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Since its founding in 1886, Johannesburg, has been a city of migrants, internal and international. But the economic capital of South Africa has undergone big changes since 1994 when South Africa became a democracy. One such change involves migration into the city by people from other African countries. A new book, The Chaos Precinct: Johannesburg …

OPINION: The make-up of the Springbok forward contingent may be more important than the selection at flyhalf for the key tour fixture against France this Saturday. Should Rassie Erasmus start Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu in Paris, and should he deploy Handré Pollard – South Africa’s most accurate goal-kicker – from the bench in the final quarter? Should …

Warnings from education standards regulator Umalusi about online schools in South Africa have come into stark relief following reports on scams costing pupils years of their lives. Most recently, Afrikaans news publication Rapport has reported on an online school that has operated for years and has repeatedly failed to register its learners for the matric …

Luke Fraser  ·2 Nov 2025 South Africa’s new national requirements for vehicle registration and licensing have been delayed at the last minute, but changes are still coming for 2026. The new system was supposed to launch on 1 November 2025 and would change how vehicle licences are are issued in the country, with a larger …

South Africa is sitting on an e-waste time bomb, with only 7% to 12% of all e-waste in the country being processed through formal recycling channels. This is according to Sandile Ndlovu, an assistant researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures at the University of the Free State, who believes universities should lead the …

South African company Paruk Group, which operates a fleet of around 2,000 buses, has signed a contract with MAN Truck and Bus for an order of 100 new electric buses for South Africa in 2026 and 2027. This is after Paruk Group signed a letter of intent to purchase the 100 electric buses earlier this …

South Africa South Africa has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist, marking the end of a two-year period of intense scrutiny since February 2023. The Cabinet, meeting in Cape Town this week, welcomed the decision, praising the coordinated efforts that led to this achievement. The delisting, announced by FATF on 24 …

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu helped world champions South Africa kick off their Autumn Nations Series with a thumping eight-try 61-7 victory over Japan in London on Saturday. Eddie Jones had called on his Japan team to try to emulate the 2015 side that pulled off one of rugby union’s biggest shocks when they beat South Africa in …

MATCH REPORT: The Springboks were too powerful for Eddie Jones’ Japan at Wembley Stadium as the world champions recorded a 61-7 win on Saturday to open their end-of-year tour. Rassie Erasmus’ side scored nine tries in the match, with flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and wing Kurt-Lee Arendse both scoring a brace. Feinberg-Mngomezulu showed his pedigree again …

South African growers are exposed to a greater variety of pests than those in Northern Hemisphere countries, and this fact is usually overlooked in the debate over the banning of pesticides. Photo: Jeanne van der Merwe – Advertisement – Industry specialists… Cricket: Cricket is also extremely popular, with the national team, known as the Proteas, …

The rivalry between South Africa and India is rich in history. India has an upper hand over the Proteas in ODI cricket, having won 20 out 34 contests, while South Africa has only 13 victories in the rivalry.  However, no clash compares to Sunday’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final between the two countries. Independent …

The South African government has indicated it will decide on its next course of legal action against fugitive Pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary. The state says it is currently reviewing Friday’s Malawian High Court judgement, which set aside the order to surrender the couple to South Africa for trial. In a statement on …

Staff Writer  ·1 Nov 2025 The Fish River Sun, a world-class hotel and 18-hole golf course designed by Gary Player in the Eastern Cape, has fallen into disrepair, and the golf course is overgrown. Sol Kerzner, the founder of Sun International, developed and opened the Fish River Sun resort in 1989. The resort was built …

The South African government is reviewing the traditional retirement age as part of a major reform affecting millions of senior citizens. For decades, 65 has been considered the standard retirement age, but new retirement age changes and senior benefit reforms are shifting that boundary. The new plan could allow older citizens to remain in the …

Imagine that you are a factory worker in Johannesburg, scraping by on a modest wage. Your rent has gone up again, electricity bills are biting harder, and the price of maize meal – that staple in your kitchen – feels like it has doubled overnight. You hear whispers of a salary bump coming your way, …

More than three decades after the formal fall of colonial and apartheid regimes, land remains stubbornly white in its ownership, its meaning, and its power. The silence of constitutions, the diplomacy of commemorations, and the politeness of post-independence governments mask a violent continuity — a continuity that shouts: the land question was never answered. In …

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that South Africa’s driving licence card production backlog has been reduced significantly. The backlog stood at 746,748 in May 2025, and is now down to around 200,000 – an improvement of almost 75%. However, while significant progress has been made, at this rate, the backlog will still only be …

South Africa’s two largest e-hailing companies have very different vehicle standards and approaches to approving the cars used by drivers for their ride-hailing services. In the past few years, the world’s largest e-hailing firm Uber has come under fire locally for declining service quality and reports of driver involvement in crimes against users. Another sore …

Women-led consultancy Blue Crane Environmental takes top honours at the 2025 EAPASA Conference, setting a new benchmark for integrity and excellence in renewable-energy EIAs. When Blue Crane Environmental was founded in June 2023, few could have predicted just how quickly this boutique women-owned consultancy would rise to become one of South Africa’s most trusted names …

Helen Zille, the DA’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, was among hundreds of residents who marched to the Joburg council chamber on Saturday to protest against the ongoing water crisis in the city. But organisers of the Johannesburg water crisis protest — which includes a number of civil society organisations, led by the Joburg Crisis Alliance …

The Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) has permanently decommissioned the mirror.ac.za service. Mirror.ac.za provided high-speed local hosting for many popular free software and open source projects, including the Linux kernel, various Linux distributions, Mozilla Firefox, and OpenOffice. However, several people attempting to access the mirror in recent weeks have received an …

Malcolm Libera  ·1 Nov 2025 Singapore, which is ranked among the smartest cities in the world, is looking to make a deal with South Africa.  Reuters reported that a delegation of Singaporean companies is in the country this week to explore opportunities in manufacturing, logistics, and consumer goods, as trade between the two nations continues …