In an extraordinary act of shareholder dissent, South African retail titan Mr Price Group is confronting a blistering public critique from one of its largest institutional investors over its proposed R9.6 billion acquisition of German discount retailer NKD. The asset management firm 36One, led by its outspoken co-founder Cy Jacobs, has issued a sharply worded…
A scene of devastation on a rural Eastern Cape road has claimed six lives and left multiple others critically injured, following a catastrophic head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a light motor vehicle. The tragedy, which occurred on Sunday afternoon along the R61 road near Ngqeleni, has plunged surrounding communities into mourning and prompted…
In a decisive blow to a criminal syndicate terrorizing motorists, two men, believed to be key figures behind a recent spate of violent “blue light” robberies, were fatally wounded during an intense shootout with police on the R59 near Parys on Sunday, 14 December 2025. The dramatic confrontation, which followed a high-speed pursuit, ended a…
In a move signaling heightened government concern over a deeply troubled infrastructure project, Limpopo Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba is set to conduct her third monitoring visit on Monday to the long-stalled Morebeng to Sekgosese road upgrade. The project, originally hailed as a transformative artery for rural connectivity and economic development, has become a symbol of…
In a major diplomatic ceremony aimed at solidifying a two-decade health partnership, the Kingdom of Eswatini and the United States government formalized a sweeping five-year, $242 million health sector agreement on Thursday. The pact, signed by U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Dr. John Nkengasong and Eswatini’s Minister of Health, Lizzie Nkosi, promises a transformative infusion of…
The province is on high alert as engineers and disaster management teams race against time to stabilize the critically compromised wall of Thabos Dam, following days of relentless rainfall that have pushed the ageing infrastructure to its brink. Residents in low-lying areas downstream have been urgently evacuated, with shelters established at the Bronkhorstspruit Sports Centre…
The selection process for South Africa’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was plunged into controversy on Tuesday when one of the leading candidates, Advocate Andrea Johnson, head of the high-stakes Investigating Directorate (ID), was forced to admit to significant inaccuracies in her curriculum vitae during her gruelling interview before the Parliamentary selection panel….
In a dramatic development that has plunged the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West into crisis, two of its prominent regional figures were arrested in a coordinated police operation at the upscale Menlyn Maine precinct in Pretoria on Thursday. The detained officials are Raymond Moraile, the powerful Secretary of the ANC’s Bojanala Platinum Region,…
In the pre-dawn stillness, as South Africa slept, a meticulously coordinated storm was breaking. Under the cloak of a High Court preservation order, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), flanked by elite members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), launched a series of lightning raids across two provinces. Their…
A unified policing initiative in Tshwane has sent a strong message to criminals as crime prevention operations continue to intensify during the festive season. This ongoing multidisciplinary approach once again produced significant results, leading to the arrest of 358 suspects and the seizure of liquor during a high-impact Operation Shanela deployment in the Akasia and…
