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State ropes in traditional leaders to find land for housing
The Department of Human Settlements intends to partner with traditional leaders to identify disaster-resilient areas suitable for human settlements development, using geo-mapping.
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi...
Expert, custodian testify in the Vha-Venda kingship battle
The battle for the soul of the Vha-Venda traditional leadership took a dramatic turn this week when a cultural expert and custodian of the...
Traffic control IT glitch causes problems in GermanyÂ
A disruption at German air traffic control has caused considerable delays at Frankfurt Airport.
The fault at the German air traffic control system led to...
Man who killed pregnant wife persuades court for shorter jail term
A North West man who stabbed his pregnant wife to death in front of their two children has managed to persuade the North West...
Chieftaincy certificate central to Mphahlele royal house disputes
Internal disputes over Malekutu Thabo Phatudi-Mphahlele's authority as chief are tearing apart the Mphahlele Royal House in Limpopo.
When they learnt that Malekutu has a...
Eskom inspector nabbed in Mpumalanga for copper cable theft
A 36-year-old Eskom employee at Tutuka power station was arrested on Thursday for her alleged involvement in the theft of copper cables.
The Directorate for...
Ekurhuleni serial rapist gets 42 life terms for his reign of...
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Phakathi, the convicted serial rapist from Ekurhuleni, was given 42 life sentences for rape and 791 years and six months of direct...
Frankfurt bans pro-Palestine demonstration, citing public safety
The western German city of Frankfurt has banned a pro-Palestine demonstration registered for the anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel by the...
French train maker Alstom restructures German operations
Alstom is to close its plant in the eastern German city of Görlitz by the end of March 2026, the French rolling-stock manufacturer announced...
Apex court ruling settles AmaMpondo kingship dispute
After years of legal wrangling and royal infighting, the Constitutional Court has delivered a historical ruling on the AmaMpondo kingship dispute. Â
The ruling finally brings...
Directors of Eskom, Sasol’s supplier busted for BEE fraud, fronting
Six directors of the Gauteng-based firm NJM Treatment and NDE Services (NJM) have appeared at Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on Thursday facing charges of...
Nelson Mandela Bay motorists shocked to pay inland fuel prices
While South Africans celebrated fuel price cuts this week, an unsettling reality unfolds in Nelson Mandela Bay, where residents are facing a sudden and...
Former Steinhoff CFO La Grange sentenced to 10 years in prison
Former Steinhoff chief financial officer (CFO), Andries Benjamin La Grange, 50, has been sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial...
Planned Seshego shutdown fizzles out into a low-key march
The highly-publicised total shutdown by angry Seshego residents in the Polokwane municipality in Limpopo failed to live up to its expectations on Thursday.
Residents wanted...
Court to decide fate of Ekurhuleni serial rapist on Friday
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Phakathi, the convicted serial rapist, will have to wait until Friday to find out his sentence from the court.
Phakathi appeared for his...
Ex-minister Kodwa wants his corruption charges to be withdrawn
Former Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa has applied for corruption charges against him to be withdrawn. Kodwa is arguing that the state’s...
KZN premier slams bridge attack that left woman dead
KwaZulu-Natal premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has condemned the brutal bridge attack that claimed the life of a Pietermaritzburg woman.
Madhumathie Bunwarie, 62, was killed on Sunday...
McKenzie’s department refutes parliament’s allegations of fraud
Representatives from the parliament's portfolio committee have accused the Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture, which is overseen by Minister Gayton McKenzie, of fraud.
This...
Dad, daughter in court for attempt to defraud SARS of millions
A Mpumalanga father and his daughter are among four people who sought to steal R5.3-million from the SA Revenue Service (SARS) from as far...
Survivor recounts harrowing murders at a Limpopo farm
The Zimbabwean national, Mabutho Bruce Ncube, 47, who survived death by a whisker when two women were fatally shot and fed to pigs at...
‘Broke’ Emfuleni pays employee over R130k for not taking leave
The broke Emfuleni local municipality in Gauteng has dished out more than R130, 000 to pay an employee who refused to take an annual...
KwaZulu-Natal municipality shuts water tankers mafia’s taps
The gravy train of the so-called water tankers mafia, who over the years have amassed riches from supplying water tankers services to various municipalities...
Retrenchments pit Amcu’s Mathunjwa against Seriti boss Mike Teke
Seriti Resources, one of the largest suppliers of coal to Eskom, is being threatened with a shutdown after workers affiliated with the Association of...
Sanlam beats orphaned investor in court battle over R320K
An orphaned young woman who sought to withdraw her inherited investment from financial giant Sanlam Life Insurance Limited to cover tuition fees now finds...
‘Education department is failing bullied grade 2 learner’
Distressed parents of a seven-year-old grade 2 girl learner who allegedly suffered a broken leg at the hands of a grade 1 bully at...
Officials linked to Thabo Bester’s jail break get final warnings
Final written warnings and new positions have been given to the officials named in the public protector's report on the prison escape of Thabo...
Premier calls for renewed action against HIV in Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has called for renewed and intensified action to tackle the HIV epidemic in the province. Ndlovu is urging a united...
Two alleged hitmen shot dead during raid in Ntuzuma
In an ongoing gun battle between police and criminals in KwaZulu-Natal, two alleged hitmen were cornered and shot dead in Durban’s Ntuzuma township in...
