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Your Vote, Your Water: SA Polls Set for 4 November 2026
For millions of South Africans, the first weeks of November 2026 will be about something deeply personal: the chance to decide who fixes the water pipes, the roads and the sanitation systems in the places they call home. The 2026 Local Government Elections take place on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, and for every eligible voter, the mark made on a ballot paper, however small, is a direct contribution to the government sphere closest to daily life.
Paris Internship Powers the Business Case at SA Fashion Week
A Paris internship with a global fashion house anchored the business case at South African Fashion Week’s Autumn/Winter 2027 showcase, held from October 21 to 25 at The Forum, Hyde Park Corner in Johannesburg. While the country’s attention fixed on the November 4 local government elections, the events calendar delivered a busy week of gatherings with real commercial weight, captured by ANA Studio photographers Ayanda Ndamane, Timothy Bernard and Bheki Radebe. The programme itself told the story.
Mobile Betting Apps Reshape South Africa's Sports Economy
Smartphone-based betting has become a significant commercial force in South Africa’s sports entertainment economy, shifting bookmakers away from physical premises and toward app-based platforms that lower operating costs and widen the customer base. What was once a business built on casinos and offline betting shops now runs increasingly through dedicated mobile applications. The economics are straightforward.
SA Sport's Funding Model Under Strain as Wins Pile Up
South African athletes keep producing results that carry real commercial and reputational value for the country’s sporting economy. Yet the institutions that fund and govern that success face harder questions than the scoreboard alone can answer.
SA Athletics Faces Global Ban as Reform Clock Ticks
South African athletics is now carrying a six-month deadline that could end its presence on the world stage, and the financial stakes behind that deadline are considerable. World Athletics has issued a final reform mandate to Athletics South Africa, giving the federation until early 2027 to adopt a revised constitution and hold fresh elections, with a total international ban on the table if it fails.
Exiled by paperwork: a Benoni writer's vote dilemma
For one writer, the question of who deserves a vote in South Africa’s election begins in an unlikely place: the hallway of a childhood home in Benoni, lined with ramparts of canned baked beans. The writer is registered in Dublin, Ireland, and so cannot vote, even though they are back in the country in time for the election. The dilemma runs deeper than the paperwork. Looking at the roadside posters, the honest answer to the question of who to vote for is uncertain. Will the parties fix the potholes?
Invest Africa CEO Brings 20 Years of Deal Experience to ACG Board
Chantelé Carrington has spent more than twenty years moving capital across borders. That experience is now being put to a new purpose. The Chief Executive Officer of Invest Africa has joined the Advisory Board of African Collaborations Group (ACG Africa), an organisation working to connect bankable projects on the continent with the institutional investors capable of financing them.
TikTok Bets Big on Election Integrity Ahead of 2026 Vote
TikTok is pouring resources into its South African operation ahead of the country’s sixth local government elections on 4 November 2026, betting that platform integrity is now a commercial asset. The company frames the spend as a year-round investment aimed at keeping the South African community safe and authentic on the app, while positioning the platform as a marketplace for reliable civic information. The commercial logic is straightforward.
Cape Town Youth Ditch Daily HIV Pills for Injections
For young people living with HIV in Cape Town, the daily ritual of swallowing pills has long been one of the hardest parts of staying healthy. A new study suggests there may be a way to lift that burden. When 134 young people aged 12 to 24 switched from daily tablets to long-acting injections of cabotegravir and rilpivirine, nearly all of them kept their virus under control. Every single participant who reached the end of the study chose to keep receiving the shots.
For South Africans, nuclear tech promises power, water, jobs
For engineers, students and communities across South Africa, the question of where the country’s electricity, clean water and specialised jobs will come from is becoming more concrete. At a seminar in Johannesburg, specialists gathered to argue that nuclear technology, applied peacefully, could shape answers to all three needs, from power supply to water availability to the training of a new generation of scientists.
Luxury Hotel Redevelopment Bets Big on Cape Town
A multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Cape Town’s InterContinental Table Bay signals continued investor confidence in South Africa’s high-end hospitality market, and a new journey through the country’s lodges, estates and game reserves shows where capital, heritage and conservation intersect across the Western Cape and the Greater Kruger region.
Ramaphosa Weekly: Border Management, Safety and Growth Marked as Delivery Priorities
Border management gets a direct mention in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest weekly newsletter, published on gov.za under the headline “Our constitutional values are part of our common heritage.” So does public safety. So does economic growth. Between the commemorative language marking Heritage Day, the letter sets out where government carries operational obligations, and where delivery has fallen short of the values it claims to uphold.
Questions Mount Over Dave Van Niekerk’s Litigation Trail and a SZL 335 Million Eswatini Default Judgment
A growing paper trail across courts, parliaments and regulators is raising questions about whether prolonged, hostile fallouts with former business associates have become a recurring feature of Dave Van Niekerk’s business orbit, stretching from South Africa to Eswatini, Luxembourg and Botswana. Public records show the latest flashpoint in Eswatini.
ANC's Registration Collapse Threatens Ballot Access in Six Municipalities Ahead of 2026 El
One hundred and eighty-one candidates. That is the number the African National Congress failed to register before the 28 August 2026 deadline for the 4 November local government elections, a lapse that now threatens to exclude the party from ballots in two municipalities entirely and strip it of representation in four others. The operational failure is specific and traceable.
South Africa Contests US Visa Curbs as Sovereignty Breach; Lamola Demands Policy Respect
Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, has pushed back against visa restrictions announced by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling the move a mischaracterization of South African domestic policy and demanding respect for national sovereignty. Lamola’s statement places the blame squarely on what he describes as fringe groups claiming to represent minorities and Afrikaner communities in South Africa.
Where to Find Authentic South African Cuisine in the City
South Africa’s Heritage Day table looks different depending on where you sit. Umngqusho and umleqwa in some households, Cape Malay curries in others, meat from the braai, Durban bunny chows, or steamed bread alongside slow-cooked stews. The diversity of flavours and cooking techniques tells the broader story of who South Africans are, and the country’s culinary landscape carries the weight of migration, cultural exchange and family traditions passed down across generations.
South Africa deploys task force after fifth jogger killed in Kempton Park murder spree
Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, a 38-year-old jogger, was identified as the fifth victim in a series of deaths in the Kempton Park area of Gauteng province, prompting South African Police Service (SAPS) to assemble a dedicated investigative task team. Police announced the identification on Monday, 14 September, after her body was recovered at the Germiston mortuary, following her disappearance during an afternoon run on 9 September in the Rhodesfield neighborhood.
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