The longstanding investigation into the manipulation of the rand is back in the headlines.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the kidnapping of a 20-year-old man in Strand, Cape Town, roughly eight months ago.

The payments and software group said it will use its R486.3 million war chest to fund organic growth, potentially buy back shares in the open market and new acquisition opportunities.

After a dismal run of form last season, the Blitzboks bounced back in style on Sunday as they won the opening round of the HSBC SVNS series for 2023/24 by overcoming Argentina 12-7 in Dubai.

Sharks coach John Plumtree is looking to the Challenge Cup for some solace after an extremely underwhelming United Rugby Championship opening stanza that was capped by a 44-10 loss to the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday.

Soweto's Vilakazi Street is packed each day with tourists and hawkers, outside the home of late struggle stalwart and former president Nelson Mandela, which has been meticulously kept even as his legacy has become run down in the decade since his death.

The Blitzboks have started the World Rugby SVNS series with a win in Dubai, and in doing so, they claimed their fifth consecutive title at the desert venue.

Comair and Boeing have both made claims for damages against the other in an ongoing US court case linked to Comair's decision to terminate a multimillion-rand order for eight 737 MAX aircraft.

Crime in the Table Mountain National Park has the potential to severely hurt Cape Town's tourist sector, local authorities say.

Johannesburg speaker Margaret Arnolds had a baptism of fire last week as she presided over a boisterous council meeting - and now the controlling hand of the city's affairs must look ahead while managing an undercurrent of factionalism within her own party.