South African e-commerce company Takealot Group is ramping up on-demand delivery by repurposing its Mr D takeaway food platform to handle pet supplies, toys and other high-frequency purchase items in a bid to fend off growing competition.

The South African Police Service has closed the applications for its 2025/2026 Basic Police Development Learning Programme, where over one million people applied.

One of the most notorious cases was that of South Africa's longest-serving police chief, Jackie Selebi, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010 after being convicted of taking bribes from an Italian drug lord, Glen Agliotti, in exchange for turning a blind eye to his criminal activity.

South Africa's rand and stocks gained on Friday as investors turned their attention to the final day of the two-day Group of 20 finance meeting, which South Africa, the first African host nation, hopes to conclude with a formal communique.

Chefs and volunteers in Johannesburg have made 67,000 liters of soup to honor Nelson Mandela Day. The annual event, officially recognized by the United Nations in 2009, celebrates Mandela’s legacy through acts of service.

South Africa's urban centers are expected to evolve in ways that could reshape the country's economic and social landscape.Experts predict that by 2030, Johannesburg, the biggest city in South Africa and Pretoria will

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived.

JOHANNESBURG — After pouring brown, gritty liquid from a huge silver tank into a flute-like container known as a refractometer, South African beer brewing master Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela gives an expert nod of approval and passes it around to her students, who yell their observations with glee.

Valterra Platinum said first-half profit likely fell as much as 98% after flooding curbed mine output and it incurred costs related to its recent spinoff from Anglo American.

Uber e-hailing service users in Johannesburg are advised to organise alternative transport as drivers plan a shutdown on Tuesday.

Police have launched a manhunt for the 10 suspects who were involved in a mass shooting in a tavern in an informal settlement in Olivenhoutbosch, Gauteng.