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Auditor General says KZN departments have ‘regressed’ in audit outcomes

The Office of the Auditor General says provincial government departments and their entities in KwaZulu-Natal continue to register “net regression” in their audit outcomes. This...

SAPS visit Brown Mogotsi’s business premises in Mahikeng, North West

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) have visited the business premises of controversial North West businessman and police minister Senzo Mchunu's comrade...

‘I am Donald Trump’s big fan,’ says Nota Baloyi despite US...

South African music executive Nhlamulo “Nota” Baloyi says he remains a supporter of US President Donald Trump and would vote for him in the...

Somizi Mhlongo’s company ‘vanishes’ as the sheriff comes knocking

The sheriff is pursuing media personality Somizi Mhlongo and his associates’ company, Search Light (Pty) Ltd, after it failed to pay employees their salaries. According...

Limpopo municipality forced to halt staff soccer field project due to...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) has successfully halted the municipality’s unauthorised construction of a soccer field for its employees...

SIU secures R2.4m recovery order in unlawful Mpumalanga PPE contract

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a court order for the recovery of over R2- million following a Special Tribunal judgment that declared...

Madlanga commission to hear in-camera testimony on Thursday, Friday

The judicial commission of inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system will listen to in-camera testimony on Thursday and...

Hawks arrest more officials over Limpopo municipal fraud

The Hawks’ investigation into alleged fraud at the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality has intensified, resulting in the arrest of two additional suspects—a 38-year-old service provider...

Five reasons General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is rap icon 2Pac fan

The South African Parliament will never be the same again. Not after Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya took the mic, his tone laced with disbelief...

‘Political killings task team operated illegally post-2022,’ says Senzo Mchunu

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, currently on special leave, has made startling claims in his 75-page witness statement to the Parliamentary Ad Hoc committee probing...

KZN health department starts process to hire doctors after backlash

The financially and administratively challenged KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, led by ANC’s Nomagugu Simelane-Mngadi, has finally started honouring its undertaking to hire some of...

Legal fight erupts over control of historic area housing graves of...

A bitter legal fight has erupted in the Zulu kingdom over control of the heritage-rich piece of land of Babanango near Ulundi, which is...

Appeal against SANDF special force members’ bail delayed after lawyer falls...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s bid to appeal the bail granted to 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) special force members who allegedly...

Senzo Meyiwa murder accused says cops starved him during road trips

Former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates shot stopper and captain Senzo Meyiwa’s murder accused, Muzi Sibiya, has narrated how the police starved him when...

State witness continues testimony in Onverwacht pig farm double murder trial

The accused-turned-state witness in the Onverwacht pig farm double murder case, Rudolph de Wet, is continuing his testimony in the Limpopo High Court this...

Vusimuzi Matlala, KZN Hawks head discussed property deal for son

Alleged drug cartel member and controversial tenderpreneur Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Maj-Gen Lesetja Senona allegedly discussed Matlala buying a Pretoria property...

Senzo Meyiwa murder-accused says police put plastic over his face

Muzi Sibiya, accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, has told the court that police put plastic over his face, which made...

ActionSA quizzes Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s plan to end load reduction

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s promise to end load reduction within a year has drawn scepticism from ActionSA, whose provincial lawmaker says...

Scores of fleeing undocumented foreigners arrested during blitz in KZN businesses

A joint operation carried out under the banner of the district development model (DDM) in the Ilembe district in KwaZulu-Natal saw scores of alleged...

Cop wanted for murder in Gauteng takes own life in Limpopo

The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lt Gen Thembi Hadebe, has  condemned an incident in which a 53-year-old police sergeant from Riba Cross,...

Wrangling over R2,4bn schools nutrition tender rages on, appeals moved forward

The wrangling over the R2,4-billion KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) schools nutrition tender is raging on unabated, with the KZN Treasury tribunal committee postponing an appeal hearing...

DA calls on MEC Basikopo Makamu to resolve Mopani District’s water...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has called on the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), Basikopo Makamu, to urgently...

‘Say no to pens down parties to save matriculants’ campaign kicks...

As matriculants across the country prepare for their final exams, the World Changers Candidate has launched the 2025 “Say No to Pens-Down Parties” campaign. The...

President downplays interactions with controversial tenderpreneur Hangwani Maumela

“You are the Maumela who is putting my name into disrepute,” President Cyril Ramaphosa told controversial businessman Hangwani Maumela during their first interaction outside...

Municipal Demarcation Board CFO Nthabeleng Khabutlane dies

The chief financial officer of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), Nthabeleng Khabutlane, has died. The MDB announced Khabutlane's untimely death in a media statement issued...

Witness X remote testimony stopped due to safety concerns

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system has decided to stop the remote testimony of...

Suspended Mpumalanga education boss faces new charges over guardhouse

The Mpumalanga head of the department of education, Lucy Moyane, who was suspended earlier this year over a R2-million laptop and printer scandal, now...

Witness X to testify remotely due to safety concerns, rules Madlanga...

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system will listen to anonymous witness testimony remotely and...

‘Cops insisted I was involved in Senzo Meyiwa murder despite my...

The trial of the five men accused of killing soccer star Senzo Meyiwa resumed on Monday at the Pretoria High Court, where accused number...

WATCH: KwaZulu-Natal magistrates kick off lunchtime pickets over pay

A group of magistrates in KwaZulu-Natal has started engaging in lunchtime pickets in order to highlight their poor pay plight and working conditions over...

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