227 Helen Zille and fellow councillors accessed the Johannesburg Metro Centre last week, defying the instructions of security guards. Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille has taken her campaign from waterlogged roads to…
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Government condemns xenophobic attacks on Ghanaian nationals in South Africa
151The government has slammed recent xenophobic attacks on Ghanaian nationals who reside in South Africa. Videos have been circulating on social media showing alleged South Africans beating people who are reportedly foreign…
An intelligence-led pursuit ends in Midrand gunfire
127Zuko Komisa Image | Adobe iStock SAPS Tshwane District Task Team and private security intercepted a suspected business robbery plot on 23 April 2026. A high-speed chase from Pretoria to Midrand culminated…
No clear winners in 2026 local government elections
126Voter dissatisfaction is driving support away from dominant parties without consolidating behind a single alternative. South Africa’s major metros are unlikely to return to outright majority rule in the 2026 local government…
No Freedom Day for Mkhwanazi and Lerutla as bail decision looms
108 THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT FORMS PART OF KAYA 959’S TERMS OF USE POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, YOU MUST CEASE YOUR ACCESS OF THIS…
SIU-linked investigation sees officials dismissed and suspended
140By Mapaballo Borotho Image @Dailymaverick Seven Home Affairs officials have been dismissed, with 16 more suspended over misconduct. The action forms part of a broader crackdown on corruption linked to SIU findings….
Coalition options narrow for DA as Zille rules out ANC, EFF, MK party
131 In the previous municipal elections, Zille’s party did not perform as well as hoped. DA Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille posted this week that when she dons the chain mail, she…
Illegal gold lab busted in Mpumalanga amid illegal mining crackdown
110By Mapaballo Borotho Image @Mpumalanga Police Police in Mpumalanga have uncovered an illegal gold processing lab in Barberton. Two suspects were arrested, and firearms, ammunition and gold-processing materials were seized. Authorities say…
‘It’s insulting’: SACP pleads poverty amid rumours it’s funded by Russia or China
158 Solly Mapaila described the SACP’s decision to contest elections as a “tactical issue” The general secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, has denied that his party has…
Another party lays criminal charges against Tolashe over Chinese car donations
144 According to reports, some in the ANCWL want Tolashe to step down over this scandal. The DA has laid criminal charges against controversial Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe for failing to…