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Q1: What is changing on 1 July 2026? From 1 July 2026, all travellers entering or leaving South Africa through air, land, sea and rail ports of entry are required to submit an online traveller declaration before travelling. The implementation adopts a whole-of-government approach to strengthen data integration and facilitate Inter-agency risk management, thereby enhancing …

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, has delivered thrilling group stage action and dramatic Round of 32 matches. With 48 teams competing, the tournament has narrowed to the knockout stage, where 16 formidable sides battle for a place in the quarterfinals. As the Round of 16 gets underway, …

Mike Campbell Foundation|Published 1 day ago Ask AI 8min Dear Mrs Ngobese-Zuma I read, with mounting astonishment, your interview with Zohra Teke IOL which took place at the five-star Beverly Hills hotel in Umhlanga near Durban. The journalist wrote that she expected you to be “loud”, “brash” and carrying “an air of arrogance”, “a raging, …

Saturday 4 Jul 2026 The Springboks are up against England in their Nations Championship opener at Ellis Park. READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Nations Championship Round One encounter between South Africa and England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. ADVERTISEMENT The Springboks had to make some big late changes ahead of the …

Dr Jack Brian Bloom National Assembly Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Party: Democratic Alliance from the regional list for Gauteng Biodiversity: South Africa is one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries, home to more than 20,000 plant species and numerous animal species. Read More at the Source

The NSRI has reached a proud new milestone. With the official opening of Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Saturday, 4 July, our lifeguards are now keeping guests safe across the resort’s pools, dam and beach, and creating skilled local employment in the process. A proud milestone for …

Barq Guessoum, a top chef and famous resort manager in the Club Med group, is heading up the high profile and demanding role as new ‘Chef de Village’ of the first Club Med beach resort in South Africa, which officially opens on Saturday, 4 July, on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast. The new resort at Tinley Manor, …

1 July 2026 – From 1 July 2026, all travellers entering or leaving South Africa through air, land, sea and rail ports of entry are required to submit an online traveller declaration before travelling. The implementation adopts a whole-of-government approach to strengthen data integration and facilitate Inter-agency risk management, thereby enhancing the monitoring, analysis, and …

The man at the Johannesburg gym had an answer for every question. The injectable he was selling was pharmaceutical grade, he insisted. It had been manufactured locally in a clean, high-tech lab. A month’s supply cost R3000. He pulled a professionally packaged, slickly designed box from his bag. The label read, simply: Retatrutide. Across the …

England have changed five of the starters that lost a Six Nations thriller against France four months ago for a Nations Championship test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday. In come fullback George Furbank, wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet, flanker Tom Curry and lock George Martin. They replace Elliot Daly, Tom Roebuck, …

Story audio is generated using AI Former president Thabo Mbeki used an event marking the 250th anniversary of US independence to reflect on the longstanding ties between South Africa and the US, describing the relationship as one built on shared democratic ideals and mutually beneficial co-operation. Relations between Pretoria and Washington remain strained over trade, …

2 July 2026By Staff Writer Snow has fallen in South Africa and Lesotho as per our forecast. Snow fell in the Eastern Cape and was visible on the Lootsberg Pass on the N9 and the Naude’s Nek Pass between Rhodes and Maclear in the morning. Snow was also visible on the Drakensberg Peaks from KwaZulu-Natal …

PREVIEW: This Saturday promises to be one for the history books as the Springbok Women take on the USA Eagles at Ellis Park. ADVERTISEMENT The fixture forms part of a blockbuster double-header, which include the Nations Championship opener between the Springboks and England. It is a landmark occasion for women’s rugby in South Africa, with …

JOHANNESBURG – ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has praised police for keeping things calm on 30 June, maintaining that the planned national shutdown failed to disrupt daily life. He said businesses were open, public transport was running and most South Africans were going about their normal routines.                     …

Universities around the world – and in South Africa – are having an identity crisis, and generative AI is the trigger. More than three years after ChatGPT walked into the lecture hall, the debate has moved well past cheating. In a recent piece in New York magazine, a Columbia undergraduate boasted of using AI to …

Lilita Gcwabe|Published 3 days ago Ask AI 5min The planned demonstrations, driven by anti-illegal immigration movements including March and March, follow weeks of mobilisation around a self-declared deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. While organisers have framed the campaign as a call for immigration enforcement, the government, analysts, and civil society organisations …

We have the tools to end TB. But is our health system organised and financed in a way that allows those tools to reach the people who need them most. Gauteng: When Mphonyana Mtamane arrived at Zola Clinic… Business Day: A leading financial newspaper that provides insights into the South African economy and business landscape. …

Thousands of protesters gather in the Johannesburg CBD. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee Demonstrations against illegal immigration on Tuesday morning drew large crowds in Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria, and smaller crowds in other parts of the country. Tuesday marked the 30 June “deadline” set by the anti-immigration movement March and March for the government to act against …

Every wave of anti-immigrant sentiment or discontent around the globe carries an implicit economic claim that foreigners are taking away jobs, committing crimes, draining public services and hollowing out local livelihoods. In South Africa, those claims were sharpened with a cruel and concrete threat of eviction by 30 June. It might be worth pausing on …

With a Round of 16 spot on the line, both sides gave everything in a fiercely contested battle for qualification. But ultimately, it proved to be a heart-breaking day for South Africa, as their journey came to a disappointing end after an added time goal for Canada saw the co-hosts progress to the next round. …

29 June 2026 – Justin Visagie and Ruth Castel-Branco The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services. South Africa is in the midst of its most significant anti-immigrant mobilisation in years. The emergence of the March and March movement, calls …

By Staff WriterPublished: 28 June 2026 This forecast covers: Wed 01 Jul – Fri 03 Jul Snowfall is possible from late on Wednesday through to the early hours of Friday morning as per the map, with the main snow day being Thursday. Note the zoomed-in maps at the bottom of this page that show more …

Apart from sporadic incidents of looting, including a break-in at a tuckshop in the eThekwini metro’s township of Hammarsdale, the main march in Durban proceeded peacefully.  A crowd of more than 15 000 marches gathered, without incident, in the Durban CBD. Comprising mainly young people who had been bused from various townships around the city, …

The Democratic Alliance (DA) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Proteas Women for their outstanding performances on the international stage, making every South African proud. The Proteas Women have once again shown why they are among the world’s leading cricket teams. Their resilience, skill and commitment have booked them a spot in the semi-final of …