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Lancet Laboratories has suffered multiple data breaches and was fined R100,000 for failing to respond to the South African Information Regulator’s demands to address shortcomings in its systems. Information Regulator chairperson Pansy Tlakula recently revealed that Lancet paid the fine, which was issued after it failed to comply with an enforcement notice issued in September …

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#G20SouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/xnQJ4X5iOI — Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) November 20, 2025 South Africa would not be bullied. “It cannot be that a country’s geographical location or income or army determines who has a voice and who is spoken down to,” Ramaphosa told delegates at a G20 curtain-raiser event. There “should be no bullying of one nation …

Gautam Gambhir @ Getty Images Temba Bavuma’s South Africa are aiming for their first test series victory in India in 25 years when the second match starts on Saturday in Guwahati. The visitors stunned India in a low-scoring first test at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens to extend their fine run after being crowned World test champions …

DefenceWeb has launched a new flagship series of country-specific military reports, starting with a comprehensive profile of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The African Military Profiles series aims to provide detailed, authoritative analysis of the continent’s militaries. The inaugural report on South Africa arrives at a critical time, examining the capabilities and challenges …

Pirate streaming providers are facing headwinds as content owners and pay-TV players like Canal+’s MultiChoice crack down on the illegal activity. MultiChoice recently announced a significant victory against My Family Cinema, known for allowing users to share and watch copyrighted movies and series online illegally. While there was a public announcement that My Family Cinema …

bafana bafana @ Getty Images World Cup qualification has done nothing to bolster South Africa’s world ranking, with Bafana Bafana actually slipping two places according to the latest ranking issued by FIFA. South Africa has gone down two places from 59th to 61st in the world, despite booking a berth at next year’s World Cup …

As the G20 Summit draws near, more and more people turn their profile pictures purple in support of women in South Africa. media update’s Venelize de Lange  explores what the upcoming GBV shutdown means for ethical, informed media coverage of sensitive issues, and how freelance writers and journalists can write about it.  On 21 November …

Cloudflare says its investigation into what caused Tuesday’s outage across its global network revealed that the problem was triggered by a database permission change that caused a critical file to double in size. “The issue was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a cyber attack or malicious activity of any kind,” co-founder and CEO Matthew …

With South Africa in the final stretch towards hosting the first-ever Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit on African soil, the country should be proud of the road it has traversed since assuming the chairmanship of the group in December 2024. “I think that it’s a very historic hosting [of] our Chairmanship of the G20. …

Staff Writer  ·19 Nov 2025 Political and economic expert Dr Frans Cronje says the black economic empowerment experiment has failed and that it is time for South Africa to move on. Cronje shared his views about South Africa’s economic policies during a discussion with Mike Sham on the State of the Nation podcast. He said …

Attention: Editors and ReportersWednesday, 19 November 2025 Today, 19 November 2025, marks World Toilet Day, observed under the global tagline, “We will always need the toilet”. It is a truism that no matter what lies ahead, we will always need the toilet. Therefore, World Toilet Day is a time to reflect and introspect as a …

True to his word, US President Donald Trump will be notable by his absence at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this week. Earlier this year, citing his “problems with South Africa”, including his perception of a genocide of white Afrikaners, Trump said he “probably won’t” attend the summit hosted by South Africa. Some experts say …

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, in collaboration with Operation Vulindlela, aims to launch a functional digital ID by the end of March 2026. Presenting before the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies on Tuesday, 18 November, the department outlined milestones and targets on the Digital Transformation Roadmap. One of its key priorities …

Three decades have passed since media reforms sought to create a more democratic, inclusive media in South Africa, providing a good opportunity to assess how successful those initiatives were. A new report, published by DW Akademie and co-authored by Prof Franz Krüger, Prof Sarah Chiumbu and Jayshree Pather, assesses whether measures have succeeded in improving …

Staff Writer  ·19 Nov 2025 Annual consumer inflation edged higher to 3.6% in October, up from 3.4% in September, in line with market expectations. This is the highest inflation print since September 2024, when the rate was 3.8%. The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.1% month-on-month in October 2025. This puts some pressure on the South …

Jaecoo has plans to introduce a smaller and cheaper SUV in South Africa, but it will be a while before we see it in action. TopAuto recently contacted Omoda and Jaecoo (O&J) South Africa to ask about the company’s upcoming plans for our market, including future product launches. One of the new cars the Chinese …

A joint operation in Mayfair, Johannesburg, led to the arrest of 391 suspected illegal immigrants, which the Home Affairs Minister called their “most successful operation to date.” The operation was conducted on 18 November by the Department of Home Affairs, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) and the… The Cradle of Humankind: A paleoanthropological site near …

JOHANNESBURG – He considers himself a man of God and a leader, but in South Africa, he is a fugitive from justice. Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri says leaving South Africa was the best thing he could have done for himself. Now a fugitive from justice, Bushuri argues he was justified to leave, even if it …

The US formally warned South Africa against pushing for a joint statement at this weekend’s Group of 20 Summit (G20) in Johannesburg that the Trump administration is boycotting, according to a document seen by Bloomberg. The diplomatic standoff is particularly awkward given that it’s the first time the continent is hosting a G20, and South …

Staff Writer  ·19 Nov 2025 The latest data from DebtBusters on household debt shows that South Africans earning more than R20,000 have to spend almost three-quarters of their income paying off loans. Worse still, salary growth for this band of income earners has declined over the last nine years, while inflation has shot up by …

BYD’s upcoming Sealion 5 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) will be priced from R499,900 in South Africa, MyBroadband has learnt from well-placed industry sources. The Sealion 5 is a new compact SUV that has only been rolled out to a handful of markets outside China. It features a single front-mounted electric motor with a peak …

Malcolm Libera  ·19 Nov 2025 Delays and administrative setbacks to accommodate spousal visas at Home Affairs are driving critical skills South Africa needs away from the country.  This is according to Marisa Jacobs, Managing Director at Xpatweb, which noted a recent incident involving two international scientists recruited for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Both …

Leading innovation in South Africa. This was the sentiment expressed as the University of Johannesburg (UJ), supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under its Timbuktoo initiative, launched the country’s first University Innovation Pod (UniPod). Joining 14 other universities across the African continent, UJ becomes the 15th institution to host state-of-the-art facilities featuring advanced …