South Africa’s leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government will launch the resting place of the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as a provincial heritage site tomorrow in Ulundi. KZN Premier, Thami Ntuli, will preside over the event. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who was the founder the Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP) in 1975,…
A protester raises a board with an anti-racism mesage. District officials from the Western Cape Department of Education say they will respond to allegations of racism at York High School in George. This comes after a learner was captured in a video using an American racial slur to refer to a black pupil. The incident…
[FILE IMAGE]: Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, visiting New Brighton Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mamoloko Kubayi, has suspended the Deputy Director-General responsible for ICT, Jabu Hlatshwayo, pending a full investigation and a disciplinary process. Kubayi says this is related to, among others, the delay in the…
[FILE IMAGE]: Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality. The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West has removed three of its councillors at the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, including Itumeleng Moarabi, who is currently fighting over the mayoral position with Dinah Pitso. Moarabi and Pitso both regard themselves as mayors of the municipality. This comes amid…
Arrested foreign nationals in the back of a police van. A tense afternoon unfolded in Bruma, east of Johannesburg, where several undocumented individuals were arrested during a major raid conducted by the City’s Public Safety Department. The operation which targets spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals. This is part of an ongoing citywide effort…
Arrested foreign nationals in the back of a police van. A tense afternoon unfolded in Bruma, east of Johannesburg, where several undocumented individuals were arrested during a major raid conducted by the City’s Public Safety Department. The operation which targets spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals. This is part of an ongoing citywide effort…
Scholars in KwaZulu Natal board a bus to go home. KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has given the assurance that current scholar transport will not be affected by his decision to halt the awarding of a new tender. Speaking at a DA event last week, Rodgers said he had received information about alleged irregularities in…
The trial against four people accused of the kidnapping and killing of six-year-old Bontle Mashiyane is expected to finally get underway next Monday. The trial was recently postponed on several occasions after the prosecutor called in sick. The suspects were arrested in 2022 after the young girl’s mutilated body was discovered in bushes following her…
Protesters attend an anti-immigration demonstration, in Epping, Britain, August 8, 2025. The leader of Britain’s anti-migration Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, announced a plan on Tuesday to repeal human rights laws to allow for mass deportations of asylum seekers, action he said was needed to prevent “major civil disorder”. Farage said his party, which is…
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille addresses media briefing. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has sought to allay fears of a crisis in the tourism sector. This comes as a public spat between her and the now dissolved South Africa Tourism (SAT) board persists. De Lille dissolved the board last week, accusing it of breaching governance…
