ABSA logo at a branch 1 minute The South African Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority has imposed an administrative fine of R10 million on Absa Bank for failing to conduct a thorough review of certain clients. These clients included two politically exposed persons, four foreign prominent public officials and three domestic prominent influential persons. According to…
Standard Bank’s offices Standard Bank has delivered a strong set of results for the first half of 2025, reporting a 10% increase in headline earnings per share. The Standard Bank Group has released half-year financial results. For the six months ended June 2025, the bank reported headline earnings of R23.8 billion, up 8% from the…
African Transformation President Vuyolwethu Zungula 4 minutes African Transformation Movement (ATM) president Vuyolwethu Zungula says his party is a step closer to introducing the Foreign Agents Bill in parliament. The Private Members Bill, which he says is with Parliament’s legal department, is aimed at exposing foreign agents who are hiding behind the banner of NGOs…
France’s Gael Monfils in action during his first round match against Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien during the French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France, on May 27, 2025. 2 minutes France’s tennis star, Gael Monfils, thrilled the Roland Garros crowd with his 12th five-set victory at the French Open yesterday before revealing that he does not…
Accused in Joshlin Smith’s disappearance 1 minute The state prosecutor in the Joshlin Smith trial says the case is the first of its kind in South Africa based on the set of facts. Adv. Zelda Swanepoel has begun delivering closing arguments in the kidnapping and human trafficking trial in the Western Cape High court sitting…
Black Leopards FC chairperson, David Thidiela, says he will take his grievances to the world football governing body, Fifa, if Minister of Sports Gayton Mckenzie and CAF fails to attend to them. Thidiela has sent a damning report to the minister, requesting intervention in the governance of the Premier Soccer League. The report is on…
1 minute The corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales is back in the Pietermaritzburg High Court today. Zuma and Thales are facing charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering stemming from South Africa’s multi-billion-rand arms deal in 1999. LIVE STREAM:
A miner’s helmet. 2 minutes Five suspected illegal mine workers had been retrieved alive from a mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, by late Wednesday afternoon. They were assisted by about 50 residents who volunteered to rescue the miners who were too weak to come to the surface by themselves. The residents used ropes to…
Tiger Woods of the US during the press conference at the 152nd Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, Britain on July 16, 2024. 2 minutes Tiger Woods and his Jupiter Links Golf Club team prevailed in overtime 4-3 over Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf squad in the best match yet of…
The Nelson Mandela University is hosting the annual Steve Biko lecture with Adv Muzi Skhakhane delivering the keynote address. Meanwhile, the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko has been postponed to the 12th of November, for case management in the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The reopening comes exactly…
