Author name: Scott Balson

In a strategic move to bolster economic partnerships and counterbalance recent trade pressures, President Cyril Ramaphosa has embarked on a diplomatic mission to Southeast Asia, with his first stop in Indonesia. The push comes as South Africa seeks to increase trade volumes with traditional allies and cultivate alternative markets following the imposition of hefty tariffs […]

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has set an ambitious target of securing over R90 billion in investment pledges during its two-day 2025 KZN Trade and Investment Conference, which opened at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) on Tuesday. The conference has gathered leading domestic and international investors with the stated aim of positioning the province as

An intensive search operation is continuing into its seventh day at a quarry behind the Heidedal Mall, where a 20-year-old man is believed to have drowned last week. The Bloemfontein Diving Unit, assisted by colleagues from the Welkom Diving Unit, has deployed all available resources in a concerted effort to locate the missing man. The

Manyaba Rubben Mohlaloga, a former Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Land Affairs, has been ordered to report to the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today to commence serving a 20-year prison sentence. This development marks the culmination of a lengthy legal process stemming from a 2019 conviction. On

A multi-disciplinary operation led to the arrest of a 45-year-old Bangladeshi national on Thursday for dealing in illicit cigarettes. The operation was conducted by the Hawks’ Nelspruit-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit, in collaboration with Crime Intelligence and Customs and Excise. The arrest was the result of intelligence-driven information, which the team operationalised, leading them

In a significant crackdown on public sector corruption, the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation (SCI) team arrested a 29-year-old government official, Philela Angela Tafeni, on charges of fraud, forgery, and uttering on 22 October 2025. The arrest is the culmination of a meticulous investigation triggered by a tip-off earlier this year regarding fraudulent qualifications within the

The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the substantial prison sentence handed down to a 38-year-old serial rapist by the Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane on Wednesday, 22 October 2025. The accused, who cannot be named to protect the identity of one of his victims, was

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has declared the Tembisa Hospital an “active crime scene,” following a protest by its members outside the facility. The declaration comes in the wake of a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report that uncovered massive tender fraud and irregularities amounting to over R2 billion, with the figure expected to rise

Over 100 houses have been illegally occupied in a stalled housing project in Nyanga, Cape Town. Some of the houses, which had been left vacant for months, were vandalised, stripped of windows, doors, roof sheets and even rafters. The housing project, at the corner of Govan Mbeki Road and New Eisleben Road, Erf 2849 Mau-Mau,

Former Western Cape Premier and current DA Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille joined Martin Bester on Jacaranda FM’s flagship breakfast show ‘Breakfast with Martin Bester’ this week for a candid, thought-provoking conversation about South Africa’s future, the evolution of Johannesburg, and the state of leadership today. From politics to nostalgia and social commentary, the interview offered listeners rare insights into