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Four Lesotho nationals were arrested on Saturday in connection with the killing of Free State police officer Constable Justice Sephooa. Sephooa, who was attached to...

The court case for four people who were detained at the home of former president Nelson Mandela in the Houghton Estate in January after...

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...

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  Back in the mid to late 1980s, the struggle against apartheid intensified on many fronts and it was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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  In the November 17 edition of Sunday World, we published an opinion piece under the headline “Moegoe”, in which we...

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...

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...

The families of South African soldiers who perished in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are impatiently waiting for the...

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...

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...

The five senior ANC leaders headed for a disciplinary showdown with Luthuli House over damning charges, including state capture, are preparing to quash their...

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 people were killed and multiple others injured in a crash in Ogunjini, in KZN, north of Durban.  Responding members of Reaction Unit South Africa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The National Treasury is due to issue a final decision on the request by Mogale City to have part of the municipality’s over R260-million...

The presence of Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka at the heart of Mpumalanga’s government this week has set tongues wagging, as it coincided with a...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent signing into law of the Expropriation Bill got headlines screaming boldly. Discernible in most news coverage was the same old...

Well-known reality TV star Oratile Mabitsela has allegedly pleaded with close associates to help her find accommodation after complaining that her husband was walking...

A traffic warder appeared in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on a charge of extortion. The case was postponed to February 19.   Hawks allege that on...

The Cape Town High Court has ordered the police ministry to give the Otto family hundreds of thousands of rands after one of its...

Four police officers who were arrested on Friday in connection with the escape of alleged underground illegal mining kingpin and ringleader, James Neo Tshoaeli,...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has received an order to interdict pension benefits of former deputy director-general of the Department of Water and Sanitation,...

Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed that Eskom will implement Stage 3 loadshedding over the weekend. Ramokgopa explained that two of Eskom’s...

Zimbabwean self-styled prophet Walter Magaya's claims that he holds a degree from the University of South Africa (Unisa) have been rejected as fake news. Magaya...

Eskom has warned that stage-four rolling power cuts will take place this weekend, following 10 months without any interruptions in the electrical supply. This follows...

In comparison to the 2023 tax year, more provisional taxpayers have filed their annual income tax returns for the 2024 tax year, according to...

The Border Management Authority (BMA) has stopped over 50,000 illegal immigrants from trying to enter South Africa for the 2024/2025 holiday season, according to...

The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) is aware of an individual impersonating the personal assistant (PA) to Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. The OCJ said...

Moloto Johannes Sathekge (28), who was recently arrested for raping two nurses at the Ga-Maja clinic in Limpopo, is now facing numerous serious charges. Sathekge...

Gauteng MEC for Health, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, has lamented the limited financial resources that the department is challenged with, and as such, will not prioritise...

Energy regulator Nersa has granted Eskom a whopping 12.74% tariff increase for the 2025/2026 financial year. The regulator confirmed this in a media statement released...

Eskom and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have reached a R43-million settlement in a high court case initiated by the power utility in 2021 related to a...

A woman who allegedly planned her own kidnapping with her accomplice in an effort to obtain a ransom has been taken into custody by...

The Eastern Cape Department of Health has dismissed as fake news information circulating on social media stating that medical doctors will not go to...

Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that more that 15, 000 people might be affected by the freezing of the US President’s Emergency...

The case of holiday scam-accused Francois Swart, 40, was heard before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday. This after turning himself in...

Thabang Philip Tabane, 46, son of the late drummer, Dr Philip “Nchipi” Tabane and a master of spiritual drumming in his own right, has...

Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has announced that the police are investigating the involvement of community members and NGOs in illegal mining activities during...

The situation remains volatile at Valdezia near Elim in the Vhembe district, Limpopo, after enraged residents shut down the local clinic. It has been months...

Controversial celebrity gossip blogger Musa Khawula has withdrawn his bail application. This comes after Musa was charged with hate speech, crimen injuria, and violating Section...

Slain rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’ mother, Lynn Forbes, has penned a heartfelt birthday message to her son on the second anniversary of his death. The...

The ANC and the government of unity are unmoved on the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) that was signed into law by President Cyril...

Community members have shut down a Mpumalanga town, bringing government services and businesses to a halt. Residents of Nkomazi municipality blocked roads with burning tyres,...

The premature death of young, talented journalist Anelisa Sibanda has dealt another blow to the journalism community. Sibanda, who was affectionately known as MaNdaba, died...

The arrest of two suspects in connection with the arson attack that destroyed 51 Putco buses in Mpumalanga has been praised by premier Mandla...

Putco bus drivers are living in fear and scared for their lives after the public transport company's buses were torched at four depots in...

Business lobby group, the Black Business Council (BBC) has has expressed dismay at the law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and AfriForum’s move to...

Amid the ongoing legal battle to save financial services provider Ithala SOC Limited, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has come out with gun blazing,...

