2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (421+ words) The ANC will embark on an intensive national process of "identifying and headhunting" capable mayoral candidates from across society as the party moves to reshape its leadership selection before local government elections, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says. In a briefing…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (220+ words) Mkhwanazi was apprehended by the SAPS Madlanga Commission Task Team on Saturday morning on charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating or obstructing the ends of justice. In a statement, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the task team is still searching…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (877+ words) A multi-million rand investment in the R2. 1 billion Club Med Tinley Leisure project has lifted a lid on corporate governance failures at the state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The IDC allegedly allowed a senior deal-maker facing serious charges of financial misconduct to…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1611+ words) Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is set to challenge his five-year prison sentence after being granted leave to appeal, triggering a legal process that will focus on whether the punishment imposed for discharging a firearm at a political rally…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1082+ words) The Democratic Alliance (DA) Congress was a masterclass in political public relations, well curated and choreographed and it has exited the event with renewed vigour, which is a natural consequence." It is going to be interesting to see how the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1345+ words) South Africa's universities are outgrowing a transition-era governance settlement'The Mail & Guardian South Africa's university governance model was built for a noble and urgent purpose. In the years after 1994, the task was to democratise institutions that had been shaped by apartheid…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (473+ words) South Africa is stepping confidently onto the global investment stage. Over the past few years, the country has not only set ambitious investment targets but has also exceeded them, securing more than R1. 5 trillion in commitments across sectors ranging from energy…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1433+ words) Across sub-Saharan Africa, the targeting of elderly people on accusations of witchcraft constitutes one of the continent's most persistent and poorly monitored human rights crises. Tanzania, Zambia and Ghana have each confronted it in different ways, with limited success. In…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (551+ words) Geordin Hill-Lewis was elected leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday, placing the Cape Town mayor at the helm of South Africa's second-largest party at a pivotal political moment. His election comes as the DA gears up for the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (245+ words) Seconds after Solly Msimanga was announced as the new federal chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA), former federal chair Ivan Meyer stormed out of the plenary in anger. Meyer did not wait for the announcement of the remaining results and…...