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Oil prices edge up as Hormuz shipping constraints counter US-Iran peace...

Oil prices edged up about 1% on Wednesday as the market focused more on Middle East supply disruptions than on comments by US President...

Rand weakens as dollar skims six-week lows on Iran talks

The South African rand weakened on Wednesday as the safe‑haven US dollar skimmed six-week lows, with markets focused on the prospect of renewed talks...

Lotto results for Wednesday, April 15 2026

Lotto results for Wednesday, April 15 2026 Lotto:                01 | 02 | 10 | 22 | 27 |...

‘Don’t jail him’: Mbuyiseni Ndlozi rallies behind Julius Malema as sentencing...

Former EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has stepped into the political ring once again, this time mounting a vocal defence of Julius Malema as the...

Does municipal governance inspire voter participation?

In the gritty reality of South African life: local government is not some distant abstraction. It is the water tap that runs dry, the...

‘I will be going home’: Julius Malema addresses supporters as firearm...

Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema told a crowd of supporters outside the KuGompo (East London) Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday that he expects to...

Oil shock and SA pressure collide

United States President Donald Trump has escalated tensions in the Middle East and South Africa is already feeling the fallout. On Sunday, April 12, Trump...

Suspended top EMPD official Julius Mkhwanazi implicated in disposal of dead...

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) official Julius Mkhwanazi is in hot water after the Madlanga commission of inquiry threw explosive testimony linking him...

Julius Mkhwanazi grilled over crime scene he attended

The Madlanga commission of inquiry resumed on Wednesday with suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) senior official Julius Mkhwanazi returning to the witness stand. Mkhwanazi...

Contract promising Mpumalanga ex-acting DG permanent post backfires in court

A controversial contract signed during the tenure of former Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, which appeared to guarantee a senior government official a permanent job...