Politics

Cachalia touts Mkhwanazi to be new Hawks head

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is in line to become South Africa’s next Hawks boss, after acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia formally...

Popcru wants Rustenburg court relocated after suspect’s escape

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) says police officers at the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court are holding accused people inside police vans for...

Setumo Stone | Brown Mogotsi’s escape plot under scrutiny

There is a difference between police receiving information that someone intends to escape from custody and establishing that an escape was actually being planned. There...

EFF’s Maotwe takes on ‘patriarchy’ during Tshwane mayoral debate

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) mayoral candidate Omphile Maotwe and her African National Congress (ANC) counterpart, Tlangi Mogale, have challenged patriarchal attitudes towards women in...

ANC says businessman it owes R40m lost the legal right to...

The ANC has reacted to the lawsuit launched by an aggrieved businessman seeking to claim R40-million from the former liberation movement over services provided...

ELECTIONS: How South Africa’s local election results will be tracked

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has prepared its National Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand ahead of the...

ELECTIONS: When will elections results become official?

South Africans will begin following emerging results from the 2026 Local Government Elections on voting day, Wednesday, 4 November, but the official outcome will...

ELECTIONS: How recounts and objections work

Errors in vote counting, alleged electoral misconduct and disputes over election results can be challenged through procedures set out in South African law. The...

ELECTIONS: How the IEC counts, captures and verifies votes

As South Africans prepare for the November 4 2026 Local Government Elections, the IEC’s published procedures on results-system testing explain how votes move from...

OR Tambo would frown upon US, Israel regimes, says ANC Veterans...

The ANC Veterans League has used what would have been late ANC longest serving President Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo's birthday to reflect on global...