Provincial
Mpumalanga gets NHI head start
The Mpumalanga government is convinced that enough groundwork has been laid to champion the full rollout of the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI), with...
In the Sunday World today
A confidential police report submitted to parliament by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu has revealed the identities of drug mafiosi in South Africa, with...
New owners want Mandela grandsons out of the house
New owners of former president Nelson Mandela’s Joburg house have applied for an order to evict the late statesman’s grandchildren from the multimillion-rand mansion.
To...
Francesca Albanese delivers the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
The 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture was delivered by human rights lawyer and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese,...
Zulu King at loggerheads with KZN government over his no-frills UAE...
The King of the Zulu nation has lashed out at the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity for nearly “sabotaging” his recent royal trip to...
How cops ‘protected’ Katiso Molefe: 3 envelopes, helicopter, food and clothing...
The Madlanga Commission was this week told of how law enforcement agencies and senior police officers "protected" alleged drug cartel member Katiso "KT" Molefe...
Minister Thembi Simelane urges Community Ombud to focus on good governance
On the 3rd annual Indaba of the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS), which was held at The Canvas Riversands Conferencing Centre in Fourways, Joburg,...
Durban ICC, EThekwini municipality sued for ‘sidelining’ firm in lucrative tender
The Durban International Convention Centre (Durban ICC) and the eThekwini municipality have been dragged to the Durban High Court to stop them from proceeding...
‘Cat Matlala said he gave Shadrack Sibiya money from his SAPS...
Alleged drug cartel member Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala told police that he gave suspended deputy national commissioner of police Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya funds from the...
‘White sheet seen in Jerry Boshoga ransom videos found in Vusimuzi...
Police found a torn white sheet, seen in the ransom videos of kidnapped businessman Jerry Boshoga, at the house of alleged drug cartel member...
Gauteng acting judge president refuses to take special leave amid bribery...
Gauteng Acting Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba says he will not take special leave amid allegations that he was paid R2.5-million to grant alleged drug...
Man United must show beating Liverpool was no fluke
Manchester United have an opportunity to consolidate last week’s unexpected gains when they bullied Liverpool into a 2-1 English Premier League submission in front...
SASCOC concludes forensic probe into Athletics SA credit card misuse
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has concluded its forensic investigation into the alleged misuse of Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) credit...
Premier wants Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to stay on as KZN police boss
With the contract of KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, set to expire in March, the premier of the province would like...
Pig farm double murder | Witness accuses cops of assault
The trial at the Polokwane High Court for the double murder at the Onverwacht pig farm was postponed on Wednesday until November 3, when...
The decline of journalism in Africa: Talent in a failing system
The journalism industry across Africa is in sharp decline, threatening the continent’s ability to tell its own stories. Across countries such as Nigeria, Ghana...
Senzo Meyiwa case | ‘Cops lied about finding gun at my...
The late Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa's murder trial resumed at the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday, where state prosecutor Advocate George Baloyi continued...
MK Party dangles cabinet posts to ANC, extends olive branch to...
The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) in KwaZulu-Natal is forging ahead with its plans for a motion of no confidence against Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli. And...
Hope on the horizon for Limpopo’s Zebediela as investor hunt intensifies
The escalating unemployment rate in and around Zebediela, within the Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality, could soon become a thing of the past — if plans by...
Global EV giant powers South Africa’s electric future
Global new energy vehicle powerhouse BYD (Build Your Dreams) is plugging into South Africa’s transport future with major investments designed to speed up the...
‘Sedibeng top cop said he’s a suspect in Armand Swart murder,’...
Acting Sedibeng District Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Brig Mbangwa Nkhwashu told one of the investigating officers in the murder case...
Premier Panyaza Lesufi guns for formalising Gauteng Traffic Wardens
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has reaffirmed the provincial government’s commitment to professionalising and legally formalising the role of the Gauteng Traffic Wardens (GTWs), following...
KZN health department official who blew whistle on ambulance ‘tender’ suspended
A senior employee of the KwaZulu-Natal health department of Health has been gagged, stripped of his authority, and suspended from his job for raising...
‘Sedibeng top cop brought food, clothing for Katiso Molefe in prison’
Acting Sedibeng District Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Brig Mbangwa Nkhwashu brought food and clothing for alleged drug cartel member Katiso...
Collins Letsoalo hired cronies as advisors: teary ex-RAF CFO tells SCOPA
The troubled former Road Accident Fund (RAF) chief executive Collins Letsoalo packed his office with special advisors of yes-men in posts that were never...
Witness B details how Katiso Molefe’s supporters almost drove detectives off...
The Madlanga commission has heard how detectives investigating the murder of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart were followed and almost driven off the road by...
Busisiwe Mkhwebane moves swiftly to replace suspended MKP provincial secretary
Umkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Mpumalanga chairperson, advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has moved swiftly to fill gaps in the party’s provincial leadership following the suspension...
Group of Western Cape high school learners suspended after assaulting schoolmate
Eight learners from Milnerton High School have been placed on precautionary suspension following the circulation of a disturbing video showing a learner being assaulted...
Africa’s floods and droughts are messing with people’s minds
The parched earth opened in jagged cracks. But it was the dead cows on the side of the road that did it.
By October of...
Limpopo’s young innovator turns bicycle into a thriving delivery business
A 21-year-old self-made entrepreneur from Hlakano village in Zebediela, Limpopo, is challenging established food delivery giants like Uber Eats and Bolt Food — using...
