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South Africa Secures Major Aviation Boost as Turkish Airlines Expands Network Ahead of Peak Summer Season

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s aggressive push to enhance its international air connectivity has secured another major victory. Turkish Airlines is…
SALGA National News

Treasury’s Equitable Share Freeze: A Symptom of South Africa’s Deepening Municipal Fiscal Crisis

PRETORIA — National Treasury’s decision to temporarily freeze the July 2026 Local Government Equitable Share transfers to selected municipalities has…
Madlanga Commission National News

National Treasury Launches Forensic Probe Into Transversal Contracts Following Commission Revelations

PRETORIA — The National Treasury has officially launched an independent forensic investigation into the awarding of several transversal contracts following…
DA match National News

Democratic Alliance Mobilizes Mass Anti-Crime March in Nelson Mandela Bay

PORT ELIZABETH — In a direct challenge to the Union Buildings, Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is set to…
Enoch Godongwana National News

Moving Beyond Fatalism: South Africa’s Youth Unemployment Crisis Demands Evidence, Not Slogans

PRETORIA — Half a century after the historic 1976 Soweto Uprisings, where South Africa’s youth shed blood for dignity and…
Free State National News

Fiscal Discipline: National Treasury Freezes Billions in Municipal Funding Over Chronic Financial Malpractice

PRETORIA — In an unprecedented and sweeping intervention to arrest the fiscal decay within South Africa’s local government, the National…
IEC National News

Battling the Bots and Botswanas: IEC Unveils Bold Blueprint to Shield 2026 Local Elections from Digital Deception

PRETORIA — In an era where a well-engineered deepfake or a coordinated army of social media bots can sway an…
SEZs National News

South Africa’s SEZ Programme Poised for Transformation Following World Bank Review

South Africa’s Special Economic Zones (SEZ) programme stands at a pivotal juncture. Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic),…
Cyril Ramaphosa National News

From the Classroom to the Unemployment Queue: Ramaphosa’s Half-Century Reckoning on Youth Day

Fifty years ago, thousands of young South Africans marched out of their classrooms in Soweto armed with nothing but schoolbooks…
June 16 coin National News

Ramaphosa Unveils Commemorative Coin on 50th Anniversary of Youth Uprising

SOWETO — President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially unveiled a new South African Reserve Bank (SARB) commemorative coin at the Hector…