South Africa vs Guinea on September 26: Bafana Bafana Start AFCON 2027 Qualifying Campaign
South Africa opens AFCON 2027 qualifying against Guinea on 26 September at 6pm at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, with the...
September 16, 2026Section
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Durban Refugees Moved to Gauteng After Four Months on a Pavement
South Africa moved 278 people from a pavement camp outside a Durban Home Affairs office to a Gauteng facility. Verification...
September 15, 2026
Earthdance Peace Festival Returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg
Earthdance Peace Festival returns to South Africa on 18-20 September, with two sites in Cape Town and Johannesburg. See dates,...
September 15, 2026
Western Cape Storm Warning Puts the Karoo at Level 4
A stalled low is dropping up to 80 millimetres on a semi-desert. Cape Town itself is two warning levels lower,...
September 14, 2026
Ramaphosa Asks the Court to Halt His Own Impeachment Inquiry
The president is the applicant in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to set aside the panel report behind the...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Local Elections 2026: Date, Parties and Metros
South Africa's local elections are on Wednesday 4 November 2026, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, or midnight to...
September 14, 2026
South African Banks Race Into Kenya as FirstRand Waits
Nedbank has taken control of NCBA and Absa has raised its stake. FirstRand wants in, and its chief executive says...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Deportation Costs Were Misreported by a Factor of 100
A dropped decimal turned 175 million rand into 17 billion. The corrected figures show removals are cheap and most departures...
September 14, 2026
Opening a Bank Account in South Africa as a Foreigner
The three account types, what South Africa’s 2026 exchange control changes mean for foreigners, and how to get money in...
September 14, 2026