Alerts

A recent media sentiment report has revealed that Suzuki and its ally Toyota achieved the highest scores over the past year. The report was conducted by Press Pulse, which uses AI to measure the overall sentiment of online media reports in South Africa. It focuses on South African business reporting from top-tier media publications to …

There are only six cars left in South Africa with an automatic gearbox that can be bought for less than R250,000. While self-shifting transmissions are now the norm for the vast majority of vehicles, this is not the case with entry-level cars, where manuals are still commonly found due to their affordability. Of course, many …

Hybridised 3.5-litre V6 twin-turbo engine produces 326kW of power and 790Nm of torque. Local buyers can finally live their dream by owning one of the brashest bakkies in the United States, the Toyota Tundra. Not available from Toyota itself due to the Japanese carmaker only producing in left-hand drive, an imported version in right-hand drive …

The most expensive Toyota bakkie you can buy in South Africa is the new Tundra, which costs R4 million. The catch is that this bakkie is not sold by Toyota; rather, it is sold by Rospa International – a Durban-based company that imports highly-coveted models from around the world. Earlier this year, Rospa announced that …

Staff Writer  ·23 Dec 2025 The South African rand gained against the US dollar on Monday as prices of precious metals, a key export, rose on global markets. The rand was up about 0.4% from Friday’s close at R16.71 to the dollar. The unit is currently trading around R16.69. Johannesburg-listed stocks also firmed, with the …

South Africa’s decision to modify a plan to break up its state-owned power utility Eskom into three separate entities is encountering opposition from creditors and foreign government funders. The “revised unbundling strategy” approved by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will split Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd into distribution, generation, renewable energy and transmission subsidiaries, but under a …

South Africans whose phones, tablets, or computers have been stolen should be wary of scammers attempting to phish information from them via calls, text messages, or emails. Sharing certain information could enable criminals to gain access to your apps and data, with dire financial and personal consequences. Many people use their smartphones for banking, crypto …

The Department of Transport is working to extend South Africa’s driving licence validity period from five to eight years, but there is one thing holding it up: the issue of lost revenue. Speaking to Cape Talk, department spokesperson Collen Msibi said the only step left is the cost-benefit analysis for the Driving Licence Card Account …

In the build-up to Bafana Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) campaign, coach Hugo Broos made headlines for negative reasons after expressing his disappointment with 20-year-old defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi, who arrived late in camp on the back of missing his flight from Durban to Johannesburg. Those harsh words from a fortnight ago may have drawn …

Mmoba Solomon “Solly” Malatsi is South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, and he is fighting for significant change in the country’s ICT legislation. Through a policy directive, Malatsi hopes to introduce Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes (EEIPs) in the sector as an alternative to South Africa’s 30% ownership requirements. However, his plan hasn’t been …

Staff Writer  ·22 Dec 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says that South Africa’s tax-to-GDP ratio is the highest it has ever been, with taxpayers struggling under the worst tax burden on record. Godongwana laid out the numbers in the reply to a parliamentary question from African Transformation Movement (ATM) MP, Vuyolwethu Zungula, regarding the country’s …

Luke Fraser  ·22 Dec 2025 Pepkor, South Africa’s largest clothing retailer, is showing promising signs, with the group set to launch a new bank.  Speaking with Business Day TV, Victor Seanie from Benguela Global Fund Managers chose Pepkor as his stock pick following the group’s strong set of results.  In the 2025 financial year, the …

Staff Writer  ·22 Dec 2025 South Africa is in holiday mode, with markets and indicators not showing much movement. The rand slipped against a stronger dollar in holiday-thinned trade on Friday, reacting largely to the latest set of data released by Stats SA for the year. This includes consumer inflation, which slowed to 3.5% in …

South Africa’s national football team, Bafana Bafana (as they are, fondly, known) seem to be on an upward curve and are ready to take on Africa’s best at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. With a third-place finish at AFCON 2023, the team has proved that it can spar with the best of them. The …

LIV Golf South Africa has revealed its 2026 music line-up of international superstars and top local talent. The four-day event will take place at Steyn City from March 19 to 22 2026, combining world-class golf with live music experiences. The festivities kick off on Thursday with performances by rising stars SaxbyTwins and lordkez, setting the …

Since being defeated 2-0 by Mali at the 2023 AFCON in January 2024, Bafana have not lost a match in regulation time.  Their only other defeat was elimination from this competition by Nigeria but via a penalty shootout. There was also the boardroom result which overturned their win over Lesotho after South Africa fielded an …

Monday, December 22, 2025 The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a weather warning for disruptive rains and severe thunderstorms across the country for today. The warnings for rain are as follows: Orange level 5 warning: Disruptive rain resulting in flooding of settlements (both formal and informal) and roads, low-lying bridges, as well as …

22 December 2025 – Bafana Bafana get their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations campaign underway when they face Angola in their opening match of the continental tournament at the Grand Stade de Marrakech on Monday, 22 December 2025. Kick-off is at 19h00 (SA time). Coach Hugo Broos said the team is looking forward to opening …

The Competition Tribunal has issued rulings in a series of interlocutory applications in an alleged abuse of dominance case between South African chat platform GovChat and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms. GovChat is a citizen engagement platform that uses WhatsApp’s technology for various South African government-sanctioned communications services. In 2020, WhatsApp notified GovChat and its government …

On 14 December 2025, two gunmen killed 15 people, including a child, during a terrorist mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a Hanukkah celebration attended by approximately one thousand people. Police and Australian intelligence agencies declared it an Islamic State–linked terrorism incident, motivated by antisemitism. For decades, terrorism has been viewed in …

The Africa Cup of Nations kicked off last night with hosts Morocco registering a 2–0 victory over Comoros in the tournament opener. However, for millions of South Africans, the AFCON truly begins tonight as Bafana Bafana open their 2025/26 campaign against Angola. For Hugo Broos and his Bafana Bafana side, this encounter is more than …

The Christmas period in South Africa is one of the most dangerous times to be on the roads, as people travel across the country to visit family and go on holiday. As a result, there is a major traffic spike over December and into January, but also a significant spike in road fatalities. To combat …

Born in 1949 in Johannesburg, Renfrew Christie grew up in boarding houses and the less salubrious parts of town as his mother struggled to make ends meet after his father died while he was still a small boy. With the stories of heroic deeds by family and friends in the battle against the Nazis in …

Capitec and FNB are the only two South African banks that have expanded their branch network in the past five years, whereas Absa, Nedbank, and Standard Bank have reduced their physical footprint. Overall, the number of branches operated by South Africa’s five largest banks has decreased by less than 1% since 30 June 2020, from …