14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (467+ words) Drowning in a slew of criminal charges, alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has also now caught the beady eye of the taxman. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is targeting his company, Medicare24 Tshwane District, over R14.2m in outstanding…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (778+ words) As President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed Southern African leaders to Durban in August, municipal workers demanding higher pay littered the streets of Pietermaritzburg with rubbish. eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal’s only metropolitan municipality, presented clean streets to its international guests. Northwest of the coastal…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (591+ words) Brimstone Investment Corporation’s fish business, Oceana, is well insulated from the pilchard herpesvirus (PHV) detected in South Africa’s sardines due to a large amount of the fish used in products being imported. Brimstone CEO Mustaq Brey told Business Day the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (888+ words) Sunday Times deputy editor The reopening of the Steve Biko inquest, nearly 50 years after his death, is relevant for the country on several levels. First, it should help refute attempts by apartheid apologists to whitewash the system as benign but…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (422+ words) Editor: Sunday Times and TimesLIVE It is an interesting paradox that, though the Phala Phala scandal hogs the headlines and costs the ANC whatever remains of its credibility, President Cyril Ramaphosa appears to remain the most credible and appealing of…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (776+ words) When Rhiba Kgawu draped himself in a baboon skin during a march in Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, he saw it as an expression of his cultural identity and connection to his clan totem. But the garment has now placed…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (765+ words) The DA risks losing its majority control of the City of Cape Town unless it intensifies its campaigning ahead of the November 4 municipal elections, according to the latest Ipsos electoral survey. The DA has 46% of voter support, while parties such…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (679+ words) All forms of energy, including oil and gas, are needed in South Africa more than ever due to rising demand from a growing population and challenges in global energy supply systems, says Ross Compton, senior director for global policy at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (529+ words) Although more than 1.08-million households, or 5.3% of all households in South Africa, were victims of housebreaking in 2025/26, making it the most common household crime during the period, less than half reported the incidents to police because they believed they would…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (371+ words) I left an event at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra) with an uncomfortable thought. Not about whether South Africa has made progress on women. We have. Not about whether gender inequality remains deeply embedded in our society. It…...