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Misinformation and unguarded reliance on artificial intelligence have been flagged as key threats to judicial independence, as the 2026 Judiciary Conference resolved to unify South Africa’s courts under a single regime.

Thomas Tuchel may have criticised his England stars for being too “passive” in their World Cup semi-final defeat against Argentina, but it is the beleaguered German who has come under fire from the British media for his defensive tactics.

Violent disruptions of political and civic events are raising concerns about the use of hired gangs as Kenya heads toward elections in 2027.

From the original soapie womaniser Nkwesheng to the scheming Kenneth Mashaba of Generations, Seputla Sebogodi spent four decades giving South Africa award-winning acting. The actor died on 15 July 2026, aged 63, following complications related to diabetes.

Former Miss South Africa finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on Thursday as she fights efforts by the Department of Home Affairs to deport her from South Africa.

A woman was killed after she was struck by a Golden Arrow bus while crossing a road in Cape Town’s CBD on Wednesday morning.

Large parts of southern Johannesburg are facing water supply disruptions after a City Power electrical outage knocked out a major Rand Water pumping station in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A 32-year-old Mitchells Plain woman has been arrested after she allegedly attempted to bribe a police officer into smuggling drugs and other prohibited items to an inmate appearing in court, Western Cape police said.

The accused in the murder of Anda “Peach” Mlondleni, who was gunned down in broad daylight in Buffalo City earlier this week, said he did not want to apply for bail.

A detailed dossier compiled by insiders at the Limpopo Legislature has been formally submitted to the country’s most powerful oversight and law enforcement bodies, escalating a sprawling scandal - first exposed by News24 - that implicates the institution’s top leadership in procurement fraud, nepotism and the systematic looting of public funds.

The Cape Winelands lay beneath a blanket of mist on Thursday morning as family, friends, and the South African football community gathered at the Stellenbosch Town Hall to celebrate the life of Jayden Adams.

A Pinetown man who beheaded his grandmother emerged from her bedroom holding her head, then went to a window where his uncle stood calling out to him and moved the curtain aside.

Fine and cool weather is expected across most of the country, with morning frost in places over Gauteng and morning fog patches in several provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

The president says he is not seeking to stop the impeachment inquiry altogether, but wants its hearings and public presentation of evidence suspended until his challenge to the Phala Phala report is decided. Judgment is expected next week. We chat to a legal analyst about what we learned on day two.

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During a court battle in a high-stakes political game involving buffalo, dollars, couches and a president, a Western Cape High Court judge put the focus where it matters: the people of South Africa.

While imposing an electoral threshold could curb the coalition instability plaguing South African governance, it threatens to sacrifice the plurality and diversity of representation that the country’s democracy cherishes, leaving no easy answers, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.

A proposed 1% vote threshold would discard hundreds of thousands of ballots and transfer seats to larger parties, yet do little to fix the coalition instability it was designed to solve, argues Michael Atkins.