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Case of robbery suspects nabbed at Mandela’s house postponed
The court case for four people who were detained at the home of former president Nelson Mandela in the Houghton Estate in January after...
Stage play on Winnie Mandela’s life draws harsh criticism
The Cry of Winnie Mandela, a recent stage production, has drawn criticism from the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela family.
The play depicts the life of the late...
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial suffers another long delay
The murder trial of soccer star and Bafana Bafana goalie Senzo Meyiwa has suffered another long delay.
The case was rescheduled by the Pretoria High...
Soldiers coming back in body bags intolerable
Soldiers coming back in body bags intolerable
Back in the mid to late 1980s, the struggle against apartheid intensified on many fronts and it was...
Medical devices firm gets NEF shot in arm
A black-owned enterprise specialising in medical devices for orthopaedic, spinal and neurosurgical applications has been given a boost with a R6.7-million grant from the...
Ithala assets ‘exceed its liabilities by R354m’
An accountant who is an expert in auditing financial statements has poured cold water on the claim that Itha-la SOC Limited is insolvent and...
Free State debt pile puts drag on service delivery
The Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has blamed the staggering R1-billion debt to municipalities on budget allocation cuts.
Sunday World reported last...
Mogale City crosses fingers to get a third of Eskom debt...
The National Treasury is due to issue a final decision on the request by Mogale City to have part of the municipality’s historical debt...
DA asks court to cancel municipality’s R27m deal with MaMkhize’s Royal...
Betway Premiership club Royal AM’s R27-million sponsorship deal with the Msunduzi Local Municipality is under threat after the DA in KwaZulu-Natal filed court papers...
MEC saddened by learner’s death during cricket match
A grade 12 learner from Christian Brothers' College (CBC) in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, passed away on Saturday while playing cricket.
The learner and another...
Ba2cada blocked from Lesedi FM airwaves after going AWOL
Drama is brewing in the studios of Lesedi FM in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, over the absence of its top-rated radio presenter, Nyakallo “Ba2Cada” Leine.
Leine,...
Apology to AfriForum and Solidarity
Apology to AfriForum and Solidarity
In the November 17 edition of Sunday World, we published an opinion piece under the headline “Moegoe”, in which we...
Ramaphosa’s three-way headache as race for NYDA board kicks off
President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to have a headache selecting the new board chairperson of the highly contested National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).
This is...
DA smothers calls to leave GNU
The DA’s internal cracks came to the forefront at the party’s federal council (Fedco) meeting held in Joburg on Monday when a Gauteng lobby’s...
Fallen heroes’ families say they need closure
The families of South African soldiers who perished in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are impatiently waiting for the...
‘SA soldiers killed at least 600 M23 rebels’
South African soldiers “fought like heroes” and killed at least 600 M23 rebels during a 24-hour gunfight in Sake, east of the Democratic Republic...
Any hope in sight for this disorder?
Some philosophers argue that inhumanity is not explainable in rational terms, that if humans resort to barbaric acts of exterminating life and limb, this is...
State capture-accused ANC big shots set out to collapse charges
The five senior ANC leaders headed for a disciplinary showdown with Luthuli House over damning charges, including state capture, are preparing to quash their...
Batohi ordered to pay R1m to former NPA employee
The bargaining council in Pretoria ordered National Prosecuting Authority boss Advocate Shamila Batohi last week to pay an employee who was dismissed through “witch-hunt”...
Four mourners killed en route to a funeral
Four people were killed and multiple others injured in a crash in Ogunjini, in KZN, north of Durban.
Responding members of Reaction Unit South Africa...
Will the Pretoria derby ever reach the level of the one...
Will the Pretoria derby ever reach the level of the one from Soweto?
The Soweto fans will once again brag about the magnitude of their...
Globlersdal farm murder suspect in jail after 8 years on run
One of two men who skipped bail on a farm murder charge in Groblersdal eight years ago has been rearrested.
He is expected to appear...
How Lorch’s talks with Chiefs crumbled
Thembinkosi Lorch has officially reunited with former mentor Rulani Mokwena at Wydad Athletic Club in Morocco after his potential move to Kaizer Chiefs fell off on the...
Judge slams paltry R36k land payouts for dislodged families
A scathing court ruling has thrown out the government’s blanket R36 000 payouts to Eastern Cape families dispossessed of their land under apartheid.
Judge Muzikawukhelwana Ncube...
Economists urge Ramaphosa to use Sona meaningfully
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation address (Sona) as the president of government of national unity (GNU) will be delivered at a time...
Vehicle theft syndicate busted in North West
A North West police task team cracked a motor vehicle theft syndicate on Thursday, the spokesperson has claimed.
Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said the team arrested two members of the...
‘Resistance to legal sector code shocking’
Business lobby group Black Business Council (BBC) has hit out at law firm
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and AfriForum for challenging the gazetting of the...
ArcelorMittal’s demise should be ‘celebrated’
As South African authorities are hard at work trying to source a R1-billion rescue package for ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa), land rights activists have,...
