Author name: Scott Balson

Former President Jacob Zuma returned to the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday, where Judge Nkosinathi Chili is expected to deliver a ruling on the state’s so-called “Stop Stalingrad” application—a bid to allow the corruption trial against Zuma and French arms company Thales to proceed regardless of any further appeals or legal challenges filed by the […]

South Africa’s decision to secure international loans in dollars is financially dangerous and could become unaffordable due to currency fluctuations, according to Dick Forslund of the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC). His warning follows South Africa’s first-ever loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development — a $150-million development policy loan aimed at easing

South Africa’s municipalities have failed to recover billions in public funds due to poor record-keeping and weak oversight committees, a National Treasury official has conceded, even as unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful spending climbed to more than R268 billion. The National Treasury’s 2024/25 MFMA compliance report reveals a sharp rise in financial misconduct, with the

A 31-member parliamentary committee will now determine whether President Cyril Ramaphosa faces impeachment proceedings following a Constitutional Court ruling that found Parliament previously acted inconsistently with the constitution. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has announced the composition of the Impeachment Committee, which will investigate the theft of foreign currency from the President’s Phala Phala farm.

DUTYWA — Learners from Vulingcobo Junior Secondary School in Dutywa, Eastern Cape, have marched to the Department of Education offices to demand urgent intervention after heavy rains and strong winds damaged their school this week. The extreme weather has disrupted teaching and learning in several communities across the area. Pupils are now refusing to return to

Police in Makhado, Vhembe District, arrested four suspects for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition during an intelligence-driven operation on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, at approximately 14:00. The suspects, aged 33, 41, and 69, were arrested at a plot in Rondebosch following a tip-off about a suspicious motor vehicle at the premises. Upon arrival, police

Warren Plaatjies (31) has been sentenced to one year in prison for a crime related to gender-based violence and femicide following the assault of a 25-year-old victim in Niekerkshoop. The assault took place on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 15:00, when the victim was physically attacked by Plaatjies on multiple occasions during the same incident.

The Pixley Ka Seme District Management has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a murder accused in the Philipstown Regional Court on Tuesday, 12 May 2026. Stanley Teis (30) was found guilty of murder and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The court also declared him unfit to possess a firearm. The case dates back to

Mogale City is pumping raw sewage into the environment, with severe contamination now affecting the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and surrounding areas, according to Trevor Brough, Director of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site Association. In a detailed briefing, Brough described the contamination as “extremely severe,” warning that many people do not

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Member of Parliament Visvin Reddy has confirmed that his party will nominate three members to serve on Parliament’s committee established to consider the impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking after the Speaker of Parliament requested party nominations, Reddy stated that the MK Party’s chief whip will submit the names of its