Tennis: Leading tennis players have welcomed the 20-percent increase in Wimbledon prize money as a genuine and significant step forward. The total prize fund at this year’s championships will be 64.2-million British pounds, or equal to about 1.4-billion in South African rand. The singles’ champions will each take home 3.6-million pounds with first-round losers paid […]
# Police are investigating the deaths of Caroline von Rantzau, the heiress to a million-dollar German shipping firm, DAL, and her finance manager at her family’s private hunting reserve in Limpopo. The 26-year-old was found dead inside her room at the Leeuwfontein Estate, one day after the estate’s financial manager, Arno Koën, was also found […]
# DA leader and Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched his campaign for a second term ahead of the November municipal elections. Speaking in Hanover Park, Hill-Lewis unveiled a five-point plan focused on stronger policing, job creation, reliable services, more housing and cleaner public spaces. He says Cape Town has become a model for […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production increased by 8.2-percent in April compared with the same period last year. The growth was driven mainly by strong performance in platinum group metals, manganese ore, and chromium ore. However, coal production declined and weighed on overall output. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche also reports mineral sales surged by […]
# Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Tasneem Motara says the department will prioritise housing delivery, title deed transfers and informal settlement upgrades during the 2026/27 financial year. Targets include the construction of eight-thousand-448 housing units, delivery of 300 serviced sites and registration of five-thousand-681 title deeds. Motara says the department also plans to renovate hostels, release […]
# Cricket: Phoebe Litchfield’s half-century and the Australian spinners handed South Africa a damaging 65-run defeat in their opening Group 1 T20 World Cup encounter at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. Litchfield struck a quick 50 from 24 balls with nine fours and a six as Australia posted 172-8 after Sophie Molineux had won the […]
# The DA says thousands of teenage pregnancies highlight a serious breakdown in the government’s system for reporting and prosecuting child sexual abuse. The party has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission because many cases of statutory rape are not being properly reported as required by law. The DA’s Angel Khanyile […]
# The National Treasury has extended the public comment period for the draft General Public Procurement Regulations 2026, to 15 July. The regulations were published for comment in April to support the implementation of the Public Procurement Act of 2024. Treasury says the extension follows requests from stakeholders and recognises the complexity of the proposed […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association has criticised the Motus Group for retrenching 67 employees amid strong vehicle sales and improved financial performance. MISA says the job cuts were unjustified and not a last resort, arguing that the company failed to meaningfully consider alternatives during consultations. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola maintains that Motus abused retrenchment […]
