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A 76-year-old retired man in Eikenhof grows vegetables for his family of five and sells the extra produce to neighbours at half the township price.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the government is talking to fuel suppliers to make sure petrol and diesel do not run dry as prices rise.

Nomsa Sekana, 49, from Philippi in Cape Town, lost her husband in a car accident and now sells sheep's intestines to support her four children.

Fuel suppliers are now only selling up to the agreed amount in each contract, to stop panic buying from causing unnecessary shortages, an industry body says.

The affordability index tracks the cost of feeding a family of seven, showing how far one household food budget must stretch.

Makatu Tshivhula, 27, left his job at a candle factory in 2021 and used just R2,000 to start his own candle business in Pimville, Soweto.

South Africans could pay nearly R4 more per litre for petrol in April, after the Middle East war drove oil prices above $100 a barrel.

A Gqeberha domestic worker earning R3,500 a month says rising food prices have forced her to cut meat and rely on credit at her spaza shop.

Jacob Zuma’s personal popularity may again carry the MK party in 2026, but leadership instability and weak structures are limiting its political reach, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

A 36-year-old man from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape has a teaching diploma but has not found a teaching job after three years of searching.

McDonald's South Africa is offering customers a free Egg McMuffin when they buy a selected small drink for R10 during its National Breakfast Day promotion.

Gontse Nxumalo started his sneaker cleaning business OSCT after quitting his job at Edcon. The Soweto business now has two branches and employs six people.