The looting of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a textbook case of state capture, orchestrated by Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Blade Nzimande.
The result of an unexpected motion of no confidence in the leadership of a historic mosque in Kalk Bay was overturned by the Western Cape High Court on Friday, after
The fraud investigation into the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Gary van Niekerk, which has faced delays for half-a-year, has finally commenced.
The looting of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a textbook case of state capture, orchestrated by Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Blade Nzimande.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi told News24’s politics and opinions editor Qaanitah Hunter that speaking about coalition talks was tantamount to “putting the cart before the horse”, and that his
Despite recent surveys predicting that the ANC will lose its majority in the upcoming elections, party president Cyril Ramaphosa is optimistic, urging observers to “watch the space!”
In certain areas, gangs “now make as much money from extortion as they do from selling drugs”, according to a report lifting the lid on extortion in Cape Town.
A woman has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting at a house in Adelaide Tambo Road, Durban North, on Sunday.
An ANC ward councillor was gunned down in Photsaneng village, outside Rustenburg, on Friday night.
Five men implicated in a series of grave offences – including house robbery, kidnapping and extortion – have been arrested by police in Potchefstroom.
Skeleton crews from the City’s Fire and Rescue Service will remain on site overnight to monitor a raging veld fire in Kirstenbosch.
Monday will be a fine and cool to warm day in most of the country, with isolated thundershowers expected in other parts, according to the South African Weather Service.
North West police have made a breakthrough and arrested two men linked to the murder of Constable Mogoro Clement Makola.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he respects the Electoral Court ruling which found that former president Jacob Zuma qualifies for appointment to the National Assembly because the 15-month prison term he
The Constitutional Court will hear the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) challenge over former president Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to serve in the National Assembly on 10 May – just
Various hiking trails in Cape Point, as well as the Back Table and Skeleton Gorge on Table Mountain, have been closed following a fire just above Skeleton Gorge and the
The Constitutional Court will hear the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) challenge over former president Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to serve in the National Assembly on 10 May – just
The Justice, Crime Prevention, and Security cluster will not leave anything to chance in the upcoming elections and will deal with anyone who attempts to disrupt them.
“No job, no vote,” was the ultimatum that desperate ANC supporters had for the ruling ANC in QwaQwa, Free State on Sunday.
Various hiking trails in Cape Point, as well as the Back Table and Skeleton Gorge on Table Mountain, have been closed following a fire just above Skeleton Gorge and the
A 35-year-old Witbank man drowned after seemingly falling off rocks into the water near a local restaurant at Witbank Dam in Mpumalanga on Saturday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute rescued 22 fishermen from a capsizing vessel in Table Bay on Saturday morning.
Police uncovered a syndicate which substitutes actual minerals mined in Richards Bay with fakes, and tracked a R15-million consignment of zircon and chloride to a warehouse in Johannesburg, all repackaged
Dozens of housing activists and civil organisations door stopped Western Cape Premier Alan Winde amid calls to develop parking sites in the CBD into social housing.
The mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, wrote to Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday, to request three more policing power reforms.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to desist from allowing “detractors abroad and at home”, who are trying to dampen and diminish the gains of 30 years of
The Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma Museum in Sopihiatown honours Henry Nxumalo’s commitment to freedom and justice by hosting an exhibition.
Having a voracious appetite for reading from a young age has held Olwanda Majozi in good stead – she was placed sixth in the world for the Cambridge International AS
As he inherits the reigns of Cape Town’s cutback-riddled healthcare mammoth – Groote Schuur Hospital – Dr Shaheem de Vries offers a dapper smile and a dose of optimism.
While corruption-accused former president Jacob Zuma’s fledgling uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party took some inspiration from the ANC for its name and logo, in terms of the content of its policies
Eskom has warned that it is illegal to put election posters on its infrastructure due to the risk of electric shock that may be suffered by the staff and volunteers
The man who registered the uMkhonto weSizwe Party on behalf of former president Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the party.
Former train driver Simbongile Qabaka refused to allow a debilitating stroke he suffered in 2018 to derail his plans of completing his first university degree.
Thirteen officials in Master of the High Court offices in three provinces are on precautionary suspension amid a Special Investigating Unit probe into allegations of maladministration.
A developer who abandoned a project that was part of the R11 billion Montrose Mega City in Randfontein, West Rand, will need to provide answers for his actions.
The National Prosecuting Authority is going ahead with inquests into 10 killings in two incidents that occurred in the Eastern Cape in 1993.
An Eastern Cape teenager was among the University of Fort Hare’s youngest graduates who were capped at the autumn ceremony in Alice on Friday.
In a clear message to those daring to challenge the ANC, party president Cyril Ramaphosa says its election campaign is now “energised and turbocharged”.
The Limpopo Department of Education has conceded that it missed its deadline for the replacement of all dangerous pit toilets in schools, citing budget cuts as the main impediment.
Load shedding, rising electricity tariffs and financing solutions could see rooftop solar PV installations double by the end of 2030, according to a new market intelligence report.
The Constitutional Court rejected claims Jacob Zuma had been denied his appeal rights after it sentenced him to 15 months in jail for contempt – but, in a ruling that
It was a big week for two groups of men (and one woman) on trial in the Western Cape High Court, each charged with crimes that resulted in a devastating
After entering the political fray just four months ago, the MK Party is growing exponentially and polling at 8.4%, the latest Ipsos poll states.
Brandon Kruger, who has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend 16 times, has asked the court to hold an enquiry into his fitness to stand trial.
The Gauteng Department of Health has welcomed the conviction of a man who robbed, kidnapped, and hijacked an Emergency Medical Services crew.
A prominent leader of the DA caucus in Johannesburg has found herself at the centre of a controversial billing disagreement with City Power, which she believes is politically motivated.
Education MEC Matome Chiloane visited the families of Siphamandla Peterson and Sibusiso Sibiya on Friday to introduce Seanego Attorneys.
The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings, including for the potential of strong winds that may reach gale force over the south-west coast of the Western Cape.
The Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated end users will not be affected during the planned closure of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Tunnel for six months in October
The president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, explained what he meant in a leaked audio recording, in which he was heard saying the ANC must deal with negative media reporting.
The prosecutor in the case against Gqeberha businessman Arnold Terblanche was berated at length by the defence in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Friday.
Aspects of AmaZulu Prince Mbonisi’s application to have state support of his nephew, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, halted, pending the contest for the throne, have been deemed inappropriate to be heard
It was an emotional and sombre moment for the community of Diphini Village in East London on Friday morning as they buried little Unecebo Mboteni, three, who drowned in a
The Litterboom Project operates on eight rivers in KwaZulu-Natal and two in Cape Town. It removes roughly 1.5 tonnes of waste per clean-up.
South Africa’s energy crisis formed a golden thread through several concerns international human rights watchdog Amnesty International raised about the country in its latest report on the global state of
The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but
Angry security guards who have been protesting outside the offices of the Gauteng Department of Health following the termination of their month-to-month contracts, say they will continue the fight to
The DA plans to put in place job seekers’ grants and do away with the R350 monthly social relief of distress grant if it is put in power – but
Two homes have been destroyed and four damaged at a Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility staff housing precinct in Pretoria.
A Cape Town woman’s successful court bid to have her husband involuntarily sent to a drug rehabilitation facility has been set aside in the Western Cape High Court because he