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October new vehicle sales totalled 55,956 — the highest monthly total in more than a decade
Though consumer sentiment continues to improve in 2025, South Africans are still under severe financial strain, according to DebtBusters’ Q3 2025 debt index report.
With many South African pupils and teachers struggling with stress, anxiety and burnout, prioritising wellbeing is no longer optional but essential.
Struggling South Africans are paying more for core foods – bought first to ensure families don’t go hungry – than they did a year ago.
The South African Social Security Agency will introduce a mandatory biometrics enrolment system at all its offices from September 1 in a bid to detect fraudulent activities.
Parts of Isipingo, south of Durban, were plunged into darkness after two alleged cable thieves burnt to death while tampering with a power box on Tuesday.
Ballito residents have been warned to be on the lookout for a young man who has been indecently exposing himself to women in the popular KwaZulu-Natal north coast town.
Despite being exempt from VAT, the prices of some zero-rated foods increased by 4.1% over the past 12 months, according to the latest Household Affordability Index report.
Two Pietermaritzburg families are mourning the loss of their teenage sons killed in separate accidents on Father’s Day.
Very cold and rainy conditions have been predicted for KwaZulu-Natal from Sunday — the day the province hosts the 98th Comrades Marathon.
As sardine fever escalates in KwaZulu-Natal, municipalities have banned swimming along the south coast from Port Edward to Isipingo.
Guests at a baby shower hosted at a posh Umhlanga restaurant got more than they bargained for when the mum-to-be gave birth to a bouncing baby girl.
The N3 Toll Concession has warned motorists to expect congested traffic conditions and slower travel times as the first of three consecutive long weekends is about to kick off.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed Hindu leader Ashwin Trikamjee — who died on Wednesday night — as an “outstanding icon”.
South Africans in low-income bands fork out more than half their earnings to put food on the table, according to the latest insights from a DebtBusters study.
