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In December 2014, 42-year-old plumber Clint Ovrenovitz was murdered while fishing at the Swartkops River in Gqeberha by two men, one of whom was out on bail for murder and was considered by police to be among their ‘most-wanted’ criminals.

FW de Klerk Foundation executive director, Christo van der Rheede, said he’s taking legal advice after the organisation announced his resignation and distanced itself from comments he had made related to US-South African relations.

National Treasury stopped Johannesburg’s power company’s plans to outsource its struggling warehouse after Stephanus Fourie flagged what he called the “illegal” plan. Fourie was subsequently fired for alleged misconduct that the municipal entity’s own investigation found him innocent of.

In an interview, Charles Spencer said Harry and Meghan should be given official security, warning they are treated by the media much like Diana was before her death in 1997.

Digital-asset companies operating in South Africa have halted billions of rand in deals over proposed regulatory changes that would include cryptocurrencies under the country’s exchange-control regime and limit their use in cross-border transactions, people familiar with the matter said.

Treverton College head girl Sienna Marx claimed first place in the 21km Adventure Marathon Titanic Challenge Trail Run in Clarens, finishing as the youngest female competitor in the race.

All Blacks captain Ardie ‌Savea will need surgery after dislocating his shoulder in the South Africa series and will miss at least ‌next month’s Bledisloe Cup tests against ⁠Australia.

Gritty scrumhalf Morne van den Berg’s recent Test growth has been heartwarming, but Rob Houwing cautions against over-excitement.

Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, died on Sunday aged 27.

Morgan Stanley has changed its call on South African interest rates and now expects the central bank to raise borrowing costs this week, saying renewed oil price pressure increases the risk that inflation will take longer to return to its 3% target.

An ANC stumble in Mangaung does not hand the metro a fresh start; it hands it the fragile kind of coalition, on top of nine years of decline.

Team announcements during the 2026/27 United Rugby Championship season will generally occur earlier than in previous seasons.

A total of 574 so-called wealthy schools in Gauteng have taken a hefty knock after the provincial education department slashed their combined subsidy by R343.9 million, reducing it from R545.3 million in 2025 to R201.4 million in 2026.

Visitors turned up in their numbers at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria this week for the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2026 show, a five-day defence and aviation exhibition.

Three people were killed and another injured in a shooting in Lingelethu-West, Cape Town, on Sunday night.

The professionalisation of the civil service is a key matter for organised business in our effort to support improved service delivery, writes Busiswe Mavuso.

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has called the United States’ preferential refugee programme for Afrikaners a racist policy that harks back to apartheid.

Fears that soaring fuel and production costs will cause a spike in food inflation have seen the share prices of JSE-listed diversified food producers take a serious beating this year.

A South African investigative journalist attached to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been missing in Djibouti since Saturday, with his family and employer raising the alarm that he may be in the custody of Djiboutian authorities.

The Government Employees Pension Fund has foregone almost R70 billion in returns over the past 20 years through its controversial Isibaya portfolio of unlisted investments.