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Floyd Shivambu and Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma forge anti-illegal immigration alliance

Afrika Mayibuye Movement president Floyd Shivambu and March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma have joined forces in what could become a significant new pressure...

Major drug bust in Kuils river as police probe triple murder...

Western Cape police have arrested two suspects following a major drug bust in Kuils River, while detectives continue investigating a triple murder in Khayelitsha...

Legendary jazz maestro Abdullah Ibrahim dies

International jazz icon Abdul Ibrahim, born Adolph Johannes Brand, has died aged 91. The globally renowned pianist and composer died in Germany following a short...

SACP applauds Comrades stars George Kusche and Gerda Steyn

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has joined the chorus of praise for Comrades Marathon champions George Kusche and Gerda Steyn, saying their achievements...

Malawi repatriates 645 nationals from South Africa amid protests

The Malawi government has confirmed the repatriation of 645 Malawian nationals from South Africa under a voluntary repatriation exercise following reports of vigilante attacks...

Degrees losing edge as graduate job struggles deepen

The increased struggle for young people graduating at tertiary to find employment has raised concern about whether formal qualifications still carry enough weight to...

Court delays Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala case over evidence dispute

The criminal case against alleged underworld figure and businessman Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala and four co-accused has been postponed to Wednesday after proceedings in the...

Ebola is back, so are the double standards

Is history repeating itself – just four years after the COVID-19 pandemic – with the US demanding an Ebola quarantine camp for Americans in...

Horror Eastern Cape crash claims five lives after bakkie collides with...

Five people have died following a collision between a bakkie and a long-distance bus on the N2 near Peddie on Monday morning, according to...

Police confirm Jub Jub will appear in court on Wednesday over...

Controversial media personality Jub Jub, real name Molemo Maarohanye, is set to appear in court on Wednesday in connection with a kidnapping and shooting...

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When the US denied Somali referee Omar Artan entry for the 2026 World Cup, it tried to break him. Instead, it created an icon....

Gauteng premier suspends traffic police chief inspector Samuel Mashaba

The Gauteng Office of the Premier has suspended the provincial traffic police chief inspector Samuel Mashaba, pending the outcome of a formal disciplinary process. The...

First drive: BYD’s Atto 2 DM-i aims to win over South...

Chinese new energy automaker BYD continues its aggressive expansion in South Africa, with the launch of the all-new Atto 2 DM-i, a...

Golf GTI 8.5 brings the vrrr-phaa 50 years after its debut

This year marks two significant milestones for Volkswagen in South Africa: 75 years of the German brand on local soil and 50...

Berlin air show highlights Europe’s defence dilemma

The International Aerospace Exhibition has opened in Berlin, bringing together aerospace companies, defence manufacturers, researchers and government leaders from across the world. Military aircraft, transport...

Jub Jub arrested over shooting incident involving e-hailing driver

Controversial media personality Jub Jub has been arrested after a dramatic incident in Edenvale involving an e-hailing driver, police confirmed on Sunday. Jub Jub, whose...

World economy steps back from the brink, bringing relief to households

Crude oil fell to a two-month low this week. For South Africa, that is potentially the best economic news we have received in months. After...

Soccer-Somali referee denied US entry for World Cup will receive full...

MIAMI - Somali soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied entry into the US to officiate at the World Cup, will be paid...

Court rules against Tswaing’s irregular payment

Tswaing Local Municipality in North West, Delareyville, has failed in an urgent court bid to suspend a damning Section 106 report that flags alleged...

FS family wants answers, blames white farmer for worker’s death

A Free State farmworker’s family, which is accusing his employer of having a hand in his death, is demanding justice. The owner of Snyman Broedery...

Manamela faces pushback over NSF CEO post fiasco

Buti Manamela, the beleaguered minister of higher education, is embroiled in yet another controversy, this time over a decision to re-advertise the position of...

Nigeria killed 13 000 terrorists in 2025, President Tinubu says

  Nigeria's military has "neutralised" more than 13 000 insurgents over the past year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced on Friday. The claim comes as the...

Iran says it has not decided on proposed memorandum of understanding...

Iran has not yet made and announced its final decision on a proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US and was reviewing it,...

Ramaphosa seeks to stop impeachment probe

President Cyril Ramaphosa wants the parliamentary committee re-established to resume the Section 89 process linked to the theft of foreign currency on his Phala...

Domestic dispute leaves 1 dead, 3 injured in the Merrivale area

Midlands EMS crews, along with Midlands EMS K9 Rescue Medics, were dispatched to a residence in the Merrivale area, KwaZulu-Natal, after reports of a...

Political heads called to resolve state vehicle impasse

A standoff between Mangaung Metro Municipality and the provincial Fleet Management Trading Entity (FMTE) is hampering by-law enforcement in the metro after the return...

Gauteng roadblock results in arrest of 21 motorists for driving under...

Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni led another successful multidisciplinary High-Density Operation Shanela II in the SAPS Honeydew and Cosmo City policing precincts...

Youth Agency turmoil over R1.3bn presidential youth employment fund

As South Africa prepares to celebrate Youth Day on Tuesday, a governance dispute over the R1.3 billion National Youth Service (NYS) programme at the...

Inside SAPS paper trail behind Nkhuoa’s suspension over Cat’s tender

A disciplinary case against acting deputy national commissioner for human resource management, Lt-Gen Lineo Nkhuoa, has brought renewed scrutiny to the controversial R360-million Medicare24...

Mystery SAPS general in Matlala tender scandal

A senior SAPS general who sat on the Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC) that approved the controversial Medicare 24 contract linked to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala...