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A 38-year-old Gqeberha entrepreneur is launching a hospitality training academy to give young people practical skills and help them find work in the service industry.

A Cape Town library assistant who earns a government salary sells scones and sweets at work and at the taxi rank to make ends meet.

Fuel station owners and shipping sources are warning that South Africa could run short of fuel if the fighting in the Middle East does not stop.

More South Africans borrowed money in the last three months of 2025, but millions are falling behind on repayments, with car loans and senior citizen debt rising in 2025.

Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile tabled a R179.2-billion budget for 2026/2027, part of a three-year plan worth R549.3-billion, with health and education getting the most.

The Middle East conflict is putting some Cape Town export shipments on hold and already pushing up costs for South African fruit farmers and exporters.

A woman from Phalaborwa has turned the tradition of harvesting mopani worms into a growing food business that employs 24 people and creates new jobs.

A 40-year-old man from the Eastern Cape builds graves for a living, charging up to R4,000 per grave and feeding his family with the money.

Taps at OR Tambo International Airport went dry on Saturday morning for five hours, leaving passengers and business owners with no water in both terminals.

A Somali woman who moved to South Africa five years ago now wakes before sunrise to cook rice, beans and fish that she sells for R50 in Claremont.

Alphas Setlape works two construction jobs in Johannesburg to feed his family back home but spends almost all his pay on taxis from Orange Farm.

A Kariega mother says she bypasses electricity because rising living costs leave almost nothing after rent, food and caring for her two children.