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In the latest episode of The Real Politiki, News24 deputy politics editor Bongekile Macupe and politics reporter Siyamtanda Capa sit down with Makashule Gana, Rise Mzansi parliamentarian and newly elected chairperson of South Africa’s first-ever impeachment committee.

Three alleged gang members accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting that claimed the lives of two people and wounded eight others, including a one-year-old boy who remains in a critical condition, will remain behind bars for at least another week as the State prepares to oppose their bail application.

Two of the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) nonexecutive directors resigned on Wednesday, citing governance concerns, as the organisation reels from the suspension of CEO Patrick Dlamini on Monday.

Seasoned Eastern Cape government spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo says it was never his dream to work in government, but believes his “wealth” of experience “attracted” state authorities to his services.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape will approach the Gqeberha High Court to seek an urgent interdict barring the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality from further implementing electricity tariffs for domestic consumers for the 2026/27 financial year.

The 154th Open Championship begins on Thursday at Royal Birkdale, featuring a youthful South African contingent of eight golfers at this year’s final Major.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to disrupt a parliamentary process and will suffer no harm if his application to interdict the impeachment committee fails, counsel for ATM MP Vuyo Zungula and his party, advocate Anton Katz SC, argued on Wednesday.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry that, as the police minister between 2017 and 2018, he could not possibly have blocked the prosecution of apartheid crimes due to three pieces of legislation.

Three-month-old Lulu’s tongue has continued to grow, making it a battle for her to eat and breathe

Jamie Dimon’s two decades ‌at the helm of JPMorgan Chase have rewritten industry record books and the Wall Street giant is now within striking distance of another landmark: becoming the first banking group ‌ever to be valued at $1 trillion.

In a new turn of events since Nigerian televangelist Pastor Timothy Omotoso walked out of prison a free man, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has granted the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) leave to appeal his acquittal.

R31 million – and possibly rising or decreasing – is the estimated cost incurred so far by Gayton McKenzie and his sport, arts and culture department for the delegation’s trip to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Hours after Suliman Carrim’s lawyers sent the Madlanga Commission another sick note, chief evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson says two whistleblowers claimed the businessman had been seen having lunch at a Western Cape mall.

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has proposed the compulsory branding of lions in state-protected areas and private game reserves after a string of incidents involving escaped animals left communities across northern KwaZulu-Natal living in fear.

A Cape Town woman claims police discouraged her from laying criminal charges against a soldier she has accused of kicking and slapping her in an incident that was captured on video and viewed more than 300 000 times on social media.

A hearing into service delivery failures in the North West has started with a scolding of municipal officials, who were asked to explain why the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) had been forced to subpoena them to attend.

As the crowd dispersed after the encounter between the Springboks and Scotland at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday, Hugo van den Berg became separated from his family. It later emerged that he had fallen into a hole at a neaby excavation site.

Ex-Springbok lock Bakkies Botha says the hybrid bug going through rugby has caught on so much that the Boks’ purported crisis at lock isn’t really one, especially with many flanks able to play there.

The civil society group says government is not adequately prepared for AARTO implementation and that the legal safeguards to which motorists are entitled are not yet in place.

It took three years, 200 emails and one news article for Nadia Botha to finally be told she can fetch her degree after NSFAS corrected an error that had left her in limbo with outstanding fees.