune, Eskom has announced the successful conclusion of its 2022-2025 Board’s term, a period marked by a historic financial and operational turnaround. The board, appointed during the utility’s most challenging period, is credited with laying the foundation for a stable, profitable, and investable Eskom. Eskom Chairman of the Board, Mteto […]

Finding a cheap gaming laptop that doesn’t suck ain’t easy. But I found it.

A close relationship to industry and an award-winning incubation lab have created a successful start-up ecosystem centred on Stellenbosch University.

The Urevo CyberPad for Home is an extremely capable walking pad with a 14 percent incline. It’s now well under $500.

The grocery delivery market in South Africa has grown tremendously in the last few years as the online shopping market has boomed.

Germany is urging the EU to relax its ban on combustion engine vehicles to protect its struggling car industry.

It is legal for homeowners’ associations in estates in South Africa to fine residents for speeding and other traffic violations committed by visitors and delivery people.

One company in South Africa has repaired more than 320,000 potholes in Johannesburg.

Russell T Davies says misinformation about the virus made him “despair”.

Deputy mayor Ceri Cawley plans to start a support group for women with endometriosis.