Common thread: Celeste Ntuli doesn’t change her material for audiences in different cities because she finds that South African audiences share similar experiences and humour. Photo: Supplied Growing up in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Celeste Ntuli was oblivious to her own comedic…
Investigation reveals long-serving executives overstated earnings, secured bonuses, and triggered the slow implosion of SA’s sugar giant. There is a double tragedy about the possible impending collapse of SA’s sugar-producing giant, Tongaat Hulett. First, more than 2 000 employees could…
Uneasy lies the head: Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen’s position seems no longer tenable as his own party mulls replacing him. Photo: National Department of Agriculture Senior Democratic Alliance (DA) leaders are backing Western Cape agriculture MEC Ivan Meye to replace…
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Son of the soil: American civils rights leader Jesse Jackson with Oliver Tambo (left) and Trevor Huddleston (right) in London during the Anti-Apartheid demonstrations in the 1980s. Photo: South African History Online From the Great Blue Skies where he now…
Catch up on the biggest stories this Thursday, 19 February 2026, in our simple daily news update. News today includes that Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe has been arrested at his Johannesburg home. Meanwhile, a bus travelling from Gauteng to Zimbabwe lost…
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Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world. Amber Lee Hughes appears at Johannesburg High Court for pre-sentencing proceedings on February 19, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hughes was…
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for…
Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Service says the fire could take some time to extinguish due to the flammable chemicals involved. Factories in an industrial area of Johannesburg have caught fire, billowing huge black clouds into the air. The Germiston factories, which…