Airlink has initiated contact tracing and informed the public that a passenger on one of its flights had passed away from Hantavirus.

Trains are being cancelled and delayed with disruption expected to last to the end of the day, National Rail says.

Eskom’s sale of its home loan business to African Bank has collapsed, with the deal missing its extended longstop date.

The war in Iran wiped out R200 billion from the Government Employees Pension Fund investments in its first week.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange All Share recovered in April after the worst month for the bourse in close to two decades.

With fuel prices continuing to climb in South Africa, FNB has announced a temporary boost to its eBucks fuel rewards, following a similar move from Absa in April.

Malaysian airline Air Asia places an order for 120 Airbus A220s, the wings of which are made in Belfast.

By Kim Zietsman, Laurium Capital: why the most important AI investment is not software, but process, people, and perspective.

Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Thursday, 7 May 2026.

A meat cleaver and samurai sword are among items seized from suspects, shown exclusively to the BBC.

Experts are divided over the path of interest rates in South Africa, with a hold or hike expected later this month.

Commentators say it will take years or even decades to repair the damage.

The unmanned aircraft can drop off 100 parcels a day within a 12km radius of Amazon’s hub.

Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk’s children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.

Ken Griffin said Mamdani’s video, filmed outside his apartment, raised safety concerns.