South Africa Top Stories

    FLOUR POWER: Africa’s ancient grains find new favour with gluten-free foodies
    Drought-resistant and locally sourced, they are sustainable alternatives to wheat and the market for them is growing.
    Read more...
    ALMOST INTELLIGENT : Don’t let a chatbot’s confidence trick you into taking financial risks
    AI tools can be a valuable and free educator, but you need to know where to draw the line and rather trust human experts.
    Read more...
    SPENDING AND SAVING: Gen Zs and millennials are taking a different path to wealth
    Younger consumers are embracing smarter money habits despite economic uncertainty.
    Read more...
    SPENDING AND SAVING: Two-pot, two years later: savings are used to put food on the table
    Households increasingly rely on retirement money for basic living and everyday expenses.
    Read more...
    FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Turning property proceeds into a tax-efficient retirement income
    You can never escape the taxman entirely, but you can use clever investment strategies to avoid your estate owing big chunks of money.
    Read more...
    FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: US asset may not be the best bet when it comes to estate planning
    South African residents owning US‑based investments risk punitive US estate tax, cross‑border probate and cash‑flow pain.
    Read more...
    THE EDUCATION DESK: No data, no deadline, no dedicated funding: SA’s blind and deaf children face an ECD crisis
    South Africa does not know how many blind and deaf children are missing out on early childhood development – and the government cannot say when it will have a national framework in place to ensure they are included. This comes a quarter of a century after the gazetting of a government blueprint on inclusive education.
    Read more...
    THEATRE REVIEW: Prima Facie puts SA’s sexual violence crisis and broken legal system on stage
    Suzie Miller’s one-woman play about the terrible complicity between a defective legal system and the scourge of sexual violence is both hugely entertaining and deeply affecting.
    Read more...
    More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm
    Aug 16 (Reuters) - More than 180,000 utility customers remained without power across Hawaii on Sunday afternoon after Hurricane Lala brushed the Big Island before being downgraded to a tropical storm.
    Read more...
    Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history
    Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history.
    Read more...