An asset manager whose client lost R545 000 in a failed high risk investment testified at the trial of Nafiz Modack and others on Monday about how he was allegedly
Four bodies have been pulled from the rubble after a building collapsed in George in the Western Cape on Monday.
The fabric of Bloemfontein is fraying, with the scars of deterioration visible at every turn.
A Western Cape couple were gobsmacked when they found two puff adders mating inside their laundry room.
Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara, who was the State’s main corruption witness against Bongani Bongo, says he feels “vindicated” by the Supreme Court of Appeal’s reversal of the ANC MP’s summary acquittal
Build One South Africa (BOSA) boss Mmusi Maimane has ripped into DA leader John Steenhuisen for calling smaller parties “political mercenaries”.
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) says there is “a substantial risk of a disputed electoral outcome” in the upcoming election if Jacob Zuma is allowed to stand – and
The mother of a victim allegedly assaulted by the Presidential Protection Services, assigned to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, said her family lived in fear.
The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction along Victoria Street in George has risen to two, with 53 people still trapped in the rubble. George
Four Gauteng pupils from Eqinisweni Secondary School in Ivory Park died within the space of nine days, allegedly by taking their own lives in separate incidents.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal hopes to convince more than two million people to come out and vote for the party on 29 May.
A multidisciplinary team comprising Gauteng and North West SAPS, as well as private security companies, rescued a kidnapped man and recovered the ransom.
City of Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says he is yet to be furnished with the scathing Khampepe Inquiry report, as promised by the Office of the Premier.
Drivers of water trucks owned by a private company, which has a tender to deliver free water on behalf of the eThekwini Municipality, are selling water, a GroundUp investigation has
Will the National Health Insurance scheme fix South Africa’s unfair health system, a legacy from the transition to democracy 30 years ago when a disjointed structure had to merge to
Multiple provinces across the country can expect fine and warm to hot temperatures, with warnings for damaging winds and high fire danger conditions elsewhere, according to the South African Weather
The police’s Operation Shanela boasts the arrests of more than 600 000 people, but there is generally a significant disparity between people arrested and those prosecuted for the crimes they
Court proceedings for eight police VIP security officers linked to Deputy President Paul Mashatile were delayed for much of the morning session on Monday.
DA Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube says her party is planning to increase child support grants in a bid to fight hunger in children if they win the upcoming general elections.
The police task team investigating political killings has hit back at AfriForum who claims that police do not want to engage them on critical evidence collected regarding the assassination of
The City of Cape Town has unveiled new crime-fighting, aerial surveillance technology, which is expected to be rolled out in crime hotspot areas.
The lawsuit seeks payment of R1.07 billion and demands monthly financial statements from City Power.
An East London man is set to undergo surgery after he was mauled by two dogs on Friday.
Eskom is taking Johannesburg’s City Power to court for defaulting on its payments to the tune of more than R1 billion.
A building under construction has collapsed in Victoria Street, George, in the Western Cape. According to a reliable source, about 59 people are believed to be trapped, although the extent
The Electoral Commission of South Africa says there is “no basis” for Jacob Zuma’s demand that the Constitutional Court justices who sentenced him to 15 months imprisonment for contempt be
The bail application of an eThekwini metro police officer, who is accused of stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death, failed to get under way on Monday because a mental assessment
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found impeached Judge President John Hlophe made multiple “mistakes of law” when he summarily acquitted ANC MP Bongani Bongo of corruption – and has
A high-density police operation known as Operation Shanela has resulted in the arrests of more than 600 000 people in the past 12 months.
Questioning the safety of the M1 South in Newtown, Johannesburg’s main thoroughfare between the southern and northern suburbs, Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said: ‘I am afraid to drive there. I
Questioning the safety of the M1 South in Newtown, Johannesburg’s main thoroughfare between the southern and northern suburbs, Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said: ‘I am afraid to drive there. I
Four men, aged 27 to 35, have been shot dead and four people have been seriously injured when gunmen opened fire on a home in Mazizini, Brown’s Farm.
Family members of victims who were allegedly assaulted by police officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit say they want to see justice in the matter.
The commission of inquiry into the deadly Usindiso building fire that claimed 76 lives in August 2023 says the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Property Company knew about the
Johannesburg motorists have been warned to expect delays as a result of the temporary closure of sections of a road, brought about by a fire on the M1 bridge in
Six people died when a taxi crashed into a house in O Street, Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
The family of the Grade 10 pupil said they believed she had died of a drug overdose after having been bullied by a teacher at school.
While surveys have shed some light on diabetes prevalence in South Africa, inconsistency in survey approaches and an over-reliance on self-reporting measures make it difficult to determine how many people
Wig-wearing pedestrians in Johannesburg and Cape Town are sounding the alarm over a rising crime wave: their hairpieces are being stolen right off their heads and hawked by thieves.
Tembisa Hospital CEO Ashley Mthunzi was a key role-player in a R1-billion extraction scheme exposed by Babita Deokaran, just weeks before her assassination in 2021.
Cape Town lawyer William Booth is expected to take the stand in the trial of Nafiz Modack and others.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation was accepted as friends of the court in the case that the IEC lodged in the Constitutional Court.
IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya on Sunday addressed a “national day of prayer” at the Grace Bible Church, Soweto, which was organised by the South African Council of Churches.
The South African Weather Service has issued several warnings for damaging winds, waves and fires, which can be expected at the start of the week, in at least three provinces.
Justice Sisi Khampepe handed the first part of her report into the Usindiso fire tragedy to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.
Cape Town firefighters are increasingly coming under attack, but community engagement may hold the key to keeping first responders safe.
The ANC leadership has now instructed its national disciplinary committee (NDC) not to forge ahead with a virtual disciplinary hearing of former President Jacob Zuma.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked churchgoers in Cape Town to pray for a smooth and peaceful election. He also asked them to pray for the victory of the ANC at
The ANC’s disciplinary hearing of its former president Jacob Zuma will still go ahead on Tuesday, but will now take place virtually, according to a letter the party’s national disciplinary
Extremely high fire danger conditions have been forecast for some parts of the coastal provinces on Sunday.
A police officer has died in Limpopo after a shootout with suspected robbers.
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A KwaZulu-Natal man has been arrested for attempted murder after he allegedly shot his sister’s boyfriend outside a club in Umhlanga in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Despite the ANC’s list to Parliament containing a rogue’s gallery implicated in the State Capture Inquiry report, President Cyril Ramaphosa insists that the party he leads is in a process
The mother of a wheelchair-bound teenager has been arrested for murder after her son was found decapitated at a tavern in Leshikishiki village in Limpopo.
The ANC now wants to hold the disciplinary hearing of its former president, Jacob Zuma, “in abeyance” until after the elections.
Eastern Cape ANC leader Kayise Tom has died after four months in intensive care at East London’s Life St Dominic Hospital.
Victims defrauded of more than R18 million by convicted fraudster and imposter, Swereen Govender, want their money back.
An East London man, angered by the prospect of having an ANC election poster hung on a pole outside his home, got into a scuffle with party volunteers on Friday.