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The Rand Show runs from 2 to 6 April 2026 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec.

Rand Show 2026 promises to be bigger, bolder and more electric than ever before

Alongside headline entertainment, the Rand Show is opening a window into the future, providing all South Africans a space to learn, explore and discover how technology and gaming…

Exhibition: The talent on display at SA Innovation Week 2026 is truly inspiring. Photo: Department of Science,Technology and Innovation SA

Why brilliant ideas aren’t enough

The country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that…

President Cyril Ramaphosa

G20 meetings will go on with or without the US, says Ramaphosa

At the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, the president also stressed the need for inclusivity in tackling pressing global problems, from geopolitical tensions to…

Former EFF secretary general Godrich Gardee. (Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Felix Dlangamandla)

With Malema’s backing, Gardee heads the deputy leader race

Party leader Julius Malema seems set to maintain control at the Economic Freedom Fighters elective conference

Glamping Expo 2024: A showcase of innovation, experience, and industry collaboration

The goal is to bring together the entire glamping value chain under one roof

Former public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba

Young Lions no longer roaring as ANC Youth League congress teeters

Former presidents were reinvited to the youth league congress after the ANC forked out money for their lunch

Former mayor Florence Radzilani (Andrew Hlongwane/Daily Sun/Gallo)

Radzilani in the firing line as veterans raise VBS saga in ANC talks

ANC Limpopo chair Stan Mathabatha seems to be off the hook but the jury is still out on his deputy

Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha. Photo: Supplied

ANC provincial committee saves Stan Mathabatha at party meeting

The Limpopo premier has been given a six-month reprieve to clean house as President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for more accountability in government

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 55th Elective Conference in Nasrec. Photo: Supplied

Ramaphosa scraped through 2022, but what will it take for South Africa to win in 2023?

What we need from the media is to be able to see much more clearly what the policy options are for getting us out of this mess

ANC treasurer general Gwen Ramokgopa. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images)

Newly elected treasurer general Gwen Ramokgopa to remain at Luthuli House

Ramokgopa set to stay put following a failed push for the position to be part-time

Happy days: Cyril Ramaphosa takes pictures of the crowd after being retaining the ANC presidency. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

How Ramaphosa stormed to victory against resurgent Zweli Mkhize in ANC race

Fears of rebellions in the North West, Limpopo and Gauteng provincial executive committees had narrowed the gap against Mkhize, but most branches kept the majority of the vote…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

‘Detached’ Ramaphosa made eleventh hour attempt to thwart Mashatile deputy presidency

President Cyril Ramaphosa called Ronald Lamola and Oscar Mabuyane on Sunday asking them to withdraw their campaigns against each other

The fight between Oscar Mabuyane (right) and Ronald Lamola hasn’t been helpful to the Ramaphosa (left) campaign. (Lulama Zenzile)

ANC leadership race: Gap narrows between Ramaphosa and Mkhize

The fight between Oscar Mabuyane and Ronald Lamola hasn’t been helpful to the Ramaphosa campaign

The ANC elective conference provided an opportunity for a local youth initiative to show off their coffee making skills. (Lesego Chepape, M&G)
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Local barista academy skills the youth of Soweto

The ANC elective conference provided an opportunity for a local youth initiative to show off their coffee making skills

A vendor reacts as she displays merchandise for sale during the second day of the 55th National Conference of the ANC at NASREC in Johannesburg on December 17, 2022. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)

Struggling street vendors line up outside ANC conference, looking to sell hot food, party regalia

Some of the vendors came from as far as Durban, hoping to pick up some rands from conference delegates

Eskom’s decline is a burning issue among ANC delegates as the party’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, delivered his political report on Friday. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Eskom’s woes take centre stage at ANC conference

Party delegates chant ‘load-shedding’ as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his political report

Paul Mashatile (far right) has urged branches to extend this rule to the branch nomination of the ANC’s top six to ensure that at least three nominees for officials are women. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

ANC releases rules of engagement for December conference

Kgalema Motlanthe to review financial records of those campaigning for the ANC’s top six during silly season

Contested: Scuffles broke out during a political campaign in Folweni, KwaZulu-Natal, when ANC supporters disagreed with the local ANC candidate chosen for the municipal elections in November. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP)

The ANC must wise up or crash out

The past year exposed the ruling party’s weaknesses, but 2022 is an opportunity for it to make substantive, meaningful changes if it is to remain in power

Eastern Cape ANC general-secretary Oscar Mabuyane on the side-lines of the ANC’s 55th national policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in July 2017. (Photo by Gallo Images /The Times/Masi Losi)

Mabuyane win will boost Ramaphosa’s chance

Outgoing Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is ready to lead the province for another term. The ANC provincial heavyweight and one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s loyal…

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Editorial: And still we wait for a decision on Mkhize

For six weeks Ramaphosa has told us he is following process and Mkhize continues to get a fat ministerial salary as he relaxes on special leave.