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A near $100 billion rout in September has left South Africa’s benchmark stock index at its most oversold level in 17 months, according to a momentum indicator that measures the speed and magnitude of recent price moves.

Franz Ruch has become the seventh member of the SA Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee.

The Zambian government’s targeting of Stellenbosch-based historian Sishuwa Sishuwa shows that the country’s democratic backsliding has direct implications for academic freedom in South Africa and beyond, writes Jeremy Seekings.

Suspended police deputy national commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, 59, allegedly liked a sexually explicit video a 16-year-old girl sent him of herself, told her that it was “hot”, and said that he wanted “more”, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Thursday.

Suspended University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu believes his participation in his disciplinary hearing will not yield value, considering that his contract ends in three months.

Due to the seriousness of the crime he is charged with, Lawrence Mudgingyama, the businessman filmed lambasting and threatening women in the bathroom of a Johannesburg restaurant, has had to appear in court and post bail.

Amanda du-Pont is taking a more sustainable approach to fitness, swapping restrictive diets and pushing through pain for consistency, rest, strength and long-term health.

Discovery has launched a new support programme for GLP-1 users, but it is not reducing the medication’s price or expanding medical scheme cover.

The DA has terminated the membership of bogus doctor Abdulkader Elyas with immediate effect following a lengthy meeting of the party’s Federal Executive on Wednesday evening.

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo has argued in court papers that the DA’s bid to have the proportional representation lists of ActionSA, the EFF, the MKP and the GOOD party set aside as unlawful is meritless and risks disrupting the local government elections.

The DA has terminated the membership of bogus doctor Abdulkader Elyas with immediate effect following a lengthy meeting of the party’s Federal Executive on Wednesday evening.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya is facing an additional firearm-related charge, his attorney told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Two Johannesburg dominees were in the US capital this weekend to push back against the message that Afrikaners are a persecuted minority in South Africa. Pieter du Toit reflects on their counter-narrative.

Further allegations of manipulation in the Eastern Cape ANC’s electoral processes have resulted in another defeat in court.

Six of 12 Special Forces soldiers accused of the murder of Hawks Lieutenant-Colonel Frans Mathipa are yet to file an application challenging the Randburg Magistrates’ Court decision to revoke their bail, even though their legal team indicated that they intended to do so.

South African Tug-of-War teams participated in nail-biting competitions over the course of the 30th TWIF Tug-of-War World Championships in Mossel Bay and walked away with eight medals.

While some analysts say the rand is holding its own given the raft of local and international factors stacked against it, some argue it is headed for even weaker levels.

Police are searching for four gunmen after three people were killed and one was injured in a Cape Town shooting.

It will take a domestic worker earning minimum wage two years to earn what one of South Africa’s highest-paid CEOs earns in just one day. This is among the findings of a report by Oxfam South Africa, released on Thursday, that shows the richest 1% hold 54.9% of national wealth, and the richest 10% hold 85.7%.

South Africa has been shaken by a wave of mass shootings across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Western Cape, leaving 38 people dead within a single week in September.