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Madlanga commission postpones hearings after hospitalisation of Witness F
The Madlanga commission of inquiry has postponed its proceedings after it emerged that Witness F has been hospitalised and is unable to testify.
The legal...
Three suspects to appear in court over killing of Nigerian e-hailing...
Three suspects are expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the murder and hijacking of a 22-year-old Nigerian...
Charmza
On Thursday President Cyril Ramaphosa finally sounded like a leader who had located the switch marked authority.
For once, the presidency did not murmur –...
Moegoe
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi had to issue an apology after remarks he made about bathing at a hotel due to water shortages caused an...
Water crisis needs to be understood
As water shortages intensify across Johannesburg and Gauteng, public frustration is understandable. What is less understandable and far more dangerous is the growing tendency...
The storm clouds gathering over SA: A call for urgent climate...
As a climate activist in South Africa, I have watched with growing alarm as extreme weather becomes our new normal. Last month, devastating floods...
Patrice Motsepe: Leading SA’s renewal from the ground up
Few names in South Africa command as much respect – across boardrooms, church pews, sports fields, and rural villages – as that of Dr...
Sona 2026 – Rising tide must lift us all
The president started by framing his State of the Nation Address 2026, and the significance of past historic events that have shaped our present....
Ramaphosa’s plans are ambitious, but delivery will be the ultimate test
On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a State of the Nation Address (Sona), and for the first time in years, the speech was...
ANC in Sedibeng sticks to its guns
The ANC in Sedibeng says ongoing leadership changes and redeployments across municipalities are part of a wider governance overhaul aimed at stabilising administration and...
Rival Motsepe lobby groups battle for control of ANC campaign
A fierce contest has erupted among lobby groups backing billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s potential ANC presidential bid, with rival factions battling for control of branch...
Mathibeli slams police conduct after ‘hostile’ raid at security company’s offices
Private security tycoon Calvin Mathibeli has slammed the 'unbecoming' conduct of the police after members of the South African Police Service raided the offices...
Suspect hands himself in after murder of ANC ward councillor
Acting North West provincial commissioner Maj Gen Ryno Naidoo has welcomed the swift arrest of a suspect following the murder ANC councillor Molefi Sello...
NYDA officials blow R1m on New York trip
The chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency – the government entity created to fund youth entrepreneurship activities – sent its executive chairperson and...
Review: Jetour T1 Odyssey XWD finds favour in SA
There is a quiet but undeniable shift happening on South Africa’s roads. Of the nine vehicles I’ve tested since the start of the year,...
GNU endorses Ramaphosa’s Sona and claims collective wins
Thursday evening’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) by President Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged as the first to secure broad backing from government of...
Long arm of the law catches up with ‘ancestral’ scamster
The Serious Commercial Crime Investigation of the Hawks in East London, National Prosecutions Authority, Movement Control and the South African Police Service at OR...
Toyota boss sets out his four-point plan to rescue local auto...
South Africa’s automotive industry, Toyota South Africa CEO Andrew Kirby warned, while headline numbers suggest recovery, the sector remains structurally vulnerable.
Addressing the Toyota South...
No need to deploy the army, Mkhwanazi says
KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa's pledge to deploy the army to crime-ridden townships. Leading a crackdown...
Scopa blasts Limpopo over ‘Panado approach’
The Limpopo department of health has been dragged into the dock of public accountability after lawmakers accused it of recycling the same explanations for...
