12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1210+ words) SA’s sardine fishery could face precautionary restrictions as pilchard herpesvirus remains the leading explanation for a mortality event spanning about 2 600km of coastline South Africa’s sardine fishery could face precautionary restrictions as the government grapples with the uncertain scale of a…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1037+ words) This is the central tension of the 2026 contest. On one side stands a businessman and club owner offering commercial expertise, a focus on development and a call for cleaner, more inclusive governance. On the other stands an experienced political operator…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (405+ words) Kenyan President William Ruto's decision to ban foreign nationals, mostly Africans, from operating small-scale businesses has put the Eastern African Community (EAC) in a difficult position. The region, one of the most integrated on the continent, sees free movement of…...

5+ day ago   (630+ words) Conflicting accounts about what happened in the moments before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged today as three more witnesses testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, with the inquest now postponed until 19 October. The latest testimony brings the number of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (426+ words) He said delegates were supposed to go to conferences and vote for the candidates they believed would advance the interests of the ANC and the people ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has described allegations of vote-buying at party conferences as rumours…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1162+ words) Standard Bank expects South Africa’s property market to enter a “purple patch” over the next two to four years, even as weak economic growth, high borrowing costs and failing municipal infrastructure continue to cloud the outlook. The bank is positioning…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1129+ words) And then, from those homes and communities, you move into the policy world of conferences, strategies, task teams, implementation frameworks and carefully worded commitments. The distance between the two can be staggering. That experience changes the way you think about…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (683+ words) The battle for control of South African football took an explosive turn on Monday when presidential candidate Sandile Zungu accused the incumbent leadership of the South African Football Association of financial inducements, systematic regional victimisation and electoral fraud. Speaking at…...

1+ week, 1+ min ago   (909+ words) More than five years after Anele Tembe’s death, the first day of the inquest into the circumstances surrounding her fatal fall from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel has brought new details about the moments leading up to the tragedy,…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (785+ words) The Kruger National Park is bringing key flood-damaged infrastructure back into operation, while the environment minister calls for future rebuilding to account for increasingly severe weather Key roads, bridges and tourism facilities in the Kruger National Park are being brought…...