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Elections 2026 | Water, jobs and crime among key issues for...

South Africans vote in municipal elections on November 4, with basic services, unemployment and crime topping the agenda in the country's biggest

Queenin Masuabi | ANC must stop apologising and take drastic action

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the party is failing municipalities, that young people are losing faith in the governing...

Agoa fears grow as Cosatu warns South Africa will probably lose...

The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has considered measures to cushion South African businesses and workers from the impact of losing preferential...

ActionSA mayoral hopeful Xolani Khumalo courts Tembisa voters frustrated by service...

ActionSA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo will cast his ballot in an ANC-governed ward in Tembisa, where residents have raised concerns about electricity disconnections,...

Moegoe: Andrea Johnson’s stunning fall from grace

Disgraced former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) boss Adv Andrea Johnson should be ashamed of herself for going from prosecuting criminal suspects to becoming...

Charmza: Mike ‘Nanana’ Ntombela proves it’s never too late to chase...

Football legend and businessman Mike “Nanana” Ntombela is creating magic beyond his football career. Bro Mike, aka Tsetse Fly, who mesmerised fans in his heyday...

Kasi flavour or football folly? Why South Africa’s showboating culture is...

I have not attended off-season kasi tournaments for some time and I used to be a big fan. I would zig-zag across Gauteng, from...

Thabo Dloti survives no-confidence bid amid explosive R32bn Rand Mutual tender...

Prominent businessman and Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) chairperson Thabo Dloti has allegedly survived an attempt to remove him amid an escalating governance crisis linked...

CAF names Samson Adamu as new general secretary

Nigerian Samson Adamu has been named as the Confederation of African Football’s new General Secretary, the continental body said on Sunday • Adamu had been acting general…

Mapungubwe’s hidden treasures: Where South Africa’s history and nature come alive

Some places make you want to put your phone away and take everything in. Not because there is nothing to capture but because there...