Water Tower in Midrand. Johannesburg’s water woes have been brought to Mayor Dada Morero’s doorstep. Scores of residents are holding a picket outside the Johannesburg Council chambers in Braamfontein. They are calling for an urgent response from the mayor to the city’s water crisis. They want revenue from the sale of water to be strictly…
Springboks team for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider against Argentina in London on October, 4 2025. Ten years ago, when South Africa lost to Japan at the Rugby World Cup in Brighton in the biggest shock the sport had ever witnessed, it was not because the Springboks fielded a weakened team. This Saturday, the…
File image Western Cape police say they’ve arrested more than 700 alleged gangsters and seized hundreds of illegal firearms over recent months. Additional officers have been deployed to hotspot areas, including Mitchell’s Plain, Mfuleni, Delft, Bishop Lavis, Manenberg, among others. There’s been an alarming increase in ongoing gun violence across various communities in Cape Town….
ANC members, alongside the Luthuli family and party veterans at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on October 30, 2025. The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ruled that African National Congress (ANC) leader Chief Albert Luthuli’s death was a result of injuries caused by an assault. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate died in 1967. The initial inquest ruled…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya appearing before the Parliament’s Adhoc Committee. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has heard about suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya‘s first encounter with attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Witness C has told the commission that Matlala told him that he and Sibiya met…
Justice Minister Mamoloko Kubayi held a public hearing in KaBokweni, Mpumalanga. The Justice Department says more than R80 million of unclaimed child maintenance funds are sitting in their coffers. The department has embarked on a process to track people who claimed child maintenance and wants them to visit the department’s offices to get their money….
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses a media briefing. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has called on law enforcement agencies to arrest all those who have been implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission is probing allegations of criminality, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. Mbalula was delivering the…
Former President Thabo Mbeki. Former President Thabo Mbeki is set to deliver the keynote address at the Eastern Cape Higher Education Sector National Dialogue launch, hosted by Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape. The event forms part of the broader National Dialogue initiative supported by the Strategic Dialogue Group and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation….
A member of the National Police’s Cold Case Investigators and Special Task Force unit is monitoring the gates. Civic association SANCO in the North West says it hopes Thursday’s raid at the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mahikeng will see those alleged to be involved in corruption at the municipality held accountable. This comes…
A graphic depicting a human experiencing mental pressure. Clinical Psychologist Dr Tumi Mashego says there is still a lot of stigma around men seeking mental health, and yet they are at risk of suicide, unlike their female counterpart. Her comments come as South Africa marks Mental Health Awareness Month . According World Health Organisation (WHO)…
