The National Council of Provinces’ ad hoc committee decided not to heed several serious concerns about the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (Gilab), allowing several proposals to strengthen the bill’s
A Mdantsane taxi driver in the Eastern Cape became a hero on Saturday night after he chased a bakkie that had crashed into a stationary vehicle on Billie Road and
Lauretta Yon, the grandmother of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, said when she visited the child’s mother, Kelly, at Pollsmoor prison over a week ago, she begged her to tell the police
A Mdantsane taxi driver in the Eastern Cape became a hero on Saturday night after chasing a bakkie that allegedly crashed into a stationary vehicle and fled the scene, leaving
UCT’s council, the highest decision-making body, will be meeting on Wednesday to choose the new vice-chancellor.
A fierce battle is brewing between the Patriotic Alliance (PA) and the DA.
The SABC, as a national public broadcaster, does not have the authority to refuse to air “lawful” and technically compliant adverts.
The Equality Court sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered a half a million-rand costs order against a businessman after finding that he used the K-word multiple
The iconic black Porsche 964 Turbo, driven by Hollywood star Will Smith in Bad Boys, was bought by Rushil Singh, an accountant who, together with his sister, spent more than
ActionSA says it is disappointed that President Cyril Ramaphosa ignored pleas to not sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law.
The son of a police VIP protection officer has pleaded guilty to culpable homicide after he took a joyride in his father’s SUV in Brits and crashed into 65-year-old Patrick
Liatel Construction, the main contractor for the George collapsed building development, was not registered with the Construction Industry Development Board – this was revealed by Public Works Minister Sihle Zikalala
A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly decapitating a family member and attacking two others in Tshidimbini village, just outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo.
An ongoing alleged targeted sabotage of a company contracted for the multimillion-rand M4 upgrade near Westbrook in Durban has turned fatal, with a worker being shot dead at the construction
An inquest into the death of renowned anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Chief Albert Luthuli will be reopened.
An inquest into the death of a renowned anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Chief Albert Luthuli, will be reopened.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the controversial National Health Insurance Bill into law on Wednesday.
On 10 May, the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein ordered a number of political parties to pay administrative fines of either R10 000 or R40 000 for failing to provide audited
The Department of Health on Monday said a 35-year-old man, living in Gauteng, tested positive for the infectious disease on 9 May 2024.
The 57-year-old principal of Nelson Ngubeni Primary School in Mpumalanga was stabbed to death during a house robbery in Vosman on 8 May.
Service providers contracted to repair community halls damaged by the April 2022 floods in eThekwini invoiced the City before work was completed and even overbilled the municipality.
The South African Weather Service has forecast cloudy conditions with cool to warm temperatures, but isolated rain and thunderstorms are expected in some provinces.
In recent statements, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leaders Visvin Reddy and Bonginkosi Khanyile were trying to say the party would “make sure” of an elections boycott if former president Jacob
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is expected to hear a DA appeal on Friday against the SABC’s decision to ban its controversial “burning flag” advert.
A Grade 10 pupil from TM Letlhake Secondary School in Westonaria, in the west of Gauteng, has been suspended after he was caught swinging from a rope swing inside a
During the course of 16 exhausting but rewarding years working in a remote rural hospital in the Eastern Cape, Dr Karl le Roux says he came to realise just how
Parents of the victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy have registered a non-profit organisation which intends campaigning against underage drinking.
The couple charged with the premeditated murder of their daughter’s boyfriend, including torturing and pouring boiling water over him, intend to plead not guilty.
Fear and anxiety gripped residents in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, after they woke up on Monday to the aftermath of Sunday night’s gang violence, which claimed the lives of three people
Police have arrested the two men who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman in an e-hailing vehicle in Cape Town.
A mass shooting at a Rocklands Tavern has left three dead and six more injured on Sunday 12 May.
The Western Cape Forensic Pathology Service on Monday said the bodies recovered most recently from the George building collapse site were in a state of decomposition.
The State is analysing cellphone and forensics data in the investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Joshlin Smith, the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court has heard.
The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that late Justice Yvonne Mokgoro’s partner has been charged in connection with the 2023 car crash in which she was injured.
The head of disaster management in the Garden Route District Municipality says there is still hope.
Kelly Smith, the mother of Joshlin Smith, returns to the Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday along with her co-accused in connection with the 6-year-old’s disappearance.
Build One SA leader Mmusi Maimane says he established his political party to give hope and a home to discouraged ANC voters.
The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed concern over the death of two pupils last week at David Makhubo High School in Kaalfontein, Midrand.
The DA hopes to grow its support in KwaZulu-Natal enough to ensure it is the largest partner in any coalition government formed at the provincial level, while the IFP moved
Two “underworld” trials running in the Western Cape High Court hit a speed bump last week over the authenticity of information retrieved from cellphones. Monday’s proceedings will focus on a
The dire state of water infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal has paved the way for the emergence of what experts are terming “water tanker mafias”, who are exacerbating the plight of communities
The DA hopes to grow its support in KwaZulu-Natal enough to ensure it is the largest partner in any coalition government formed at the provincial level, while the IFP moved
In the bustle of heavy construction machinery at the George building collapse, a remarkable story unfolded: a dog’s ears perked up, a shiver ran down a handler’s spine, a faint
Investec loans meant for construction projects in Ghana were used to fund the extravagant lifestyles of Rushil and Nishani Singh. Then, it all went wrong.
Over the past decade, siblings Rushil and Nishani Singh secured government contracts to build roads in Ghana worth hundreds of millions and secured more than R550 million in loans from
Police have arrested a man accused of murdering a police officer after he opened a case of car hijacking involving the exact vehicle in which he allegedly fled from police.
It will be cloudy and partly warm across the country on Monday, according to the South African Weather Service.
Minister of Police Bheki Cele says the identified contractors working on the building that collapsed in George on Monday have not been forthcoming with information requested by police.
A 42-year-old truck driver has been arrested after he was caught with drugs worth R3.54 million in Laingsburg, Western Cape, on Thursday.
E-hailing giant Uber is investigating an incident where a woman in Cape Town was sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint and driven around for hours, allegedly in one of their vehicles.
Police in Gauteng have arrested 10 suspects linked to road spiking incidents. According to SAPS, another suspect charged at the police and was shot and killed.
On a sombre Mother’s Day, George Municipality fire chief Neels Barnard said they remained hopeful of recovering more victims alive, despite 16 confirmed fatalities of the building collapse.
A Mossel Bay man rescued after being trapped under the rubble of a five-storey apartment building that collapsed in Victoria Street, George, on Monday, has been discharged from hospital.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi says South Africa needs a different type of leadership – politicians who have conversations, listen to the people and find solutions.
A woman hired as a cleaner at the George construction site that collapsed on Monday was instructed to mix cement, carry bricks and push wheelbarrows.
An attempt by the Surgeon-General Lieutenant- General Ntshavheni Maphaha to purge three members of the presidential medical unit (PMU) suffered a setback last week when their transfer instructions were withdrawn
Since 2018, the police have paid more than R2.2 billion in claims for compensation for wrongful arrests.
Despite widespread criticism, the DA says its controversial flag advertisement achieved its goal of warning voters about the dangers of an ANC-EFF-MK [uMkhonto weSizwe Party] coalition.
MKP founder Jabulani Khumalo and four others were axed from the party after being accused of destabilising it.
Amid the chaos and destruction on Saturday at the site of the collapsed building in George, advanced medical rescue paramedic Jetreu Jacobs said he could hear something that turned out