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For 15 minutes, women across the nation will lie down in silence — one minute for every woman murdered each day. Purple profiles flood social media, black clothing fills streets, and a million-strong petition demands the world finally see the war being waged on women’s lives. This is not a...

At 4:07 AM on November 20, 2025, after a tense all-night showdown, SANTACO and the Western Cape government signed a R250 million deal that ended Cape Town’s crippling taxi strike in minutes. By lunchtime the roads were alive again — but while taxis celebrated victory, thousands of commuters quietly thanked...

SRD R370 grants delayed for millions in November 2025 – payments pushed to December. WhatsApp scams surge 300%. Get the facts, avoid fraud, and learn exactly how to check your status safely.

In KwaZulu-Natal, relentless floods have claimed 28 lives, including beloved teacher “Mama Thandi,” whose body was pulled from a raging river days after she braved rising waters to reach her pupils. As the army races against more incoming rain, families cling to rooftops and strangers worldwide pour millions into relief...

Trump’s 3 AM sanctions bill threatens South Africa with crippling tariffs over land reform and farm murder claims. Citrus, cars, and platinum exports face collapse in a diplomatic firestorm that could reshape global trade.

Just weeks before the festive season, the DBE has confirmed serious marking irregularities across seven provinces, triggering emergency re-marking of thousands of matric scripts. Leaked memos, anxious families, and a race against time — will the Class of 2025 get their results fairly and on time? Here’s everything you need...

With those 28 words, delivered in a calm five-minute closing speech at Johannesburg’s Nasrec Expo Centre on 20 November 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t just end the G20 Social Summit — he detonated a global moment. Within minutes #AfricaAuthorsIt was trending worldwide, world leaders were quoting it verbatim, and the...

Shocking truth: Just 978,000 South Africans — barely 1.5% of the population — pay 61% of all personal income tax, shouldering a massive R442 billion burden while millions remain outside the net. As the G20 lands in Johannesburg this week, these numbers expose a tax system on the brink and...

South Africa battles its worst drought in a century — but DSTI’s new STI Roadmap is fighting back with CRISPR crops, smart irrigation, and 500,000 rural jobs on the horizon.

GEMS has just dropped a bombshell: an average 9.8% contribution hike for 2026 — with some plans jumping as much as 25%. Unions are furious, teachers and nurses are counting the extra thousands it will cost their families, and strike threats are already in the air. With inflation cooling and...

Every month, thousands of South Africa’s elderly wake at 2 a.m., clutch worn ID books, and join endless SASSA queues for a R2,310 grant that should arrive without drama. Instead, they face rejected forms, new document demands, system crashes, and staff who treat them like criminals. After decades of hard...

In Johannesburg’s CBD, a frantic two-week court deadline ended with just 161 street traders verified and handed smart-card permits — while nearly 2,800 new hopefuls queued up. What started as brutal evictions has become a defining battle over who truly belongs in the heart of Africa’s richest city.

S&P lifted the country to BB on 14 November 2025. The rand instantly strengthened to R17.18, the JSE blasted past 115 000 (up 20% this year), bond yields crashed to 8.62%, and analysts now expect grocery prices to fall 4–5% by December. For the first time in years, cheaper debt,...

As Johannesburg hosts Africa’s first G20 Summit, the streets of Nasrec erupted in fury on November 21, 2025. Thousands from the People’s Summit—demanding climate justice, debt cancellation, and an end to gender-based violence—clashed with riot police in clouds of tear gas. Drone livestreams turned the chaos into a global spectacle,...

In the pre-dawn silence of a Limpopo farm, an elderly couple endured eight hours of calculated torture—bound with barbed wire, beaten with their own tools, and set alight while still conscious. Their desperate cries, captured on a panic-button recording, have now gone viral, sparking night patrols across the province and...

Eskom has escalated to Stage 6 load shedding until Wednesday, 19 Nov 2025, after multiple units tripped at Camden and Majuba. Expect up to 10 hours of daily blackouts. Check your suburb schedule and stock up on backup power now.

A second suspect is bust in Soweto’s R5,000-per-paper Matric leak ring. Damning WhatsApp chats go viral as Maths and Physical Sciences Paper 2 face full rewrites — the desperate fight to save the Class of 2025’s future.

President Cyril Ramaphosa opened Africa’s first-ever G20 with a line that lit up the world: “Fellow leaders, today we stand together against global inequality.” Inside Nasrec Expo Centre, the fight over a global billionaire tax exploded into life, Donald Trump’s empty chair spoke volumes, and the Global South finally seized...

A leaked draft of President Cyril Ramaphosa's G20 speech demands a 2% global billionaire tax, sparking CEO withdrawals from Johannesburg's summit. As leaders gather November 22-23, 2025, this bold equity push tests multilateralism's future amid corporate backlash and geopolitical rifts.

Explosive leaked documents reveal that deliberate insider sabotage, not mere technical glitches, has plunged South Africa into Stage 6 load shedding. As the Government of National Unity's energy task force convenes urgently today, the nation confronts a deepening crisis where corruption and criminal syndicates threaten the very lights that power...

In the heart of South Africa's high-pressure NSC season, alarm bells ring louder than ever. As the Class of 2025 prepares amid 2024's lingering scandals—viral WhatsApp leaks and sold results—the DBE fights to restore trust. With Umalusi confirming no widespread breaches but 407 cheating cases, will these threats derail record...

In the vast, sun-baked expanses of South Africa's rural landscapes, where families till the soil and tend to livestock under wide-open skies, a deepening crisis of violence threatens the very fabric of daily life. Reports from agricultural organizations indicate a troubling rise in farm attacks during the first half of...

South Africa's east coast is grappling with intense rainfall, with KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) hit hard by downpours exceeding 100mm in just hours, transforming roads into rushing streams. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has elevated alerts to orange level 9, signaling flash floods and mudslides, as viral drone footage shows the...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will symbolically hand the G20 presidency gavel to an empty U.S. chair in Johannesburg on November 22-23, 2025—a bold rebuke to Trump’s boycott over land reform, Gaza stance, and trade disputes. Is this diplomatic genius uniting the Global South, or a risky provocation inviting economic backlash?