Shoprite and Boxer shares are up this year. TFG, Woolworths and Pepkor are down by a third or more. We checked the latest prices and results to see what the split says about how South Africans really spend, and what it means for your next shop.
Read the storyA Fox News poll has Democrat James Talarico on 51% and Republican Ken Paxton on 49% in the Texas Senate race. Some Republicans are calling it an emergency. Others say the poll is junk. We explain what a 2-point lead really means, who the two men are, and how far off Texas polls have been in the past.
Read the storyCustomers stuck in the minus want to know why FNB let the payment through at all. The bank answered that question in 2023. It lets some payments through on purpose, and a fee of up to R200 can follow.
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Read the storyA card payment that lands days late, a debit order, a monthly fee. Here is why South African bank accounts slip into the minus with no overdraft, how to find the cause and how to dispute it.
Read the storyThe president has ruled out a vote. Activists have written to Donald Trump. And a poll says most Western Cape voters want a say on leaving South Africa.
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Read the storyPlague is normally stopped with a week of antibiotics. Russia sealed hospitals instead. An MIT biosecurity expert says that points to a germ drugs can't stop, or something else entirely, and Senator Rand Paul is spreading the warning.
Read the storyA South African farmer survived three attacks and lost his father-in-law to a fourth. His story has reignited the fight over farm violence, and over who is counting.
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