The murders of two Inkatha Freedom Party candidates in KwaZulu-Natal within seven days have placed political violence back at the centre of the country’s election campaign, as an organised-crime expert warned that politicians may be turning to gangs to eliminate their rivals. Lucky Sokhela, the IFP candidate for Ward 8 in uMshwathi Municipality, was gunned […]

The Democratic Alliance is facing a tougher fight to retain its outright control of the City of Cape Town, with a new Ipsos survey putting the party below the 50% support mark ahead of the November 4 municipal elections. The poll places the DA at 46% in Cape Town, its strongest level of support in […]

A car accident on the N2 has turned the spotlight on the ANC speaker of Umuziwabantu Local Municipality, with Nkosiyazi Petros Shebi now facing suspension after a crash that killed two road workers. Shebi, who is based in Harding on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, was allegedly driving an official municipal vehicle when the tragedy struck […]

EFF leader Julius Malema has put a number on the table ahead of the local government elections: R4,500 as the floor for social grants, and a doubling of what recipients currently receive. He made the pitch on Saturday at the party's provincial manifesto launch in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, where he set out the EFF's priorities for […]

The Solidarity Movement has deepened its involvement in Orania, the Afrikaner enclave that markets itself as a self-governing alternative within South Africa. Over recent years, substantial financial resources have been channelled into the town’s development, shaping it into what backers describe as a model settlement. But inside Orania, the scale of the spending and the […]

The ANC’s failure to formally register some candidates for the November 4 local government elections has triggered an internal political crisis, with senior party figures warning that the blunder could cost the organisation municipalities it still controls. The crisis has also placed secretary-general Fikile Mbalula under growing pressure, with members of the ANC’s national executive […]

A Grade 7 learner died after being electrocuted during lunch break at Mokutupi Primary School in Limpopo’s Mopani West Education District. The child was reportedly electrocuted next to mobile classrooms on the school premises on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The incident has left the learner’s family, classmates, teachers and the wider school community grieving as […]

South Africa is bracing for a spell of dangerous weather, with severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning expected across several provinces. The South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 5 warning for the central parts of the Northern Cape, where severe thunderstorms may cause flooding in vulnerable settlements and […]

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 […]

A Thembisa man who locked his partner inside their room for months, raping and assaulting her during her captivity, has been handed down life imprisonment for rape, attempted murder, and kidnapping. Thembisa Magistrates’ Court sentenced 46-year-old Bhutan Sizwe Mlotshwa to life imprisonment for rape. In addition, he received 10 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder and […]