The countdown has begun. Across the nation, from the packed taverns of Soweto to the quiet living rooms of Gqeberha, from university residences in Makhanda to mining hostels in Rustenburg, a single question hangs in the air: Who will make the cut? On Wednesday, May 27, that question will finally be answered. South African Football…
The name Edwin Sodi has become, for many South Africans, synonymous with the rot at the heart of state capture. For years, the controversial businessman has faced allegations of corruption, fraud, and undue influence over government contracts—accusations he has consistently denied. But on Wednesday, a new chapter in his long legal saga was written, and…
The small community hall in Zamdela, a tight-knit township on the outskirts of Sasolburg in the Free State, was unusually full on Tuesday morning. Pensioners in woolen caps sat shoulder to shoulder with young mothers clutching restless toddlers. Taxi drivers in their green-and-yellow overalls stood at the back, arms folded. A handful of schoolchildren, excused…
The old chamber of the National Assembly, with its high vaulted ceilings and the weight of a quarter-century of democracy pressing down from the public galleries, has seen its share of political theater. But on this particular Thursday afternoon, the atmosphere was different. There was no motion of no confidence. No impeachment proceedings. No scandal…
The numbers landed like a hammer on a hollow drum. R35 billion. Nearly 100 new schools. Thousands of learners still sitting in prefabricated classrooms that leak when it rains and bake when the sun is high. And a provincial government that, according to its own Finance MEC, is simply not spending enough to fix the…
The heavy wooden doors of the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court swung open on Wednesday morning to admit a procession that has become grimly familiar to court officials: eight accused persons, linked to a shocking insurance-related murder and fraud syndicate, filing into the dock under the watchful eyes of heavily armed police. The bail application, now in…
For three years, the numbers sat buried deep in spreadsheets, invisible to taxpayers, invisible to Parliament, invisible even to most of the officials who signed them off. But when the auditors finally pulled the thread, what unraveled was staggering: the Department of Correctional Services had been paying 25 times the market price for cooking oil…
The Good Hope Chamber of Parliament, with its high arched windows overlooking the manicured gardens of the Parliamentary precinct, has witnessed no shortage of tense exchanges over the years. But few have been as delicately choreographed—and as politically charged—as the moment Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia rose to address the Portfolio Committee on Police this…
The fluorescent lights of the community hall in Soweto buzzed faintly overhead, but the room was otherwise silent. For nearly two years, Zandile Dabula had stood at that same podium, her voice sharp enough to cut through the noise of South Africa’s most explosive debate: immigration. But on Thursday, she stepped to the microphone not…
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) has launched an internal investigation into allegations that officers accepted a bribe from undocumented immigrants arrested during an operation in Winternest, Mabopane. The allegations emerged after a video circulated on social media showing officers handling money inside a police vehicle following the arrest of six undocumented immigrants on 12…
