South Africa’s central bank credited its new 3% inflation target for already helping guide expectations lower across the economy, after the formal adoption of the goal last month.

South African miners are boosting thermal coal exports to Israel after top supplier Colombia in August ordered a total ban on shipments of the power-generation fuel to Israel, data from Kpler, LSEG and DBX Commodities showed.

Family ties may become strained for former South African President Jacob Zuma after his eldest daughter accused her half-sister of deceiving 17 men – half of whom are reportedly relatives – into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

Bafana Bafana will host Ghana at Dobsonville Stadium on Tuesday in their final friendly before flying to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, but will be without their Europe-based players.

The South African rand strengthened on Monday, supported by higher gold prices as local investors look towards the year's last pieces of economic data for clues on the health of Africa's most industrialised economy.

Musk, who was born in South Africa, accused his home country of having “openly racist ownership laws” by requiring at least 30% local ownership by Black or other races that were denied opportunities under South Africa’s apartheid system of white minority rule.

The South African Football Association (SAFA) have rebuked critics of Hugo Broos' comments on Mbekezeli Mbokazi.

South African Jayden Schaper won the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday after sinking an eagle putt on the first playoff hole against compatriot Shaun Norris for a debut victory on the DP World Tour.

Police are searching for three male suspects in the mass shooting at an unlicensed bar near the South African capital.

Cases that were once rare are now emerging with unsettling frequency, slipping from community whispers into morgue reports and police dockets.