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Police hunt suspects after 27 killed in two separate shootings

South African police said 27 people were killed in two separate shootings within hours of each other, and they were hunting the perpetrators who attacked patrons at a

ANC loses Electoral Court fight over 181 councillor candidates

The African National Congress (ANC)’s bid to review the Electoral Commission of SA’s (IEC) decision not to reopen the submissions process for councillor candidates...

Inside the chaos behind the KZN ANC’s list capturing process

The ANC’s candidate-list problems in KwaZulu-Natal have exposed a series of capturing blunders that saw candidates swapped between wards, duplicated across different wards and...

Light aircraft crashes in Midrand

A light aircraft crashed at the intersection of New Road and Old Pretoria Road in Glen Austin, Midrand on Tuesday. Two occupants sustained injuries, confirmed...

Special Tribunal orders Nkandla architect to pay back R147.2m

In a landmark legal development in the long-running controversy surrounding former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla estate, the Special Tribunal has ordered the former project...

MK Party expels Litchfield-Tshabalala, Pumlani Kubukeli ‘as per presidential decree’

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has expelled member of parliament Pumlani Kubukeli, who is also the former convener of the organisation’s Strategic Presidential Team...

Salif Keita pulls plug on Macufe over ‘xenophobic violence’

Malian music legend Salif Keita has cancelled his scheduled headline performance at Macufe in Bloemfontein, Free State, citing concerns over xenophobic violence against African...

DA saves face: Drops Mark Burke from key finance roles amid...

The Democratic Alliance (DA)'s federal chairperson of finance and Member of Parliament (MP), Mark Burke, has been removed from parliamentary finance committees. The party's parliamentary...

Spar chairman Mike Bosman, deputy Shirley Zinn resign

SPAR Group has announced significant changes to its board leadership, with chairman Mike Bosman and deputy chair, Dr Shirley Zinn stepping down from their...

Maskandi star Scebi Dlamini dies in Richards Bay crash

Popular Maskandi artist Scebi Dlamini, affectionately known as Inkosi Yamagcokama, was killed in a car crash near Melomed Hospital in Richards Bay early on...

Zuma wields axe on Hlophe, Nhleko and elevates his son in...

uMkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) founder and president Jacob Zuma axed his two trusted lieutenants with immediate effect in the leadership shake-up on Tuesday night. Zuma...

Yengeni pushed me to drop fraud charges against Nomvalo, Molefe –...

After a case of fraud was opened against uMkhonto Wesizwe Party's (MKP) two top officials and four staff members by the Strategic Presidential Team...

Fire breaks out above Kloofnek Corner

Fire crews are battling a vegetation blaze above Kloofnek Corner on Tafelberg Road in Cape Town, with emergency teams working to contain the flames...

Former DA and ActionSA leader Abel Tau resigns from MK Party...

Former DA Tshwane regional chairperson, Abel Tau resigned from uMkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) on Thursday evening. Tau, who had previously defected from the DA –...

MK Party submits Bill to abolish IDAC

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has formally submitted a Private Member's Bill to Parliament seeking the abolition of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac),...

MK Party factional wars: Mahlangu chastises Manyi over media interviews protocol

Factional wars in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party have now entered Parliament, where members are being put on a leash and cautioned against speaking...

SIU secures order to freeze former Prasa CEO’s properties linked to...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze two multimillion-rand properties belonging to the former Passenger...

MKP president Jacob Zuma curtails Sibonelo Nomvalo’s powers

MK Party president Jacob Zuma has moved to place secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo’s office directly under his control, transferring its administrative authority to the Office...

MK Party calls for immediate suspension of Idac boss Andrea Johnson

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has called for the immediate suspension of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) head, Advocate Andrea Johnson, saying serious...

SAPS assembles team to probe murder of March and March...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has appointed a multidisciplinary team of detectives and crime intelligence officers to investigate the murder of March and...

Letter proves landlord ordered MK Party to vacate offices amid rental...

The landlord of the building rented by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in Polokwane for office space has sent a scathing letter to the...

Bafana Bafana star Jayden Adams has passed away

Sunday World understands that Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams sadly passed away after he allegedly took his own life at his...

Landlord locks up MK Party KwaZulu-Natal offices over unpaid rent

Drama seems to be evolving in the MK Party, which has been mired in a leadership crisis that has left the organisation being constantly...

Government targets regulatory gaps after deadly building collapses

The department of public works and infrastructure under the political leadership of minister Dean Macpherson has launched the National Built Environment and Construction Safety...

Army deployed to JHB and Durban overnight

Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have been deployed in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and in Johannesburg, Gauteng, overnight as the Interministerial...

Boy shot in JHB CBD, three arrested

Three suspects are expected to appear before the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on charges of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on protesters in Hillbrow...

SAPS deploys top teams after Major General Feroz Khan shooting

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has mobilised high-level investigative units following the attempted murder of Major General Feroz Khan, who was shot in...

Jub Jub free to celebrate Youth Day after court grants him...

The Johannesburg High Court has released media personality Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye from the holding cells after an urgent application before court. The Uyajola 9/9...