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Hundreds of learners getting access to digital learning
Hundreds of Western Cape learners now have access to refurbished computer labs at two schools, thanks to a R1.…
Foundation plans community walk to highlight afterschool programmes
Advance Edukos Foundation will host a Lights On Afterschool community walk and celebration on 24 October to ra…
LISTEN | Spring Day water prank leaves deaf pupil devastated
Hearing aids damaged as pupil is splashed with water
WATCH | We’ll be back, says March and March after clash with refugees
Documented migrants and NGOs say human rights abuses are being ignored by the state
TOM EATON | ‘God’s work’ is what the Dutch central bank did
Keep the gold far away from the US, JD Vance and his eschatological ramblings, writes Tom Eaton
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As meteorologists warn that the phenomenon is likely to intensify and could persist until February next year, …
New Western Cape education MEC inherits schools divided by inequality, gangs and safety fears
Jaco Londt says his first 100 days will be spent getting to grips with an education system that boasts record …
Top South African athletes bid to end eight-year drought at Diamond League Final
Commonwealth Games 200m champion Sinesipho Dambile and 400m bronze medallist Zakithi Nene are looking to end S…
‘No one is above parliament,’ say EFF and MK Party lawyers
Judges scrutinise the boundaries of judicial intervention in the section 89 process
OLIVER METH | Madlanga commission: what if the hitman wears a police uniform?
The examination of a KZN Hawks officer’s alleged ties to organised crime raises a question far more unsettling…
MARK KEOHANE | Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry proves there’s more than one way to skin a cat
South Africa did not beat New Zealand by trying to imitate them, and the All Blacks did not win at Ellis Park …
Too few mothers are being saved: South Africa faces slow progress on maternal deaths
Mortality rate rises amid slow improvements and resource shortages
MANDLA LETLAPE | Municipalities need trained administrators, not political micromanagers
Municipal renewal depends on professionalising the administration, protecting officials from political interfe…
BLAST FROM THE PAST | Boks leap to series lead against All Blacks in Newlands
Today in SA sport history: September 4
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Panel had enough evidence to justify Ramaphosa impeachment, says ATM
Dispute centres on whether panel acted as proper filter before impeachment process
‘We cannot continue in this fashion’: defence fumes over delays in Matlala trial
Defence lawyers in the Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala trial have strongly objected to delays in proceedings, arguing t…
Illicit trade wipes out jobs, costs R68bn in annual tax revenue, states report
Illegal trading also increasingly intertwined with organised criminal networks involved in customs fraud, smug…
Jongizizwe Dlabathi resigns as ANC Ekurhuleni secretary again
Ekurhuleni finance MMC and ANC regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi has resigned from his party post for the…
OBITUARY | Hazel Goldreich: unsung hero of SA’s liberation struggle
On an ordinary Wednesday morning, September 2 2026, Hazel Goldreich (Berman) passed away in the UK after a lon…
WATCH: MTN bullish about its Africa fintech business
SPONSORED | Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita discusses the ongoing evolution of the company’s financial se…
WATCH | ‘Bullying, humiliation, dehumanising’: outrage as Spring Day fun grows out of hand
This year’s Spring Day celebrations have sparked outrage on social media, with many citizens expressing anger …
WATCH | Teargas and rubber bullets as tempers flare in March and March clash with refugees
Several people were injured when tempers flared in a standoff with migrants camped at Durban’s Che Guevara Roa…
POLL | Should water-splashing games on Spring Day be banned?
Viral videos show chaos, with motorists and elderly people targeted during celebrations
How SA creators are using TikTok to make learning more accessible
Educators outside of classrooms are using short videos, music, movement and local languages to make science, t…
Unpaid staff, struggling residents as Soweto old-age home awaits funding
We were last paid in April. May, June, July, August, nothing. Our policies, life insurances are lapsing. We ca…
Expert warns of devastating cost of delayed endometriosis diagnosis
According to the World Health Organisation, about 190-million women and girls of reproductive age globally are…
NKOSANA THOBELA | When leadership becomes self-preservation, institutions begin to die
South Africa's future depends on strong institutions, not entrenched power
Planned job cuts: tracking Volkswagen’s history and road to restructuring
Volkswagen’s supervisory board is scheduled to meet on Friday to vote on the carmaker’s biggest ever restructu…
OBITUARY | Brilliant Sy Lerman had the uncanny ability to write colourfully
As a young man aspiring to become a soccer journalist, one of the writers who inspired me was Sy Lerman
WATCH | Patrons evacuated as popular Durban Greek restaurant burns
Firemen fight blaze at familar landmark in Morningside
Two SA girls rescued from Malawi after ‘traffickers exploited family’s trust’
Two South African girls, aged nine and 15, were rescued from Malawi after allegedly being trafficked by a man …
Ulterio Motiv turns Jeep Gladiator into six-wheel Maximus
Six-wheel conversion brings a longer load bed, 1,090kg payload and upgraded off-road hardware
GIDEON GREAVES | Supercoin draws a line regulators haven’t yet drawn
SPONSORED | A rand-backed stablecoin and an offshore dollar token get treated identically, and that’s the gap …
Telviva brings intelligent digital agent Viva to South African businesses
SPONSORED | The locally hosted solution moves beyond rigid chatbots, using natural-language AI and business kn…
Klipdrift finds 23 Springbok lookalikes for its second squad
SPONSORED | South Africans can still enter #BokSearch across the men’s, women’s and Sevens teams until the end…
Meet the women carrying change forward, inspired by the legacy of the women before them
SPONSORED | Aware.org’s new campaign shows how a mother, sister or friend can spark healthier decisions throug…
PODCAST | Building climate-resilient societies through collaboration
SPONSORED | As climate-related risks grow, the Sanlam ESG Barometer podcast explores the critical role of cros…
LISTEN | Prisons turning offenders into hard gang members, says Mkhwanazi
KZN police chief: people could enter correctional facilities with limited criminal knowledge and leave having …
THE POLITICAL ARENA | Eskom’s grid battle: Ramaphosa’s biggest political gamble?
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s push to restructure Eskom’s transmission assets has opened a new front in the ANC’…