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US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, hours after former judge...

By Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Anthony Deutsch Oct 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on…

One year after Gaza ceasefire: A truce without a clear path...

On October 10, 2025, the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect, halting nearly two years of fighting in...

Six dead in separate KwaZulu-Natal mass shootings as police probe tavern...

Six people were killed in two separate shooting incidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, October 10, with police investigating the deaths of three women allegedly...

MK Party in a spin over Zuma’s hospital stay

Former president Jacob Zuma was reportedly jovial in hospital on Friday, joking with nurses despite concern about his health. A close contact spoke to him...

Oscar van Heerden | White genocide? Not in our name

Attending the Stellenbosch Woordfees last week made me proud to be South African. It was a culture and arts meeting in a melting pot...

Rebellion in the Eastern Cape: Fikile Mbalula’s command tested

ANC members heckled three national working committee (NWC) leaders in New Brighton in the Eastern Cape this week, demanding that secretary-general Fikile Mbalula address...

The rise and fall of a star PKTT cop

Before Bonginkosi Anthony Dlamini became a convicted police officer serving 17 years for corruption and defeating the administration of justice, he was an award-winning...

Asylum ruling splits judges as streets burn

A division has emerged in the Gauteng judiciary over the Constitutional Court’s landmark asylum judgment, forcing Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba to freeze release cases...

Sundowns vow to overcome their MTN8 ‘Achilles heel’ against Pirates

The clock is winding down, and it is less than 48 hours until Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns treat football lovers to a showdown...

South African former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace...

Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on