Author name: Scott Balson

As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in November 2025, emerging farmers in Limpopo are calling for the global community to move beyond dialogue and deliver tangible support to small-scale agriculture, which they say is critically underfunded and overlooked. Farmers from areas like Grobblersdal and Senwabarwana report that a lack of support […]

A community is in mourning and demanding accountability outside the Homii residential apartment building in Durban, where seven-year-old twins fell four floors down a malfunctioning lift shaft earlier this month, resulting in one death and the other in a coma. The incident, which occurred in October 2025, involved twins Aphelele and Aphile Dlamini. Aphelele was

The High Court in Johannesburg has denied controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s application for bail, upholding a lower court’s ruling that he is a flight risk and a danger to society. The decision comes after Matlala’s defense team challenged a September ruling from the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court, arguing that the court had erred in its

In a unique confluence of global diplomacy and wilderness, delegates from G20 member nations gathered yesterday at the Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre in Skukuza within South Africa’s Kruger National Park for a pivotal session of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group. The meeting, a precursor to a ministerial-level discussion later this week, aims to strengthen international

Police have opened an inquest docket after the drowning of seven-year-old Likhanye Cwethu in a dam in Marikana informal settlement, Philippi East, on Thursday afternoon. Community leader Nosi Nkuhlu said several children had drowned in the area before. “There are no preventable measures, like putting a fence around the dam. These dams are worrying because

Police have opened a case of culpable homicide following a devastating head-on collision on the N1 between Winburg and Ventersburg that claimed five lives on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at approximately 17:40 on 26 October 2025. Winburg police were dispatched to the scene where they discovered a Blue Volkswagen Polo Vivo and a maroon

On 22 October 2025, the Gqeberha New Law Court convicted and sentenced Alphios Masangu (38), Lazarus Makhubela (38), and Dion Munyai (37) for damage to essential infrastructure, housebreaking, and theft. The trio had been in custody since their arrest in 2019. The syndicate’s crime spree began in March and April of 2019, when they orchestrated

In a coordinated international operation, a 41-year-old United States citizen was arrested on Sunday, 26 October 2025, on a farm in the Kanoeneiland area. The arrest was effected by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in conjunction with officials from the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). The operation was initiated after INTERPOL members engaged with

During the current financial year, Eskom has ensured a consistent electricity supply for over 98% of the time due to the ongoing technical improvements achieved under the power utility’s Generation Recovery Plan. As a result of this work, the power system continues to be stable, resilient and reliable with the plan yielding sustained grid stability

The South African Human Rights Centre (SAHRC) has filed an urgent court application to challenge the ongoing evictions of residents from the Chicken Farm informal settlement, arguing the removals are unlawful and have left vulnerable people, including children and the disabled, sleeping on the streets. The legal action comes after residents were forcibly removed from