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DURBAN – March and March is planning to picket outside the SADC Summit in Durban.The demonstration is themed ‘It’s time to fetch your people’, warning heads of state to prepare for mass deportation of undocumented foreign nationals by 30 September.The group has yet to explain how it expects this to happen.
Elon Musk attended Waterkloof House Preparatory School, Bryanston High School and Pretoria Boys High School in South Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa. FlySafair has announced a further reduction to its Dynamic Fuel Surcharge, with current charges now 40% below the peak reached in late March 2026. The move will deliver meaningful savings to South African travellers while maintaining the airline’s commitment to transparent pricing.
Foreign Affairs Ministers from across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are set to gather in South Africa later this month for a high-level retreat aimed at crafting a unified regional response to rapidly evolving global geopolitical dynamics.
On 14 April 2026, Helen Zille climbed into a kayak on the flooded streets of Johannesburg. The stunt was designed to dramatise a damning statistic: that the City of Joburg has spent only 26% of its capital infrastructure budget in the 2025/26 financial year. It was, on paper, a legitimate political point.
Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA) backs Africa’s next generation of digital businesses at Converge Africa 2026Taking place from 4–6 May 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Converge Africa brings together leaders across e-commerce, fintech, payments, logistics, digital marketing, and cybersecurity to shape the future of digital commerce CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 17, 2026/ – MSMEs are the backbone of South Africa’s economy, contributing over 60% of employment and a significant share of GDP, yet many still face barriers to market access, funding, and digital integration.
Johannesburg – For the third year running, FlySafair is opening the doors to its much‑loved School Booster competition, giving South African schools the chance to win 10 return domestic flights each. Ten schools will be selected, with the prize awarded to institutions that can best demonstrate how taking to the skies will create meaningful new opportunities for their learners.
As South Africa heads into its first local government elections since the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in May 2024, the message from citizens is unmistakable. Local government is failing and patience is thinning.
An announcement by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) expressing readiness to roll out the next municipal ballot between November 2 this year and January 31 next year was met with projections by analysts on what period would be optimal to increase voter turnout. The argument advanced by analysts in Business Day that a November political campaign period would boost voter turnout is intuitively appealing. Avoid the December shutdown, escape January fatigue, and voters will show up. It suggests there can be a neat administrative fix to a deeply political problem.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has committed to providing adequate security for international truck drivers to prevent attacks while transporting goods through the country.
