3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (520+ words) For three decades the ANC did not merely win elections; it structured the entire political imagination. Opposition parties defined themselves against it, businesses calibrated risk around its factions, and citizens weighed protest against the maxim that "the ANC will rule…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (554+ words) Companies & Markets Editor The resolve of South Africa's banks to grow their earnings in their rest of Africa operations, which are growing faster than those in South Africa, will be tested this year, with mergers & acquisitions on the cards. The…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (646+ words) Companies & Markets Editor Chinese car imports are driving South Africa's largest bilateral trade deficit, with the country running a R136.6bn gap with China in the first nine months of last year. This comes as nearly 375,000 vehicles flooded the local market and…...

15+ hour, 42+ min ago   (546+ words) The ANC, whose electoral support has dwindled over the years, has declared 2026 a year of decisive action to fix local government and transform the economy, with the government of national unity (GNU) having set aside R54bn for service delivery. This is…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (375+ words) Companies & Markets Editor Airlink has applied for its air service licence to be amended to include routes to France, Germany and the UK via a codeshare agreement with an unidentified partner as the airline takes its brand to the European…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (233+ words) Returning from their holidays, Johannesburg residents were confronted with yet another water crisis " one that, unless handled urgently and transparently, risks developing into a serious public health emergency. Residents in the Johannesburg CBD, Bezuidenhout Valley and surrounding areas began raising…...

6+ day, 11+ min ago   (401+ words) South African retail property developer McCormick is pushing deeper into regional markets with the construction of the $100m (R1.65bn) Mall of Zimbabwe in one of the largest foreign direct real estate investments in the country in recent decades. The project will ultimately…...

6+ day, 26+ min ago   (733+ words) Thembi, a single mother in rural South Africa, wants to enrol her child in school but she needs internet access to do it. Like nearly half (47%) of rural-dwelling South Africans, and a fifth of those in urban areas, she doesn't…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (549+ words) The extraction of Nicol's Maduro from Venezuela last weekend was shocking to many, but for US strategists it confirmed a pattern long understood: leaders who side with America's adversaries invite scrutiny long before formal enforcement. South Africa is not Venezuela,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (605+ words) Sports reporter in Marrakesh, Morocco Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is concerned about his team's failure to manage situations in crucial stages of matches at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and to put opposition to the sword when they…...