The air in the National Assembly was thick with suspicion long before Enoch Godongwana rose to his feet. For weeks, whispers had circulated through the corridors of Parliament—through coffee catch-ups in the members’ lounge, through encrypted WhatsApp groups, through the kind of off-the-record briefings that precede a political storm. The whispers had a name: back-door spending….
On paper, it looks like an odd couple. One is a century-old liquid fuel giant with a blue-and-orange star that has become synonymous with South African road trips, truck stops, and the hum of petrol pumps from Musina to Cape Town. The other is a rapidly rising Chinese automaker that, until recently, was better known…
At exactly 9:00 AM on a crisp April morning, thousands of thumbs began tapping. Some were at taxi ranks, balancing phones on their knees. Others were in open-plan offices, sneaking a glance beneath desk monitors. A few had camped on the ticketing website since 6 AM, refreshing like gamblers at a slot machine. By 9:47…
The marble floors of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court are used to echoes. The shuffle of accused feet. The whisper of legal counsel. The sharp crack of a gavel. But on a grey Thursday morning, the echo that lingered longest was not a sound. It was a number: *R2-billion.* The corruption case against former Tembisa Hospital official…
By midweek, the air around the Orlando Stadium is no longer just air. It is a low-frequency hum, a vibration that starts in the chests of ticketless men loitering outside the turnstiles and travels up through the corrugated roofs of the surrounding flats in Soweto. The derby is coming. And this time, it is not…
The woman who now commands megaphones and marshals thousands in the name of economic nationalism once sat hunched over a smartphone screen, firing off 140-character missiles from a younger, angrier, and far more reckless self. On a drizzly Thursday morning, Jacinta Ngobese—now 39, the steely founder of the March and March movement and a polarizing voice on…
Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal have issued a formal eviction order against the leader of a controversial religious group in the Dabangu area, near KwaMaphumulo, demanding that the community vacate the land where they have been living and worshipping for the past several years. The order, issued by the Maphumulo Local Municipality in conjunction with the Department…
In a powerful joint address delivered on Tuesday at the ongoing Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in West Africa, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal and Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio issued a strong and united call for African-led peace initiatives to resolve the continent’s myriad conflicts. The two leaders urged their…
The Police Ministry has announced that it is actively working to rebuild public confidence in the South African Police Service (SAPS) while simultaneously lifting the spirits of the officers who serve on the front line every day. In a series of briefings and internal communications this week, the ministry outlined a multi-pronged strategy aimed at…
Limpopo musician and controversial social media personality Shebeshxt, real name Lehlogonolo Chauke, made his third bid for bail in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, arguing through medical experts that his ongoing recovery from severe injuries sustained in a June 2024 car crash is being hindered by his continued incarceration. The 29-year-old rapper, who has…
