For the first time in over ten years, the Nkomonde family will celebrate Christmas separately as rising food costs make their traditional family feast unaffordable.
Cape Town farmer Mzimasi Jonas spends R9,650 monthly on herdsmen, insurance, feed, and medicine for his 65 Boer goats, forcing prices from R2,300 to R4,000 in two years.
Lekompo star Lehlogonolo Chauke will remain in custody after a court denied him bail on Wednesday for charges including attempted murder and illegal firearm possession.
South Africa's inflation rate dropped to 3.5% in November from 3.6% in October. Transport and recreation costs fell while food and beverage prices rose higher.
Fifteen initiates have died in the Eastern Cape just three weeks into the 2025 summer initiation season despite strong efforts by the government to prevent deaths.
Authorities served seven Kenyan nationals with deportation orders on Wednesday. The Kenyans were working in Johannesburg processing refugees on tourist visas.
