The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) has upheld a complaint about a June interview on SAFM in which March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma made claims about immigrants that the regulator said were not properly handled as opinion—or clearly flagged as disputed and unverified. In its ruling, the BCCSA found that the SABC […]

The hidden foreign currency, the leather couch and the question of who knew what have taken centre stage in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal battle to overturn the report that placed his Phala Phala farm saga at the heart of a possible impeachment process. The Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday that the more than […]

South African betting no longer begins at the counter or the casino floor. For many people, it starts with a phone screen between work messages, match clips and payment alerts. GeoPoll’s 2026 survey covered 2,866 respondents across six African markets, including 496 South Africans, and found that betting has become one of the region’s most […]

Two men were killed and a third was wounded when gunmen opened fire on three men walking through Mhluzi, Mpumalanga, on Saturday night. Police have opened two murder cases and an attempted-murder case following the shooting, which happened at about 19:45 on August 30. The victims were walking in the street when unknown suspect or […]

A 26-year-old woman wrapped tightly in a white cloth and lying on an embankment beside an unpaved road in Mount Vernon, KwaZulu-Natal, was mistaken for a corpse on Monday, prompting an emergency response from Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa). What initially appeared to be a disturbing discovery of a body dumped along the roadside turned […]

Gauteng police have shot and killed a wanted suspect alleged to be a key figure in underground illegal mining in Carletonville after he allegedly pointed an AK-47 assault rifle at officers during an intelligence-driven tracing operation. The suspect was killed on Sunday, August 30, when members of the National Intervention Unit went to a residence […]

The South African taxi industry, a vital transport network, is embroiled in deadly "taxi wars," fueled by a disturbing practice known as "bucket money." This term, seemingly innocuous, was exposed at the Madlanga Commission through the testimony of Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe Ferrari Sibanyoni, revealing a system where cash collected from operators is used to […]

A 37-year-old father was killed and three other people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a group of people in Wesbank on Saturday night. The shooting happened at about 6.45pm at a house in Avila Street, off Wesbank Main Road. The deceased has been identified as Jeneul Absolom, also known as Nielas. Absolom was […]

Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni – A high-stakes murder investigation that has gripped the community of Reiger Park has taken a dramatic and unexpected turn. While the South African Police Service has hailed the arrest of a 23-year-old man as a major breakthrough in the cold-blooded killing of two elite Anti-Gang Unit officers and two innocent women, […]

A 26-year-old Johannesburg man who used Facebook and Instagram to lure young women with fake promises of modelling and photoshoot opportunities before raping, assaulting and robbing them has been sentenced to four life terms in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. Victor Mokoena was convicted on a string of serious charges after the court found […]