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WATCH | Businessman gets protection order after graveyard clash with competitor
A "fallout" between a North West businessman and his former service provider has turned ugly, leading the businessman to obtain an interim protection order...
Will the Madlanga commission be any different?
Will the Madlanga commission be any different?
In a matter of just four days, another commission of inquiry – seemingly the South African governments’ favourite...
Eight men arrested for manufacturing counterfeit liquor in Eastern Cape
Eight men from KwaZulu-Natal were arrested in Amalinda, a suburb outside East London in the Eastern Cape, at the weekend.
The arrests came after police...
Lending youth business a helping hand to grow
Insurance giant Metropolitan has rolled up its proverbial sleeves to fight the high levels of unemployment among the youth.
The company recently launched Metropolitan Collective...
Limpopo loan shark arrested after being found in possession of IDs,...
A 37-year-old alleged loan shark is set to appear in the Saselamani Magistrate’s Court on Monday following his arrest on Thursday during an intelligence-driven...
Black graduates slam dental council
More than 500 unemployed black gradua-tes of the Tshwane, Durban and Cape Peninsula universities of technology have complained that unfair discrimination by the South...
Graduating with a bachelor of debt courtesy of NSFAS
Graduating with a bachelor of debt courtesy of NSFAS
Hawu, Mzansi, just when you thought your credit record was safe from the ghosts of your...
IFP-led AbaQulusi under fire for power cuts to black areas
The IFP-led municipality of AbaQulusi in Northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is under fire for visiting apartheid on its black townships.
Drama erupted when municipal manager Sbonga...
‘Your hubby offered R40k to kill case, so pay me more’
A KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) woman has told a horror tale of how she was let down by police, police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate...
ANCYL report paints bleak picture amid membership dip
The ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) organisational report paints a bleak picture of the formation’s popularity and growth, despite ongoing efforts to revive its structures.
According...
Mathews Phosa takes on legal giants Werksmans at the LPC
ANC stalwart and businessman Mathews Phosa, acting in his capacity as chief executive officer of a mining company, Transasia 1, has filed a formal...
Police ‘forced’ witnesses to name Vusi “Cat” Matlala
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has been asked to launch an urgent investigation into the police’s political killings task team after two state...
Soldiers rally to sue state over DRC wages
Nearly 3 000 members of the South African National Defence Force who were deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have vowed to take...
ANC scrambles to save Buti Manamela from Seta storm
Behind closed doors last Friday evening in Cape Town, a secretive ANC parliamentary study group scrambled to draft scenario plans in a desperate bid...
MERSETA Regional Manager in hot water for graft after palming R40k
The Regional Manager of Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority in Mpumalanga (MERSETA) has landed himself on the wrong side...
Enhle Mbali catches smoke for using the k-word
Enhle Mbali has apologised for inadvertently using the k-word in describing African hair. This happened at the announcement of her brand ambassadorship with Carlton...
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.
At...
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...