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Akademia: A look inside the Solidarity-owned Afrikaans university
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (227+ words) GAUTENG — An R3.2-billion Afrikaans higher education campus being developed east of Pretoria has sparked a land-speculation frenzy, with property experts warning that overconfident investors are inflating prices to levels the market cannot sustain. South Africa secures R5.6bn from France and Germany…...
We're growing poorer": Decades-old ad shows drastic grocery price changes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (217+ words) A 2003 Pick 'n Pay Christmas advert made South Africans do a double take. Anthony Govender, Founder and CEO of ASI Group, shared the old advertisement on LinkedIn on 4 September, and it quickly got people talking. The advert, which promoted "Dazzling…...
"They were jealous": SA wonders if Uber's Nigeria exit spells trouble for SA
1+ week, 3+ day ago (282+ words) Uber's sudden exit from Nigeria sent shockwaves across social media on 2 September 2026, with one Nigerian creator's passionate response going viral and pulling South Africans into the conversation. TikToker @thejennio posted a direct-to-camera video reacting to the news, visibly frustrated and…...
“Read it and follow it”: SA strategist names 2 books she swears by
1+ week, 5+ day ago (276+ words) Kay Radebe is self-employed, earns more than R1 million a year, and says two books made all the difference. The South African entrepreneur posted a TikTok on 1 September 2026, sharing the reads she believes helped shape her financial mindset and work discipline....
"The first African team": 7 SA teenagers make history at NASA space competition
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (197+ words) Seven teenagers from the Western Cape have made South African history by winning one of the world's most prestigious space design competitions, held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “Congratulations are in order”: SA applauds as Stellies lecturer makes…...
SA left stunned and worried by Hartbeespoort Dam's condition
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (277+ words) An aerial clip of Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West has stopped thousands of South Africans in their tracks. Facebook page, North West Times posted the footage on 23 August 2026, believed to have been originally filmed in November 2025, and the reaction…...
"This is on another level": Officers stunned by licence made from loyalty card
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (208+ words) Metro police in South Africa made a surprising arrest after stopping a driver who turned out to be carrying a counterfeit driver's licence built from an unlikely material: Spar loyalty points cards. According to the post on TikTok, officers pulled…...