Aryna Sabalenka announced her engagement to Georgios Frangulis ahead of the Indian Wells tournament, where the world number one will return to action from an extended break after losing the Australian Open final in January. Belarusian Sabalenka and Frangulis, the CEO of global health-food brand Oak Berry, have been dating since 2024. “All good guys, everything happened, but look how …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Uganda Marketers Society (UMS) has set a demanding agenda for 2026, urging marketing, sales and brand professionals to reposition themselves as commercial leaders capable of delivering measurable business value in a tightening economic environment. The call was made during the first Ignite Session of the year, hosted at the Saladin Media Uganda offices in Kampala, where senior executives …

Families of the construction workers who died in the collapsed building in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, have called on the government to support the children of the deceased. Nine people were killed, and three others were injured in the incident, which happened on Monday. Mfanakhona Hlatshwayo, who lost his brother, Abel Hlatshwayo, says there are serious questions about whether proper …

A United States mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium’s Africa Museum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, in the museum’s archive. Mining startup KoBold Metals said it had offered to support the DRC in digitising the colonial-era archive, stored on …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the Lekota family. He says he and the late Congress of the People, COPE, leader Mosioua Lekota have come a long way as activists. Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a hospital in Midrand, Johannesburg. He was an anti-apartheid activist who cut his political teeth in the Black …

North-West businessman, Brown Mogotsi, has apologised to the Madlanga commission for failing to appear before it on Monday after saying he was ill.   He spoke after the commission’s Chairperson, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, raised concerns over an increasing number of witnesses calling in sick.  “I really have to apologise and reiterate that I have been very consistent throughout the preparations …

Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ​at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, ‌a senior Iranian official told state media. Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of Iran’s Islamic Propagation Council, ​said the farewell ceremony would continue ​for three days, and the funeral ⁠procession would be announced later. The official ​said the public will be able ​to …

Minister Gayton McKenzie briefs the media on the Department of Sports, Arts & Culture Priorities. LIVE STREAM:  www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-gayton-mckenzie-briefs-media-on-dsac-priorities/

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have launched a manhunt for eight suspects who shot and wounded two security guards in a cash-in-transit heist on the N2 south of Durban. The suspects fled with bags of cash after the incident, which happened on Wednesday morning. Police say the guards were travelling in a cash delivery truck when the heavily armed suspects intercepted them. …

Former Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has been named as the replacement for Scott Robertson as coach of the All Blacks. He will take New Zealand to the Rugby World Cup in Australia next year. The 62-year-old former Wallabies coach beat out Jamie Joseph for one of the biggest jobs in world rugby after an extensive recruitment process. The process started …

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has described North West businessman Brown Mogotsi’s medical certificate as “useless”. Mogotsi appeared before the commission, which has postponed his testimony to a later date. MADLANGA COMMISSION | Brown Mogotsi explains to the commission the nature of his illness, which prevented him from attending on Monday. pic.twitter.com/2DB85lYxTC — SABC News (@SABCNews) March 4, …

The Social Security Agency, SASSA, in KwaZulu-Natal has warned that it will cut the social grants of more than 12 000 beneficiaries if they fail to attend scheduled reviews.   The agency says between January and March this year, a total of 13 230 grant recipients across the province were due to attend the reviews.   However, fewer than a thousand people …

Qatar halted its production of liquefied natural gas on Monday, as Iran continued to strike Gulf countries in retaliation for Israeli and US strikes against it, prompting precautionary shutdowns of oil and gas facilities across the Middle East. Qatari LNG production is equivalent to about 20% of global supply and plays a major role in balancing both Asian and European …

Social media users say they will remember late Congress of the People party, COPE, leader Mosiuoa Lekota as someone who contributed to the struggle against apartheid and served the nation with distinction. Seventy-seven-year-old Lekota died on Wednesday morning at a Johannesburg hospital. Public Works and  Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson paid tribute to Lekota and sent his condolences to his family …

Member of parliament Fadiel Adams appears before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. LIVE STREAM:  www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-fadiel-adams-appears-before-ad-hoc-committee-04-march-2026/