Unsung Heroes

SAfm presenter to spend more days in jail over Russia recruitment...

Five suspects, including a broadcaster from SAfm accused of contravening South Africa’s Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, appeared briefly at the Kempton Park...

Suspended Ekurhuleni metro police chief fathered children with subordinates

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) chief Isaac Mapiyeye fathered multiple children with his subordinates, and his conduct amounted to sexual harassment, coercion, and...

Hitch in SA’s plan to dispense six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by...

The South African government is adamant that it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly...

Snitch breached G20 security

A man arrested for breaching security at the G20 global summit last weekend has been described as a key figure in the unresolved mystery...

SABII launch signals a turning point for inclusive, sustainable growth

South Africa has entered a new chapter in its development story via the launch of the South Africa Business Initiative for Impact (SABII). It...

Eskom’s credit upgrade signals fragile but meaningful economic turning point

South Africa received a rare piece of good news this week, as S&P Global Ratings upgraded Eskom’s long-term foreign- and local-currency credit rating from...

Suspended education HOD’s pension a headache

Mpumalanga lawmakers were plunged into a tense debate this week when the DA tabled a motion calling for suspended education head of department (HOD)...

Free State premier’s spin-doctor ‘must pay back R4.3m settlement’

The controversial spin doctor of Free State Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae’s ghosts have come back to haunt her. This after Matshediso “Tshidi” Setai was paid a...

Zambia’s currency is enjoying its best run in nearly two years

The kwacha of Zambia has soared to the highest point in almost two years on the hope that the copper industry will recover and...

MMC Matlala pleads with Limpopo government to revive the legacy of...

Frans Matlala, the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Planning and Economic Development in the Elias Motsoaledi Municipality under the Sekhukhune District, has...

Influential Ivorian fashion designer behind Yhebe Design, has clothed icons like...

Inside a workshop bordering her family’s rubber plantation on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivorian designer Rebecca Zoro is busy tapping into her creative roots....

Limpopo police intercept R2.5 million explosives in Zimbabwe-bound vehicle

Two men aged 45 and 50, are expected to appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday after they were arrested in possession of...

SA National Day of Prayer 2025 draws throngs of devotees to...

Over 35 religious and faith-based organisations gathered for the annual National Prayer Day at the FNB Stadium outside Johannesburg on Sunday. Preachers from all denominations...

SCA overturns high court ruling, orders fresh hearing on Mafoko Security...

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has set aside an order that would have forced Mafoko Security Patrols to repay all profits earned from...

Labour Court upholds ruling in ‘quiet quitting’ case

Former Msunduzi Local Municipality’s internal audit manager Rajendra Govender insists that his fight for justice is still alive even after the Labour Court in...

SCA halts estate agent’s ‘elaborate, unconscionable’ con job

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has called out an elaborate property scheme concocted by an estate agent to defraud his client, labelling his...

In the Sunday World today

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dramatic “meltdown” at a recent ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting was directed at deputy ministers Mondli Gungubele and Joe Phaahla...

Mashaba’s hardline deportation demand for 2026 power sharing

Herman Mashaba has declared that any party refusing to support the mass deportation of undocumented foreigners will be excluded from coalition governments with ActionSA,...

Lotto and Lotto Plus Results – Saturday November 29 2025

Winning numbers Lotto - 8| 18| 22| 46| 54| 58| B - 51  Winning numbers Lotto Plus 1 - 2| 14| 17| 25| 30| 45|...

Hawks intercept Russia-bound recruits at O.R Tambo amid fears of SA...

South African law-enforcement agencies have moved to block what appears to be an active supply line feeding recruits into the Russia-Ukraine war, intercepting four...

More resignations hit Floyd Shivambu’s party as senior officials walk out

The leadership crisis inside Floyd Shivambu’s Afrika Mayibuye Movement has deepened, with two more senior office bearers exiting the organisation. Both resigned with immediate...

Soweto Marathon athlete hospitalised after a taxi collided with runners

During the African Bank Soweto Marathon on Saturday, a 45-year-old female athlete was seriously injured during the race, when a taxi forced its way...

DRC activist, broadcaster helping farmers make climate decisions in real time

On a humid afternoon in North Kivu, a group of farmers crowd into a low, corrugated-roof community hall, passing around basic feature phones as...

Rwanda exporting homegrown digital platforms to make global impact

Rwanda is turning its domestic digital reforms into an exportable model for governments abroad. Its tech agencies and private firms increasingly deliver software and...

Kenya’s Gen- Z fusing global trends with local traditions to create...

From a Saturday mid-morning to late evening, smoke curled steadily above rows of colourful stalls as vendors grilled, fried and stirred up an endless...

At the Madlanga Commission this week: Katiso Molefe arrest, PKTT dockets

This week the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry heard testimony about the December 2024 arrest of alleged drug cartel member Katiso "KT" Molefe and the...

MEC urges whistleblowers to come forward as net closes in on...

Mpumalanga’s war on the so-called construction mafia has intensified, with authorities urging community members to break their silence and report extortionists who continue to...

Lotto Powerball results — Friday November 28 2025

  Winning numbers - Powerball:  03 | 17 | 28 | 29 | 34 | Powerball: 01 Winning numbers -  Powerball Plus: 14 | 19 |...

Crime intelligence cops driving old, unreliable cars — Inspector General report

Some SAPS crime intelligence (CI) members are using vehicles as old as more than 10 years old, which impedes them from performing optimally in...

‘Senzo Mchunu told us he had Cyril Ramaphosa’s blessings to disband...

SAPS acting deputy national commissioner of police for crime detection Lt-Gen Hilda Senthumule told the Madlanga Commission that police minister Senzo Mchunu told police...