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By Thamsanqa Cele As Youth Month draws to a close for 2025, let us continue to keep in our minds, hearts and behaviours the courage the young people of the 1976 Soweto uprising, where they protested apartheid’s oppressive education policies, sparking a movement forequality.  Today, South Africa’s youth, 34.3% of the 60.6 million population, face …

There’s growing buzz about the “developmental state” and the idea that South Africa should follow that path. Experts and academics often point to Asian success stories: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and China as models where the state took a leading role in economic growth, instead of leaving it to the markets to do as …

Sassa has released its payment schedule for July 2025, with payments set to begin on 2 July. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will disburse July social grants to beneficiaries next week. The agency will commence grant distributions on Wednesday, 2 July, starting with the Older Persons Grant. Sassa grant payment dates for July …

South Africa is currently ranked seventh among the top wine-producing nations globally. In 2023, South Africa produced approximately 933.8 million litres of wine. The industry contributes around ZAR 56.5 billion to the national gross domestic product. In a groundbreaking partnership, emanating from the Financing Agreement (Agreement No. ZA/DCI-AFS/040-854) between the European Commission and the Republic …

Malcolm Libera  ·23 Jun 2025 The rand strengthened on Friday as many emerging markets benefited from reduced concerns about immediate U.S. involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict. Domestically, investors will be looking at producer inflation, the leading indicator data set to be released next week, to assess the health of South Africa’s economy. The Johannesburg Stock …

To repair National Population Register and uphold national security, Home Affairs corrects unsustainable under-pricing of verification service For more than a decade, banks and financial service providers have only paid R0.15 for real-time verifications against the National Population Register (NPR). This is below market-related rates charged by the private sector for comparable services and far …

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says an intense cold front is expected to make landfall in Cape Town on Wednesday. The City’s Disaster Risk Management Centre Spokesperson, Sonica Lategan says specific warnings linked to the frontal system include damaging waves, winds and disruptive rainfall. Lategan says all relevant agencies are on high alert. Lategan …

By Parks Tau  In 1994, South Africa inherited an economy that was structurally designed to exclude the vast majority of South Africans. Apartheid’s distorted policies had created a dual economy: one of wealth and privilege and another of poverty and exclusion. This calculated economic strategy, structured along racial lines, created white-owned mines, farms, and factories …

OPINION: Rassie Erasmus is well placed to give a host of fringe players game time across the Springboks’ coming matches against the Barbarians, Italy and Georgia. ADVERTISEMENT The buzz around the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, as well as France’s tour of New Zealand, will dominate international sports pages, websites and social media …

South Africa has secured a US$1.5 billion (R27.2 billion) loan from the World Bank to support urgently needed structural reforms in the country’s infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on energy and freight transport. The National Treasury notes in a statement issued on Monday that the loan agreement is key to addressing the country’s long-standing …

South Africa is rapidly emerging as a powerhouse in the global esports arena, and at the forefront of this movement stands our elite South African esports team—a dynamic collective of skilled competitors driven by passion, precision, and the pursuit of excellence. Representing a new era of gaming talent from the continent, this team brings together …

SME South Africa’s first annual Funding Summit took place on 12 June 2025 at The Empire Conference and Events Venue in Parktown. The full-day event brought together more than 400 delegates, including small business owners, funders, and thought leaders from across South Africa – even as far as the Eastern and Western Cape – to …

While a state funeral would be an appropriate tribute to the legacy of the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, South Africa has acknowledged the legal obligation to respect the wishes expressed by the former President’s immediate family for him to be laid to rest in South Africa.  “In reaffirming the South African government’s position, …

South Africa has signed a $1.5bn (R27.17bn) loan agreement with the World Bank, aiming to overhaul its transport and energy infrastructure and reignite economic growth, the National Treasury said on Monday. For more than a decade, South Africa has struggled to grow as regular blackouts have crippled productivity while crumbling rail networks and chronically congested …

Support for South Africa’s biggest political party rebounded after it was forced to scrap plans to raise value-added tax and now stands at 40%, the same as it garnered in last year’s elections, while the nation’s coalition government enjoys widespread popularity, an opinion poll found. A previous survey showed backing for the African National Congress …

In celebration of Youth Month, we spotlight Nomathemba Selesho, a trailblazing entrepreneur rewriting the rules of South Africa’s male-dominated logistics industry. From growing up in a small township to building Themba Liyeza Logistics, Selesho has turned adversity into drive. Nomathemba Liyeza, Owner, Themba Liyeza Logistics Living with a hearing disability, she’s built a business rooted …

VW Golf GTI Edition 50 celebrates five decades of icon status ‍ The year 1976 remains an important year on the automotive calendar. It’s the year that witnessed the introduction of the first Mk1 Golf GTI – an unassuming experiment in the form of a fast hatch that packed 82kW and 153Nm from a 1.8-litre …

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has returned to South Africa, after concluding a successful Working Visit to the Russian Federation, spanning the two cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he engaged in a number of activities aimed at strengthening the bilateral trade and economic relations between South Africa and Russia. At the conclusion of his …

South Africa must embrace the AI Economy before it’s too late. That’s the warning from the company, Specno, as global powers forge ahead with artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. The company’s chairperson, Daniel Novitzka, has issued a bold call to South African lawmakers: Act now or risk being left behind. Premier Alan Winde on the impact …

Staff Writer  ·23 Jun 2025 A critical deadline for South Africa is looming in two weeks’ time when the United States’ big tariff pause will come to an end, and the country will be slapped with a 30% punitive trade costs. This will deliver a crippling blow to the country at an incredibly sensitive time, …

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Gauteng residents have been urged to double their blankets ahead of a cold front expected to hit the province this week. Temperatures in Gauteng are expected to drop below the freezing mark as the cold weather grips most parts of the country. Freezing weather Gauteng Weather has forecast the mercury for Johannesburg on Friday to …

Meredith Allan leads one of Africa’s most impactful rewards programmes – helping 33 million people save, stretch their budgets and feed their families.   Not many people can say their “baby” helps millions of South Africans put food on the table, but for Meredith Allan, General Manager of Strategy and Rewards at ShopriteX, it’s the reason she …

For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, the ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in 2024. After 30 years in power, it had to form a coalition with 10 other political parties to govern the country. The creation of the “government of national unity” marked a turning point in …