New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing course from previous years. It’s good news, even if it’s not clear why it’s happening
The US-Israel war on Iran is sending shockwaves through global energy, food and financial systems, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in the world economy, according to the WRI
Powerful executive and dismissed employee were central players in the funding of dodgy BEE consortium
Presenting the report, the commission’s chairperson Judge Chande Othman said the inquiry drew on extensive evidence from both primary and secondary sources, including face-to-face interviews, public and private hearings and documentary reviews
This incident has brought to the fore the culture of violence and anger, which manifests itself in road rage incidents and a rise in domestic violence among South African families
The ANC succession debate is beginning to take shape ahead of its 2027 elective conference, with former minister Tokyo Sexwale emerging as a possible contender after a lobby group in KwaZulu-Natal began campaigning for his consideration as party president
Capitec reports headline earnings growth of 23% to R16.8 billion, celebrates R1 billion in client savings, and enters its next chapter as a diversified financial services group built on the trust of 26 million South Africans Capitec opened its doors 25 years ago with a simple belief: banking should be simple, transparent and affordable. That […]
In August of 2019, at the age of 35 years old – JD Vance got baptised in Ohio, and became a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The largest christian organization on the planet with over 1.4 billion membership. Just after roughly 6 years, as a member of the church, Vice President Vance thinks that […]
Schools will always be a critical part of South Africa’s sporting machinery. But they should not be the system
South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier development metrics and transformation scorecards. These are the ceilings of the system: visible, measurable and politically resonant. What receives far less attention is the floor. According to Thabo Moodie, chief operations officer at Oricred, the recurring fragility of Black industrial […]