Politics

Eskom welcomes convictions in Kusile corruption case

Eskom has welcomed the convictions of former contractor Michael Lomas and businessman Hudson Kgomoeswana in connection with historical procurement irregularities and corruption linked to...

Toyota opens applications for 2027 graduate programme

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has opened applications for its 2027 Graduate Training Programme, offering recent graduates an opportunity to gain workplace experience and...

‘Government committed to helping TRC families find closure’– Mmamoloko Kubayi

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Inquiry that government is accelerating efforts to provide long-awaited...

BMW launches new X3 off-road driving course in South Africa

BMW South Africa has expanded its BMW M Driving Experience programme with the introduction of a dedicated off-road training course using the locally produced...

St Stithians pupil’s parents break silence after murder investigation launched

The parents of 17-year-old Cameron Waldeck-Cooks, a Grade 11 pupil at St Stithians Girls' College in Johannesburg, have spoken publicly for the first time...

‘Register today or lose your vote,’ warns IEC as midnight deadline...

South Africans who are not yet registered to vote in the 2026 local government elections have only until midnight on Friday to secure their...

Squid game catches SA government in legal net

Government’s attempt to bring historically excluded small-scale fishers into South Africa’s lucrative squid industry has been thrown back into a legal battle after judges...

Fire breaks out in Joburg CBD building; EMS investigates cause

Another fire has been reported in the Johannesburg CBD area. According to Emergency Management Services (EMS), the fire was reported on Friday early morning. EMS...

Pretoria pushes for continental dialogue amid anti-migrant tensions

South Africa is calling for continent-wide talks on migration as it seeks to contain the fallout from anti-immigration protests that have forced thousands of...

Toyota electrifies Land Cruiser 300 with new hybrid flagship for South...

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has expanded its flagship Land Cruiser 300 line-up with the introduction of new petrol-hybrid derivatives, marking the first time...

Cyril Ramaphosa teases Ronald Lamola’s dark complexion at Sasol coal site

President Cyril Ramaphosa swapped the formality of official engagements for laughter and light-hearted banter on Thursday as he toured Sasol's sprawling Secunda Operations in...

SADC battles cash crunch as DRC conflict, Ebola test region’s resilience

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is facing mounting financial pressure at a time when conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), declining...

Outrage as TVET college hires 10 foreigners ahead of South Africans

The Gert Sibande TVET college in Mpumalanga has been exposed for employing  ten lecturers who are foreign nationals without the consideration of South Africans...

Blow to Fikile Mbalula as ANC loses another high court case

The latest Eastern Cape High Court judgment delivered on Thursday has gone beyond being just a legal defeat to be a devastating political indictment...

Justice Madlanga dangles possibility of ‘killing IDAC altogether’

Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has raised the startling possibility that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) could be scrapped altogether, saying the commission's final recommendations...

Long weekend in jail for suspended EMPD deputy chief Mkhwanazi 

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi will remain in custody over the long weekend. His bail application was postponed to August...

Mpumalanga gets rid of cleaning tenders, opts to insource workers

The Mpumalanga provincial government has approved plans to phase out reliance on outsourced cleaning contracts and instead employ cleaners directly, in a move it...

Phala Phala review case seeks new lawyers after legal team withdraws

A foundation challenging Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka’s findings on the Phala Phala farm matter has launched an urgent appeal for lawyers to take...

Batohi ignored IDAC misconduct reports: Sesoko tells Madlanga

The Madlanga Commission on Thursday heard explosive testimony that repeated internal complaints about alleged misconduct inside the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) reached the...

Nigerian forces rescue 308 kidnap victims, presidency says

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces have rescued 308 people abducted in separate attacks in northern Niger and Kwara states, in what President Bola Tinubu described as

Madlanga calls for disciplinary action against Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya

President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the second interim report of the Madlanga Commission, confirming that the Section 84 presidential fact-finding body has recommended disciplinary...

Lotto results for Wednesday, August 5 2026

Lotto results for Wednesday, August 5 2026 Lotto:                17 | 23 | 29 | 31 |33 |40   ...

Ramaphosa to take SADC reins as SA pushes migration, trade agenda

South Africa is preparing to assume the chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) later this month, with President Cyril Ramaphosa expected to...

Cyril Ramaphosa says bid to overturn Phala Phala interdict lacks merit

President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally opposed an application seeking to overturn a court order that temporarily halted Parliament's Section 89 impeachment inquiry into the...

‘Plan was to set up Masemola’: Idac ‘scheme’ exposed at Madlanga

The Madlanga commission heard explosive evidence on Wednesday that former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) head Adv Andrea Johnson allegedly instructed her team to...

Analysis| Why Jacob Zuma is not stupid

So, MKP leader and former head of state Jacob Zuma has appointed his son Duduzane Zuma as his deputy. And it is people who matter...

State freezes R6.2m in alleged MultiChoice piracy crackdown

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has struck a major blow against alleged digital piracy, freezing more than R6.2 million believed to be the proceeds...

SAPS bosses identify cop caught slapping woman on video

Mpumalanga police have instituted disciplinary proceedings against a police officer after a video circulating on social media showed him allegedly slapping a woman carrying...

DR Congo Ebola outbreak outstrips response as cases near 3,900

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is continuing to outpace response efforts, with confirmed cases nearing 3,900 and no...

Accused ‘hitman’ stands firm at Meyiwa murder trial 

The man accused of pulling the trigger that killed Bafana-Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa is refusing to back down. This as the murder trial continues...