The South African rand gained in early trade on Thursday before the release of domestic manufacturing data, while investors also kept a close tab on trade negotiations after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats.

A South African woman working aboard a luxury yacht has been found murdered, sending shockwaves through the international yachting community.

The South African Reserve Bank could lower its inflation target as soon as its policy meeting at the end of this month, according to Citigroup Inc.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a Group of 20 finance officials meeting in South Africa next week, sources familiar with his plans told Reuters, but will attend the World Expo 2025 in Osaka,

Bessent skipped South Africa's first G20 finance meeting in February to attend President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting in Washington. Finance ministers from China, Japan, India and Canada also skipped the meeting in Cape Town focused on tackling global poverty, as did the European Union's top economic official.

Moerat is the only Muslim player to have ever captained the Springboks. South Africa have won 16 and lost only one of their 17 Test matches against Italy. The defeat came in 2016 under Allister Coetzee in Florence with a score of 20-18.

Wiaan Mulder has suitably taken the last catch for South Africa to hand Zimbabwe its heaviest innings defeat in 20 years and clean sweep their two-test series in Bulawayo.

A data analysis by The New York Times shows that a form of torture popular during apartheid endures in the country despite laws designed to eliminate it.

Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department needs to act now to build new healthcare facilities to avoid falling into the same infrastructure trap as Eskom that led to the load shedding crisis.

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is an international beer judge and taster, and is believed to be the first Black woman in South Africa to own a craft brewery.