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DJ Poizen laid to rest in fitting farewell
Deep House exponent DJ Poizen, whose real name is Morothi Caven Masetla, was laid to rest on Saturday at home in Tickeyline village, outside...
KZN ambulance crisis: Expectant mothers must wait for up to 8...
The true picture of the ambulance crisis in KwaZulu-Natal has been laid bare, with an internal report showing that some patients, including expectant mothers...
Never give up on your dreams, says Miss Royal Heritage
Growing up in Miluwani Unit C, Limpopo, in a royal household shaped Unarine Mmbara into a young woman grounded in culture, faith and purpose.
To...
Simphiwe Mkhangelwa and Danny Jordaan almost trade blows
As Bafana Bafana players were preparing for their important Fifa 2026 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria on Tuesday, the South African Football Association (Safa)...
Woman accused of ‘being too quiet’ cries racism after axing
A young black female civil engineering technologist has accused her former employer, VEA Road Maintenance and Civils, of axing her from her top job...
Vusi Nova relives the past in new album, Promises
Singer and songwriter Vusi Nova released a 13-track album Promises in an intimate gathering with friends and media at his northern suburbs home in...
‘The truth must be told – even if telling it kills’:...
The truth must be told, irrespective of the circumstances – even if telling it kills.
This is the view of Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane, contained in...
Thabo Mbeki champions Pan-Africanist worldview, scans geopolitics
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki called on a new generation of leaders to adopt a Pan-Africanist perspective during a dynamic biannual conversation hosted...
Pretoria prosecutor pockets R1000, charged with graft
Thandwa Johanna Moseneke, a 54-year-old District Court Prosecutor stationed at the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court, was granted R3,500 bail by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes...
Gauteng woman sentenced for R4.59m fraud, money laundering scheme
The Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old woman for orchestrating a sophisticated fraud and money laundering scheme that...
KwaZulu-Natal municipality loses R255m in unspent infrastructure grant
A chronic failure by the ANC-run Umkhanyakde district municipality to spend its infrastructure grant has resulted in the withdrawal of the millions allocated to...
SAMRO board members ousted as artists exert pressure
Artists are celebrating a small victory following the departure of two SAMRO Board members, Veronica Motloutsi and Dr Sibongile Vilakazi. SAMRO announced the changes...
Parliament passes Immigration Amendment Bill
The National Assembly passed the Immigration Amendment Bill during its plenary sitting on Thursday.
This was revealed by parliament's spokesperson Moloto Mothapo.
Mothapo said the Immigration...
‘Over our dead bodies’: Soweto Marathon Trust declares 2025 race cancelled
Soweto Marathon, dubbed the People’s Race, will not take place this year; not while the founders of the Soweto Marathon Trust (SMT) are still...
Woman in R500k theft scandal at Sol Plaatje University granted bail
A woman who is accused of stealing more than R500 000 from Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley has been granted R2000 bail.
This information was...
81-year-old shopkeeper nabbed for hawking expired, illegal food items
An 81-year-old man has been arrested in a multi-disciplinary sting operation in Parkweg, Bloemfontein, following the discovery of illegal and unauthorised goods at his...
Prosecutions boss declines to withdraw charges against SAFA head Danny Jordaan
The office of the newly appointed acting South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dismissed representations made by all of the accused in...
‘Portfolio committee slept at wheel as Gayton McKenzie made dodgy appointments’
Ismail Mahomed, the director at the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has accused parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and...
ConCourt ruling on husbands assuming wives’ surnames slammed as ‘un-African’.
Cultural experts have lashed out at the Constitutional Court ruling giving the green light for husbands to assume the surnames of their wives.
The unanimous...
AFU targets Tembisa Hospital after Babita Deokaran report
The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority has acted on the Johannesburg High Court order to restrain assets worth over R370...
KwaZulu-Natal town burns after municipality implements power cuts in township
The township of Mondlo in the northern KwaZulu-Natal town of Vryheid has become a site of skirmishes between the Abaqulusi local municipality and protestors...
Family of slain ANCYL leader Nkateko Maluleka calls for thorough probe...
The family of slain African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) provincial executive committee member Nkateko Maluleka is demanding a thorough and transparent investigation into...
‘We’ll switch off other areas to ensure you get water supply’:...
City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero met with frustrated Westbury, Newlands and Coronationville residents on Thursday to address ongoing water supply issues in the...
Three burnt beyond recognition in volatile Western Cape township
Three men were brutally assaulted, murdered, and set alight in a suspected vigilante attack in Kraaifontein on Wednesday night.
The gruesome incident, which unfolded around...
100 people ordered to pay back money won from flawed online...
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ordered over 100 individuals to repay millions in winnings they gained from a flawed online betting game...
Tragic taxi crash claims three young lives at KZN’s Imbali township
A devastating accident has rocked the community of KwaZulu-Natal township Imbali Unit 18, when a minibus taxi veered off the T6 road and crashed...
ConCourt rules that husbands can assume their wives’ surnames
The Constitutional Court has ruled in a unanimous judgement that husbands can assume their wives' surnames.
The judgement by Justice Leona Theron was handed down...
Almost 1000 objections filed in R2.4bn ‘corrupt’ KZN school nutrition tender
The objection period in the R2.4-billion KwaZulu-Natal schools nutrition tender has opened the floodgates, as almost 1,000 bidders who believe they unfairly lost out...
Mashatile: We should not beg White House, Donald Trump wants regime...
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on South Africans not to bow before the White House despite the Donald Trump administration's crippling 30%...
Trial-within-a-trial in Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs’ murder gets underway
The trial-within-a-trial related to the murder of Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs got underway on Wednesday with a police officer testifying about how she...