The protection order case against former Generations thespian Sello Maake kaNcube, fondly known as Archie Moroka, has been postponed yet again. This comes after the...

The SANDF has denied rumours that its soldiers turned themselves in to the M23 rebels.  SANDF national spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said: "The South African National...

Mpumalanga was rocked by chaos as suspected arsonists set fire to several Putco depots, burning about 50 buses and injuring two security officers. The attacks,...

Illegal land invaders have been warned by the Polokwane municipality in Limpopo that they will be subjected to the full force of the law. The...

The death of a peace-loving soldier has left the close-knit community of Marareleng in the Sekororo area of Limpopo shell-shocked. Louis Moagi (28) was one...

Traditional healer Makgotso Mofokeng, popularly known as Gogo Maweni, has been granted R5 000 bail by the Protea magistrate's court. Maweni (38) made her second...

When the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was founded in 1999 to assist students from underprivileged backgrounds access higher education, South Africa put...

The South African Weather Service's website was unavailable due to a hack of its information and communication technology (ICT) system. The weather service said in...

Do whatever it takes to save our steel industry, please  It’s been just under a week now that a chapter of world politics’ equivalent of...

Catholic priest and chairperson of the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is passionate, and through his entity is determined to help steer...

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has announced that it intends to explore the aims of the envisaged transformation fund to generate...

Phethe Sara Simiao, the Mozambican national who is accused of raping and murdering six-year-old Amantle Semane in Soweto in 2024, plans to sue the...

The National African Farmers Union (Nafu) believes that the new Expropriation Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law on Thursday, will not benefit...

The Private Student Housing Association estimates that at least 7 000 university students will be homeless if the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) does...

As temperatures soared high this week and weather experts warned of possible side effects from the excessive heat, pupils from Meriting Primary School in...

The year 2024 was a watershed year for land reform in SA. While there were no seismic developments that marked a momentous change in...

The Land Claims Court in Randburg has ordered landlord and businessman Andries Jacobus Strauss to restore essential services and repairs to August Matshidiso Sebigi’s...

Khuma resident George Dube made the dreaded trip to the Klerksdorp Hospital’s mortuary in search of his brother, who was among scores of men...

Former Bafana Bafana player Onyedikachi Nkosinathi Ononogbu has been dragged to Johannesburg High Court on an urgent basis by his former club JDR Stars...

Prior to his suspension last September, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping received a complaint from unions regarding irregularities in the hiring processes...

The director of public prosecutions in Johannesburg, Adv Andrew Chauke, has pleaded with Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to protect him from his boss, Advocate...

Charmza: Andrew Chauke It is refreshing to see a government employee standing up to his boss, even though the consequences might be dire.  Johannesburg head of...

A man alleged to be one of the hitmen in the assassination of former ANC Youth League leader Sindiso Magaqa is believed to have...

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and his deputy Sihle Zikalala are engaged in a raging turf war, with the latter calling for...

Police are searching for the people who broke into a business vault in Cape Town to steal precious metals. The brazen heist occurred at a...

Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane handed over the keys to a newly rebuilt home to the Kekana family in Soweto on Saturday. Simelane was accompanied...

The case against a 45-year-old man arrested for shooting a pregnant woman through a KFC Drive Thru window has been postponed to January 28. Earlier...

Organised labour is demanding an expedited inquiry into the actions of Maropene Ramokgopa, the minister of the Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation. The minister...

A storm is brewing in the Bapedi kingdom with a senior member of the royal family challenging the appointment of former Limpopo premier Ngoako...

The son of a popular man of the cloth, Mosa Sono, of Grace Bible Church, has been arrested by the police after failing to...

Mpumalanga convener Mary Phadi has written a letter to MK Party (MKP) president Jacob Zuma, informing him that one of the party’s top eight...

The ANC-led Free State government is unable to pay its debts to municipalities in the province. This was revealed by MEC of public works and...

The reopening of the 2026 school year has not been positive for a Limpopo school. Realedisha senior secondary school in Ditshosing, Mopani, was gutted by...

A Laudium boy kidnapped from a family friend’s home on Tuesday, has been rescued. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said four people were arrested...

Former DA MP and ActionSA member Tsepo Mhlongo has accused Herman Mashaba of financial exploitation. Mhlongo left Mashaba’s ActionSA to join Building a Better South...

Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA is chasing a 70% branch threshold nationwide to hold its first-ever elective congress this year. The party interim constitution stipulates, among others,...

Andiswa Mengo was threatened after she lodged the sexual harassment case against the Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. Mengo, who works as the judges’...

Former DA member of parliament and party spokesperson on sports, arts and culture, Tsepo Mhlongo, has found a new home.  Mhlongo, who this week resigned...

With the start of the year being financially demanding, the Gauteng Department of Economic Development has encouraged consumers, who will be borrowing money from...