# Canadian author Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet, translator and teacher was born in Toronto in 1950. Carson’s work draws on ancient Greek literature. Her notable works include Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay and Nox. The Nobel committee’s Anders Olsson says Carson is being recognised for her […]
# Online accommodation platform LekkeSlaap has been sold to a consortium that includes Investec and the family offices of FirstRand co-founders GT Ferreira and Laurie Dippenaar. News24 reports, the deal is for an undisclosed amount, with co-founders Jonathan Womersley and Marcel van de Ghinste exiting, while CEO Frans Joubert and the existing management team will […]
# News24 has served March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma with a letter of demand after she posted investigative journalist Khaya Koko’s cellphone number on Facebook. The news platform says Koko has since received more than a hundred threatening calls and messages, including a death threat. The media organisation is demanding Ngobese-Zuma remove the post, […]
# The National Consumer Commission has launched a free national opt-out registry to help South Africans block unwanted direct marketing. Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu told the media consumers can pre-emptively block direct marketers, while marketers must register and regularly remove blocked consumers from their lists. Ratshisusu added the system will be phased in, with consumers able […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says a South African man who went missing in Mozambique in September has been released unharmed. The department did not disclose whether any arrests had been made or whether an investigation into the incident was underway. The department’s Nelson Kgwete says the man, from Phalaborwa in Limpopo, […]
# The DA says raw sewage continues to flow into the Riet River in Thatchfield Estate, in Centurion, posing health and environmental risks. According to the party, residents have complained about the smell and pollution for years, with the sewage reportedly reported three times this year and escalated to the City of Tshwane. The DA’s […]
# The GOOD Party says the DA is taking a harder stance on undocumented immigrants ahead of the local government elections next month. The party has criticised DA Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink for leading an armed raid with private security officers targeting people allegedly living in the country illegally. GOOD’s Brett Herron says immigration […]
# Eskom is mourning the death of its former national spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe, at the age of 52 years. He was serving as Air Traffic and Navigation Services Corporate Affairs and Communications head at the time of his passing, having previously served as a senior communications adviser and later as the utility’s national spokesperson. Eskom […]
# AfriForum says the nine smaller parties in the government of national unity should formally object to International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola’s handling of relations with the US. The organisation’s Ernst van Zyl says Lamola’s recent comments about the US ambassador and his appearance at a Democratic Socialists of America event could further […]
