
5 ways to face today’s markets with South African grit
If there’s one thing South Africans know, it’s how to adapt. We’ve faced load shedding, political curveballs, and a rand that seems to have a mind of its own—and still, we find a way forward.
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If there’s one thing South Africans know, it’s how to adapt. We’ve faced load shedding, political curveballs, and a rand that seems to have a mind of its own—and still, we find a way forward.

Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court.

Elon Musk’s estranged transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson commanded the runway at the CHRISHABANA show during New York Fashion Week on Monday.

Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen urged urgent reforms in energy, logistics, and municipalities to revive SA’s growth.

Eurovision organisers respond to countries threatening 2026 boycott over Israel’s inclusion.

Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson’s trans roommate had ‘no idea’ about shooting.

My first brush with electronics came wrapped in birthday paper. My brother bought me a remote-controlled car, and I was instantly hooked.

Cinematic Journeys Without Borders. Cape Town, Johannesburg and online 9 – 19 October 2025

Law permits adult trans people to have their chosen gender of male or female on birth certificates.

Anneline Kriel, one of South Africa’s most iconic faces at the age of 70, recently wrote, “After spending much of my life in the spotlight, I have reached a point where I value quiet contentment more than anything else.”

Unclear path for same-sex couples after Hong Kong delivers blow to marriage equality.

Artists and users boycotting Spotify over AI use and CEO’s military tech.

How ANC’s Iran alliance exposes a dangerous foreign policy gamble: Ilan Preskovsky.

South Korea president says Korean companies will hesitate to invest in US without better visa system.

Production plants have been closed for well over a week.

Apple’s $999 ultra-thin smartphone comes in five stunning colours – but it’s missing a key feature.

The road safety community is immensely saddened by the passing of an industry stalwart. Philip Hull dedicated his life to reducing high fatality rates on South African roads.

Therapy practices meant to “cure” homosexuality are set to become punishable by law. A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, voted in favor of a bill by D66 and the VVD that ensures this.

The star explains why he plans to ‘stop acting for a bit’: inside his next move.

The striking Grandland’s cocooning cabin has a comforting ambiance at night with superb headlights that do not blind oncoming traffic whilst retaining perfect night vision.

This gay college rowing romance is heading to TV, so which actors are suiting up in Lycra?

ANC rejects reform and doubles down on failed ideology, hastening its collapse.

The new luxury lodge on the Masai Mara game reserve is designed to watch the Great Migration — but will actually disrupt it, a lawsuit claims.

An analysis in Business Strategy and the Environment reveals that among U.S. firms, those with stronger LGBTQ+ inclusion have higher environmental performance scores and greater renewable energy consumption.

The world’s largest iceberg is “rapidly breaking up” into several large “very large chunks,” scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.

The designer is credited over his decades of practice with curating a quintessentially Italian aesthetic in his clothes, as well as taking Hollywood’s red carpets to new heights.

In a community center in the north of England, two musicians can be heard mixing an improvised backing track as their bandmates hit the drums and keyboards.

The UK’s “biggest and brightest” festival of LGBTQ+ literature – The Coast is Queer – has confirmed its headline writers and events with a packed line-up of the leading lights of LGBTQ+ literature from across the UK and beyond.

Burkina Faso’s transitional legislative assembly passed a bill this week to outlaw homosexuality – making it the 32nd out of 54 African countries to criminalise homosexuality.

A new study has revealed the impact of heatwaves on the performance of electric cars – and in some instances claimed battery range can fall to almost half official figures.

A mysterious spike in orca attacks on boats off Spain and Portugal is puzzling scientists. What’s behind it?

Separated toilets in public started in the Victorian era, when women started to work more outdoors but the ‘weaker sex’ idea needed reinforcing for the men.

A private phone number, secret opening times, and no interest in Michelin.

Once so plentiful that their annual migrations churned water into waves, the Clanwilliam sandfish – endemic to South Africa’s Western Cape – have been in rapid decline for the past few decades.

Here’s what that means and why you need to upgrade more than ever.

The couple are calling for full equality at home.

The president and right-wingers have railed against it, but diversity helps companies retain customers and employees.

The term “political correctness” or “PC” came to the fore in the west in the 1970s by activists of various causes and politicians at the time.

South Africa deserves growth and opportunity, not fake transformation.