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Ford SA slams ‘fraudulent’ appointment of Clinton Myburgh as director, opens...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has distanced itself from what it described as an unauthorised and fraudulent appointment of a non-executive director, warning...

Gugulethu mourns passing of township tourism pioneer Mzoli 

South Africa is mourning the loss of the visionary founder of the iconic Mzoli's Place in Gugulethu, Mzoli Ngcawuzele. The renowned entrepreneur and community leader,...

GDP up by 0.5% in first quarter as finance, real estate,...

The South African economy recorded a modest 0.5% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase in the first quarter of 2026. The data presented by statistician-general Risenga...

Zibi: R30m RISE Mzansi loan write-off complies with law

RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has defended the party’s disclosure of a R30 million loan write-off as a donation. He says the accounting treatment...

Nurse, gardener get life for murdering daughter in R6m insurance fraud...

The Johannesburg High Court has sentenced former nurse, Happiness Sithembile Xulu (49) and her former gardener, Simon Isaac Mogale (40), to life imprisonment for...

Madlanga commission hears how encrypted Swiss app slowed Aeroton drug bust

Gauteng Hawks official Lt-Col Nkoana Sebola returned to the witness stand at the Madlanga commission on Monday, where he continued to defend his role...

Crime intelligence boss Feroz Khan ordered to appear at Madlanga inquiry

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has issued a notice directing controversial crime intelligence boss Major-General Feroz Khan to appear before the inquiry on July...

Tumbling tech darlings slam brakes on AI rally

SINGAPORE - Asian stocks plunged on Monday as investors rushed out of the hottest AI-linked shares on fears the bull run has gone too...

More laws than ever. But we don’t feel safe and can’t...

A bookkeeper I know runs a small practice on the East Rand. Her clients are the businesses that quietly hold this country together: a panel-beater,...

A new national AI policy must recognise higher education and its...

The emergence of mainstream generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of ChatGPT nearly three years ago has had a disruptive impact on higher...