135 South African leaders have pushed back sharply after US President Donald Trump repeated claims that white South Africans are facing a “genocide”. The remarks were made during a rally in Arizona…
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Court Draws the Line on Zuma Arms Deal Delays
114 Former president Jacob Zuma’s long-running arms deal case is set to move forward after the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled that the trial must proceed without further delays. The ruling…
Former Tshwane metro police officer sentenced for accepting bribes from motorists
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Ramaphosa Calls for Urgent UN Reform Amid Rising Global Tensions
147 Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the United Nations to urgently reassert its role in global affairs, warning that democracy is increasingly under threat from rising nationalism, conflict and deepening inequality. In…
Police Warn of Gangs Using SA Spaza Shops
115 Police and spaza shop leaders have raised the alarm over a new criminal threat moving through South Africa’s township economy. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told MPs that law enforcement…
NPA takes disciplinary action against the prosecutor arrested for contempt
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DA Unveils Western Cape Mayoral Candidates
129 The Democratic Alliance has announced 11 mayoral candidates for municipalities in the Western Cape ahead of the upcoming local government elections. One name was missing from the list though: Cape Town…
Markus Jooste Death Questions Refuse to Go Away
110 More than two years after Markus Jooste’s reported death at Kwaaiwater in Hermanus, basic public questions remain unanswered. That vacuum has fuelled one of South Africa’s most persistent conspiracy theories around…
Here are the Joburg areas expected to be hit by water cuts until July
261 By Mapaballo Borotho Image: Adobe Stock Johannesburg residents have been warned to prepare for water cuts and low pressure as Rand Water and Eskom conduct critical maintenance from 29 May to…
Hill-Lewis Defends DA Salary Top-Ups
88 New DA federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says he sees no problem with the party paying salary “top-ups” to some senior members. Hill-Lewis was responding after a leaked report showed that several…