Image supplied South Africa’s wholesale, retail and fuel sectors are forecasted to generate more than R88bn in additional economic value for the economy as a whole during November 2024 amid surging consumer interest in Black Friday sales. That’s according to research commissioned by Capital Connect. The study shows that retailers in South Africa will generate…
File image: One of Ithala Bank branches. 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Development Bank, Ithala will continue to operate normally, but will not be taking deposits. This is according to a judgment, which the High Court in Pietermaritzburg delivered yesterday. Ithala had sought an urgent court interdict against the Repayment Administrator’s instruction in January that its…
2 minutes Lawyers for Human Rights is demanding that the government provide R7.8 million to fund the retrieval of illegal miners still trapped at Stilfontein’s Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in the North West. The matter awaits a Constitutional Court ruling to determine whether the responsibility lies with the state or the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine. On Thursday,…
Bafana Bafana Coach Hugo Broos. Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has announced his 23-man squad for the upcoming international friendlies against Panama, with Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Sipho Chaine a notable omission. While Mamelodi Sundowns star Themba Zwane makes a return. Bafana will play a FIFA World Cup preparation match against Panama on Friday, 27 March…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader Julius Malema walks after proceedings on the day he appears at court for a pre-sentencing hearing after being convicted of charges including unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a weapon in public in KuGompo City, Eastern Cape on April 15, 2026. Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) says the…
FILE PHOTO: Novak Djokovic of Serbia 2 minutes Defending ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the season-ending event in Turin through injury, the Serbian said on Tuesday. The record 24-times Grand Slam champion’s absence means that Norway’s Casper Ruud, Australian Alex de Minaur and Russian Andrey Rublev are all guaranteed to qualify for the eight-man event…
A newborn laying in a crib. Researchers at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) say a study has found that rising survival rates among extremely low-birth-weight babies are driving an increase in a blinding eye disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (R.O.P). The study shows that tiny infants are the most at risk. Researchers also…
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy briefs the media. According to the preliminary data of the 2025/26 Festive Season Road Safety Report, road fatalities increased in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape, and the Western Cape. Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy revealed this during a media briefing at the GCIS, Ronnie Mamoepa Centre in Pretoria. According to the report,…
Team South Africa in a strategic briefing meeting ahead of President, Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House in Washington DC 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says the South African delegation that President Cyril Ramaphosa led to the United States (US) has made the country proud. After US President Donald…
Police apprehend suspected hijackers 1 minute Police have arrested four suspects in a hijacking in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. Spokesperson FC Van Wyk says they acted on information when the hijacking victim reported the incident at the Makhaza Police Station. He says the four men will appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on…
