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 Police are investigating two counts of murder and one of attempted murder following a violent attack at the Namakgale Shopping Complex on Sunday, 28 September 2025. The incident, which police believe was domestic in nature, left a husband and wife dead and a store manager injured. According to Lieutenant Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, police were alerted […]

Acting Judge Ncumisa Mayosi has scolded the EFF for the way it has treated the courts. The EFF brought an urgent case against the Minister of Finance, but failed to submit papers properly or timeously, wasting an enormous amount of everyone’s time. Mayosi pointed out two previous occasions when the EFF did the same thing.

Postbank is asking the Pretoria High Court to stop SASSA from terminating its contract with the agency. The contract governs how Postbank pays grants to about three million beneficiaries. Postbank argues the termination is unlawful and will lead to new fees for beneficiaries. SASSA says Postbank has repeatedly failed to meet its obligations. The South

By 2021, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) had collapsed. As corruption and mismanagement took hold over the previous ten years, the rail service became increasingly unreliable and unsafe. Almost all of PRASA’s customers stopped using the train in this period, many opting for more expensive but reliable taxi and bus services. Infrastructure

A government building housing several departments, including the Louis Trichardt Clinic, has been without consistent water supply for two years. Members of the Public Servants Association want the Department of Labour to intervene, claiming that working without proper access to water “violates occupational health and safety laws”. Initially the municipality said the water would be

Thousands of people filled the streets of Cape Town’s city centre on Saturday with the green, red, white and black colours of the Palestinian flag. They called for a boycott of Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza. Protesters gathered at the Muir Street Mosque in District Six before marching to Parliament. Placards

The stability of South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) is under threat as Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie has issued an ultimatum to the African National Congress (ANC), demanding the reinstatement of his deputy or risk the PA’s withdrawal from all coalition agreements. The crisis stems from the removal of the PA’s designated

A group of Ventersdorp residents in the North West are calling for the shutdown of a local mining operation, alleging that it fails to benefit the community from which it extracts resources. The residents have accused Newlyn Mining Solutions of systematically overlooking local people for jobs, choosing instead to employ individuals from outside the area.

A 35-year-old nanny is scheduled to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 29 September 2025, following her arrest in Empangeni for the alleged abduction of an infant. The incident unfolded on the afternoon of Saturday, 27 September 2025, when the mother of a 9-month-old boy returned to her Durban home. She discovered that

In a targeted operation against gang violence, the Delft Crime Combatting Unit uncovered a stash of ammunition and narcotics in Voorbrug on Saturday evening. While conducting disruptive operations in the area, officers searched a premises on Blompot Street. The search led to the discovery of: 50 rounds of ammunition One plastic bag containing crystal meth