Politics
Mpumalanga learner behind bars following fatal schoolyard stabbing
A Mpumalanga learner has spent a night in police custody after being arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a fellow pupil during...
Robert McBride cut to size by ad hoc committee members
The ad hoc committee in parliament investigating allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system degenerated into chaos on Wednesday when...
ConCourt overturns high court ruling on customary marriage property rules
The Constitutional Court has overturned a Pretoria High Court ruling that declared part of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act unconstitutional, bringing clarity to...
Tourism recovery gathers pace as Mpumalanga attractions reopen after floods
Mpumalanga’s tourism sector is beginning to steady itself after weeks of disruption caused by heavy rainfall, with key attraction sites reopening and authorities cautiously...
High Court avoids slapping costs in divorce war fuelled by infidelity...
The Western Cape High Court has stepped in to cool a bitter divorce standoff, sparing an estranged couple from punitive costs as they continue...
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi presence at crime scene of slain Ipid investigator questioned
Robert McBride, the ex-Ipid head, had raised questions about the presence of KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner at the crime scene of slain former Ipid...
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‘Rendition case was to nail Anwa Dramat, but Shadrack Sibiya became...
Erstwhile Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) boss Robert McBride has explained why he cleared former Hawks bosses Anwa Dramat and Shadrack Sibiya of apparent...
Parents who were side-lined at accident scene to prioritise politicians speak...
Parents stood devastated and helpless at the scene, watching rules enforced against them bend in favour of politicians while they waited anxiously for news...
Driver of deadly Vanderbijlpark scholar transport used expired permit
It has emerged that the driver of the minibus taxi transporting schoolchildren who died in an accident in Vanderbijlpark was operating with an expired...
Two killed in shooting at Booysens Magistrate’s Court
Two people were killed and at least three others injured in a brazen shooting outside the Booysens Magistrates’ Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday, sending...
Correctional Services alarmed as boy child dropouts resurface in prisons
The Department of Correctional Services has raised serious concern about the growing number of boys being left behind by the education system, warning that...
‘Indifferent’ Robert McBride slammed for submitting incomplete CV
The evidence of former Independent Police Directorate (Ipid) Robert McBride was off to a rocky start on Tuesday when members of the Ad Hoc...
Scholar transport driver linked to crash that killed 12 learners nabbed
The driver of a minibus used for scholar transport, which was involved in a crash that killed 12 learners in Vanderbijlpark on Monday, has...
Sassa denies rules amended for jobless foreigners to get R370 grant
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has rejected claims that it has changed its rules to allow foreign nationals to receive the R370...
Here’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agenda
South Africa is a study in contrasts. And the 2026 public health agenda is no exception.
Breakthrough HIV prevention medicine has arrived alongside US funding...
State allowed to grill defence witness over statement implicating accused
The Pretoria High Court on Monday ruled that the state may cross-examine a key defence witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on a...
Santaco calls for road expansion as crash claims 13 lives on...
Accidents on the Vaal's R553 (Golden Highway) have become a norm, according to Midday Mali, the chairperson of the Gauteng branch of the South...
Overloaded taxi at centre of deadly Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash
Overloading has been identified as a key factor in a fatal scholar transport crash that occurred on Monday in Vanderbijlpark in the south of...
Death toll in Vanderbijilpark scholar transport crash increases to 13
The total number of deaths in the horrific crash involving a scholar transport in Vanderbijlpark has risen to 13.
The increase in the death toll...
Cyril Ramaphosa mourns 37 lives lost in Cape Flats, scholar transport...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep shock and sadness following deadly incidents that left at least 37 people dead in separate tragedies in the...
Twelve pupils killed after scholar transport crashes into truck in Vanderbijlpark
Twelve learners have died following a tragic private scholar transport accident that occurred on Monday morning in Vanderbijlpark in the south of Johannesburg.
The deaths...
Police called as NFP’s rift over KZN coalition govt turns violent
The National Freedom Party (NFP) is teetering on the edge of an internal rupture, with senior figures accusing party president Ivan Barnes of strong-arming...
DA challenges extension of Centlec CEO’s term behind closed doors
The DA in Mangaung has accused ANC mayor Gregory Nthatisi and council speaker Lawrence Mathae of pushing through an unlawful extension of Centlec CEO...
ANC’s road to 2027 leadership battle starts in the provinces
The fight for control of the ANC’s provinces – the launchpad for national leadership and the currency of influence ahead of December 2027 –...
Maphorisa and Thuli Phongolo back in each other’s arms
Amapiano hitmaker DJ Maphorisa and actress Thuli Phongolo – who had a messy break up after she accused him of assault – are said...
WATCH | Patrice Motsepe’s ANC campaign takes off
Billionaire businessman and CAF president Patrice Motsepe has unofficially entered the ANC succession race. A campaign to install Motsepe as the party’s leader at...
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Kruger National Park flooding: climate change hits hard as tourists are...
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, says the persistent heavy rain that has affected the Kruger National Park underscores the...
Free State residents in limbo as Public Protector dismisses their case
Despite paying for stands in 2018, Braam Fischer residents in the Free State battle bucket toilets, unreliable water and a bureaucratic maze, while Public...
