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Alleged Cape Town gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife, Nicole Johnson, pleaded not guilty to all charges on the opening day of the State’s prosecution.

A march through Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, aimed at driving foreign shop owners out of the area was expected to draw thousands of marchers but was attended by just over 50 people on Monday.

With less than 20 days to go before the polls, PA leader Gayton McKenzie has made changes to his party’s electoral efforts, including bringing “reinforcements” to Cape Town and banning local media from interacting with the party.

Some families who were forcibly removed from one of Cape Town’s most affluent suburbs under apartheid are a step closer to returning home, with construction of 86 restitution houses now under way in Bishopscourt.

The French prime minister called for localised curfews on Monday, as protesters blocked the entrance to the Louvre in Paris and authorities scrambled to stem public discontent that over the weekend saw mass cost-of-living demonstrations spill over into some of the worst street violence in recent years.

On Monday, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa met with South African editors and journalists ahead of the 4 November elections. In his address, the president argued that democracy is strengthened when citizens are informed and actively participate, not just at the ballot box but in their communities every day.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africa’s media to intensify scrutiny of political candidates and their service delivery records as the country prepares for local government elections on 4 November, while acknowledging significant failures in municipal governance.

Experts at a conference on evidence-based policing linked South African policing woes to political interference since the Jackie Selebi era, urging reform ahead of key events.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the future of South Africa is being shaped not only in universities, factories and boardrooms, but also in the classrooms and playrooms of early learning centres.

Building a professional police identity based on a strong ethical commitment is as important as discipline and accountability, writes David Bruce in ISS Today.

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement should use the current revenue outperformance to strengthen the public finances rather than create room for unfunded spending commitments, writes Lerato Ntuli of Anchor.

A ballistics expert says two cartridges found at the scene where rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane were murdered match the gun found in Siyanda Eddie Myeza’s possession when he was arrested just over two months later.

Former president Thabo Mbeki has dismissed claims that his presidency had “secret meetings” with apartheid-era military generals in order to protect them against prosecution.

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement will confirm one of reform’s biggest successes after more than a decade of fiscal decline. But growth is the missing ingredient, writes Busisiwe Mavuso.

For over a decade, Lasizwe Dambuza has used content creation as an avenue into the entertainment industry, and he is finally receiving his flowers.

Three Ethiopian nationals accused of breaking a South African man’s legs in an alleged attack that police say sparked violent unrest in Durban’s CBD will remain behind bars, with the State opposing their release on bail.

In the late 1990s, Masaru Katsurada oversaw a team tasked with developing a global contender while operating on a fraction of rival R&D budgets. Subaru’s strategy was clear: double down on its core engineering strengths.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso blamed the ‘African champions’ tag that the Brazilians wear for their slow start.

US philanthropist Susan Dell has found herself the subject of merciless trolling – and questions have been raised about her and her husband’s charitable outpouring too.

The National Prosecuting Authority hasn’t even decided whether or not to prosecute former ANC North West regional secretary Suliman Carrim for his repeated failure to appear before the Madlanga Commission, his advocate has argued.