11+ hour, 46+ min ago   (385+ words) A Gauteng state-backed fund advanced R7.2 million to a company owned by Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law, and investigators later said the lending process showed signs of weak governance and poor judgment. The money went to Nonkwelo Investments Pty Ltd, controlled…...

17+ hour, 41+ min ago   (374+ words) The African National Congress is fighting to get candidates back onto the ballot in six South African municipalities after missing the August 28 deadline. The Electoral Commission says the party cannot blame a system glitch. In papers filed with the Electoral…...

15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (332+ words) Cape Town’s parliament committee investigating corruption and criminal infiltration in law enforcement wants more time. The Ad Hoc Committee on SAPS has asked the National Assembly for another extension as it races to finalise a draft report that runs to…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (357+ words) Protesters in Durban raised the stakes on Thursday by turning up with sleeping mats and saying they would spend the night on the road if that was what it took to force authorities to act on migrants camped outside a…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (318+ words) South Africa’s Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has come under fresh criticism after a video showed her swearing at a disabled resident, deepening concerns over the conduct of senior African National Congress leaders. She has not publicly addressed the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (347+ words) The ANC says it submitted its candidate names “timeously and validly,” and has blamed the IEC’s online system for the missed filing. According to the party, 181 candidates in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State were affected by the technical…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (476+ words) Has 405,627 available school places for the 2027 academic year, but thousands of parents have packed their applications into a limited number of popular Gauteng has 405,627 available school places for the 2027 academic year, but thousands of parents have packed their applications into…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (398+ words) A South African public-sector governance row is widening after a senior Transnet executive who chairs Inseta’s audit and risk committee was paid nearly R300,000 last year, raising questions about “double-dipping” in state institutions. Gloria Mnguni says nothing improper happened, but the…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (418+ words) Heavy rain in Johannesburg left several motorists stranded on Sunday after vehicles became submerged on waterlogged stretches of Siemert Road and Currey Street in Doornfontein, in the city’s inner area. Johannesburg Metro Police said the flooding was part of a…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (499+ words) ?s next mayor may be decided as much by competing poll numbers as by votes. With the city headed for another hung council, Helen Zille’s Johannesburg’s next mayor may be decided as much by competing poll numbers as by votes....