The atmosphere inside the Western Cape High Court on Thursday, 16 April 2026, was thick with the kind of tension that only a years-long underworld trial can generate. Courtroom 4D, packed to capacity with lawyers, journalists, and anxious family members, fell silent as a senior South African Police Service (SAPS) captain made his way to…
The turquoise waters and powder-white beaches of Zanzibar have long been a dream destination for honeymooners, adventurers, and, increasingly, social media influencers seeking the perfect backdrop for sponsored content. But for the family and millions of followers of American influencer Ashly Robinson — known online as Ashlee Jenae — the island paradise has become the setting of…
For a country battered by load-shedding, logistical logjams, and a cost-of-living crisis that has squeezed middle-class and poor households alike, good economic news has been as rare as a fully green traffic light in downtown Johannesburg during rush hour. But on Wednesday morning, the numbers offered a flicker of something that has been missing for…
The atmosphere inside the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry shifted dramatically on Thursday as a visibly agitated Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi took the stand. Suspended from his post as deputy chief of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), Mkhwanazi came to address allegations that have haunted the fringes of the commission for weeks: claims linking him to…
A crisp Wednesday morning at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre saw a familiar figure take the podium early. Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, stood before a gathering of journalists, local government officials, and economic development practitioners to officially open the much-anticipated National Local Economic Development (LED) Summit. But before the…
In a decisive move that sent shockwaves through the City of Tshwane’s administrative corridors, Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya has confirmed the precautionary suspension of Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisi. The suspension, effective immediately, follows explosive allegations of tender rigging and procurement irregularities that were laid bare before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Dr Moya,…
The sun rose over the Big Hole on Tuesday morning, casting its golden light across a city that has seen booms and busts, fortunes made and lost, dreams realized and shattered. But inside the Kimberley Diamond Pavilion, something different was happening. Something that felt, to many of the delegates streaming through the glass doors, like…
The dusty streets of Turfloop, the fictional Limpopo heartland where SABC1’s long-running educational drama Skeem Saam unfolds, are about to get a new kind of storm. Not the summer thunderstorms that roll across the highveld, but a man in a tailored suit with a smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. On Monday, the show’s…
The glass-walled offices on the ninth floor of a newly renovated building on Bree Street offer a panoramic view of Table Mountain, the kind of vista that has lured countless entrepreneurs, creatives, and dreamers to the Mother City. But the people who will soon fill these desks are not here for the scenery alone. They…
The streets of Cotonou erupted long before the official announcement. By late Monday afternoon, word had spread through the labyrinthine alleys of the Dantokpa market, across the sandy beaches of Fidjrossè, and into the air-conditioned offices of the Marina district: Romuald Wadagni had done something unprecedented in Beninese political history. When the results finally came,…
