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As Iranian conflict rattles oil markets and raises economic risks for South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is building a scenario plan to assess the implications for the country

The discontent within ANC has unfolded alongside political negotiations in council, where the EFF has made Xhakaza’s removal one of the conditions for supporting a reconfiguration of power in the municipality

When workers marched and criticised the macroeconomic direction under Minister Trevor Manuel, it was never about personalities. It was about policy. It was about defending jobs, state capacity and redistribution

The campaign promoting the billionaire businessman as a potential future leader continues to organise nationally despite the ANC’s directive banning such moves ahead of its 2027 elective conference

Nehawu is also calling for all vacant positions to be filled.

“Smith will thus serve seven-year direct imprisonment for his involvement in criminality.”

The NDMP is South Africa’s central policy framework for addressing substance use

Winde says more than 41-thousand Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine doses have been administered

Winston Churchill coined the phrase “special relationship” 80 years ago. Now, his grandson says Trump is damaging U.S.-U.K. ties, and diplomats warn a divorce may be in the works.

President Ilham Aliyev says drone strikes are “act of terror” as he places armed forces on high alert.

Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq tell the BBC they have plans to cross the border but deny already doing so.

The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is postponed just 12 days before the finals were due to kick off in Morocco.

Ethiopia unveils its first unmanned, ‘smart’ police station where citizens can report crimes on automated touch screens.

The M23, which controls the coltan-rich area, has not commented and the death toll is hard to verify.

The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.

The 24 states are seeking to block Trump’s latest tariffs, which he imposed to replace levies struck down by the Supreme Court.

Data suggests the number of fixed-term deals has more than halved as prices for wholesale energy surge.

The Congress of the People co-founder was lauded for his principled positions ‘even in the face of criticism and humiliation’ and for being outspoken against corruption

Ramaphosa is expected to speak at the event at the request of the Jackson family.

ANC MP, Xola Nqola and EFF leader Julius Malema were among those who did not accept his apology.

Madadzhe was reacting to the address by Ramathuba at the Jack Botes Hall in Polokwane.

Several Premier League clubs are chasing Fulham’s Samuel Amissah, while Elliot Anderson is closing in on a move to Manchester City.

Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx capped off fantastic 2025 season when he scooped the prestigious SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year Award.

Tom English assesses Finn Russell’s credentials as one of Scotland’s greatest as the fly-half approaches a century of caps.

Golden Arrows head coach Manqoba Mngqithi says Mamelodi Sundowns will edge Orlando Pirates in the Betway Premiership title race.

As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instruction

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Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr unveiled a new effort on Thursday aimed at increasing the amount of nutrition education taught in medical schools.

For months, Kennedy has urged medical schools to expand their nutrition curriculum and warned that...

A loft apartment in Sea Point, Cape Town has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Take a look inside the bizarre space…

Nando’s 2.0? Woolworths has trolled McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski’s viral video of him struggling to eat a burger off the menu.

Spotted a pothole or faulty robot? A new app lets Western Cape residents report road problems instantly – and track repairs.

Helen Zille continued to troll Panyaza Lesufi after the ANC demanded that the DA remove a billboard about the Gauteng premier.

The Springboks and their coach Rassie Erasmus were also winners after a stellar 2025 season.

MPs questioned government failures after West Rand residents fled violence linked to illegal mining gangs.

The 2026 Miami EDMA winners will be announced later this month.

The high court further highlighted that Vat is effectively irreversible once paid.

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense.

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

ByteDance’s new Seedance 2.0 AI video model seemed unstoppable—until heavy demand strained the company’s compute capacity and copyright complaints began piling up.

Imported cars are rapidly gaining popularity for one simple reason: South Africa’s car factories mainly produce high-end bakkies, SUVs, and sedans that most citizens can’t afford.

South Africa’s favourite hot hatch has a hefty price tag.

A new SUV offering is expected in South Africa any day now.

The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).

“People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it… [but] you don’t,” she says.

The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.