1+ day, 17+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 3+ 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…...

1+ week, 7+ 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, 1+ day 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, 1+ day 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, 1+ day 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, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) These were some of the themes that came through strongly recently at the third annual Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) Symposium, which tackled the growing role of women in the industry while highlighting the importance of creating workplaces where…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (839+ words) Rugby order was restored in South Africa last night. At least for the next seven days. What a Test match between the sport’s greatest rivals and what an important victory for the Springboks to keep alive the four Test series,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (698+ words) Sasol, which the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) estimates costs 1,000 deaths a year through pollution emanating from its key Secunda plant, stands at a defining moment in its corporate and national role. This is according to…...