For a foreign national living illegally in South Africa, the dream of a green ID book is worth everything. It is the key to a bank account, a driver’s license, a job that pays more than cash under the table, and—most importantly—the ability to move through the world without the constant, gnawing fear of a…
For nearly two years, the farmers of KwaZulu-Natal have lived under a kind of quiet siege. Their cattle—the lifeblood of rural economies, the currency of lobola negotiations, the pride of generations—were prisoners in their own pastures. Movement permits, quarantine zones, and the constant shadow of abattoir closures turned the province’s green hills into a bureaucratic…
The Gauteng Department of Health has officially announced the appointment of Steve Mabona as its new spokesperson, marking a return to a role he previously held with distinction. Mabona is widely regarded as a seasoned communicator, having built a strong reputation in government communications over the years. He previously served as the spokesperson for the…
The phone calls always come at night. A mother in Lagos is asking if her son is still breathing. A wife in Benin City is pleading for her husband to stay indoors. A cousin in Abuja is forwarding yet another WhatsApp video of a shop being looted, a foreign-owned spaza shop reduced to splinters and…
For months, the signs of decay had been impossible to ignore. Students sleeping on library floors because their accommodation allowances have not been paid. Universities threatening to deregister thousands of first-year applicants whose funding remained in limbo. Whistleblowers emerging from the shadows with damning evidence of ghost students, inflated contracts, and procurement rot that seemed…
For seven days, from the dusty township streets of Khayelitsha to the plated-glass office towers of Sandton, from the sugarcane fields of KwaZulu-Natal to the mining belt of the Northern Cape, the South African Police Service moved with a singular, relentless purpose to squeeze the space where criminals breathe. When the dust settled on the…
The morning air over the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court was cold and unforgiving, much like the journey that had brought him there. Just after 9 AM, a blue prison van pulled into the secured underground entrance. Inside, pressed against the cold metal bench, sat Job Sikhala—once the fiery vice-chairperson of Zimbabwe’s main opposition CCC party, now…
The polished granite floors of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria usually echo with the mundane shuffle of bail hearings and civil disputes. But on this crisp winter morning, the building felt more like a Roman amphitheater. The air was thick enough to slice with a gavel. Inside Courtroom 6D, under the stern gaze of…
The convoy of black sedans, flanked by police outriders with flashing lights, snaked through the streets of the Nelson Mandela Metro on a crisp autumn morning. Inside, some of the most powerful figures in the African National Congress (ANC) — members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) — gazed out at a region that…
The Free State Province has an acting premier. For one week—from May 4 to May 11, 2026—Mr Jabu Mbalula will occupy the province’s highest political office, standing in for Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, who is expected to be away on official or personal business. The appointment, formalized in a brief statement from the Office of the…
