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South Africa secured a $1.5 billion (almost R25 billion) World Bank loan to help modernise the country’s infrastructure and create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the continent’s largest economy.

The swimming legend swept his girlfriend off her feet with a romantic proposal in the Caribbean

“He was just a small, curious little boy who wanted to be with his friends. Now he’s gone.” Those are the heartbreaking words of Tumi Mkeke, whose three-year-old son, Onumiyo, drowned after slipping into a muddy stormwater pond while washing his hands with two friends before heading home to New Horizons in Plettenberg Bay on Friday afternoon.

The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality’s controversial R16-million fleet tender was among several flagged by slain whistleblower Martha Mani Rantsofu before her assassination, police have revealed.

Two young children had to be rescued from their Gqeberha home after discovering the bloodied bodies of their parents, two married police officers, who died in a hail of bullets in an apparent murder-suicide incident.

It was a debut to remember for South Africa’s Casey Jarvis, whose flawless final-round 66 at Royal Birkdale earned him an outstanding top-10 finish at the Open Championship.

Sunday’s World Cup half-time show during the final between Spain and Argentina proved to be a high-profile spectacle fitting for such a massive global event.

Whoever wins the tender will operate the terminal for 25 years before returning it to TNPA.

With 13.5 million eligible South Africans still unregistered before November’s election, the missing voter isn’t a logistics problem for the electoral commission to solve - it’s a mobilisation failure that only targeted, ward-level political campaigning can close, writes Nyasha Mcbride Mpani.

The City of Ekurhuleni owes its creditors more than R7 billion, with the bulk of the figure owed to Eskom.

The DA intends to introduce a Private Members’ Bill to loosen politicians’ grip on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and safeguard state employees’ pensions from what DA MP and finance spokesperson Mark Burke calls a “bonfire of governance”.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order allowing the State to permanently seize luxury assets worth hundreds of millions of rands linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital tender kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela.

Britain’s King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham as Prime Minister after outgoing Keir Starmer officially tendered his resignation, the palace said.

South Africa faces significant challenges with failing municipalities. Unlike the well-established system of appointing curators for failing banks, municipal interventions are hampered by complex legal frameworks and political constraints, often leading to ineffective outcomes, argues Roy Havemann.

The long-awaited trial of 62 people accused of instigating the July 2021 unrest has been delayed after several accused were left without legal representation, forcing the court to postpone proceedings while Legal Aid applications are considered.

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, passionately defended the close to R31-million his department spent at their 2026 FIFA World Cup jamboree.

He sucks a dummy and wears a jersey down to his knees, but this tot captured hearts across the globe

More than a decade after making the daring escape that exposed one of South Africa’s most shocking child abuse cases, the son who fled the Springs “house of horrors” in 2014 to seek help for his siblings is now asking for help himself.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that where municipalities or officials fail to comply with environmental and water services legislation, the government will use the enforcement mechanisms available to it, including directives, criminal proceedings and, where the law permits, personal liability.

Renewed conflict in the Middle East has caused a swing in the diesel price expectation for August, as has been feared.