Catch up on the biggest stories this Monday, 4 May 2026, in our simple daily news update. News today includes three people have died, and one is being treated in intensive care after the outbreak of a rare zoonotic virus…
Inflation in mainland Tanzania is expected to remain within the 3% to 5% target range, supported by stable food supply and exchange rate stability Tanzania is projecting a stable economic outlook, with GDP expected to expand by 6.1% in the…
See full list of the 2026 winners. Stand-up comedian Rae Du Plooy has dedicated his first Savanna Comics’ Choice Comedy award win to the late Ebenezer Dibakwane. Du Plooy won the Savanna Newcomer Award at the 13th edition of the…
South Africa has been drawn into a multi-country public health response after a cluster of illnesses and three deaths linked to an international cruise ship, with one passenger dying locally and another in critical condition in a Sandton hospital, the…
The hantavirus outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius cruise ship, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde. An outbreak of “severe acute respiratory illness” on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left two people dead and a…
A prolonged siege at Hormuz drives up fuel, freight, fertiliser and food prices across import-dependent economies. Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has refused to bow before Western aggression, duplicity and maritime coercion, and he has placed the Strait of Hormuz…
Turbo variant becomes the new equal most powerful Porsche road car ever made. Having added the intermediate S version to the regular Cayenne range in March, Porsche used the recent Beijing Motor Show to officially unveil the coupe version of…
Communities living in the shadow of ageing power stations depend on coal for basic household energy needs. Pictured here, a local resident collects coal from an unrehabilitated coal mine near the Duvha Power Station. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee Decommissioning of Duvha,…
Adams made a litany of accusations against the Saps and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Western Cape police have confirmed they are investigating a case of intimidation after Member of Parliament (MP) Fadiel Adams filed charges of intimidation against…
The elections announced for 4 November will have a consequential impact on our body politic as municipal polls often project how national elections will turn out. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) For the first time in democratic South Africa, local government elections have…