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An Eastern Cape councillor who is accused of discharging and pointing a firearm at a person will be referred to the party’s provincial integrity commission.

Opposition to Iran’s clerical rulers has long simmered in the country’s impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of US strikes this month, ‌many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump, and an air campaign they say has upended ⁠their lives.

The Durban Magistrate’s Court has ordered that a Burundian man be brought to court on Tuesday to make his first appearance for the attempted murder of a woman related to a local actor who has publicly supported March and March.

Politics, controversy, technology and conspiracy theories often overshadowed the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But when Spain lifted the trophy in New York, La Roja reminded the world that, for all the noise surrounding the tournament, football still has the final word, writes Tashreeq Vardien.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson wants an investigation into why more than 6 000 state-owned residential properties are allocated to government departments and occupied by officials nationwide.

South Africa secured a $1.5 billion (almost R25 billion) World Bank loan to help modernise the country’s infrastructure and create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the continent’s largest economy.

The swimming legend swept his girlfriend off her feet with a romantic proposal in the Caribbean

“He was just a small, curious little boy who wanted to be with his friends. Now he’s gone.” Those are the heartbreaking words of Tumi Mkeke, whose three-year-old son, Onumiyo, drowned after slipping into a muddy stormwater pond while washing his hands with two friends before heading home to New Horizons in Plettenberg Bay on Friday afternoon.

The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality’s controversial R16-million fleet tender was among several flagged by slain whistleblower Martha Mani Rantsofu before her assassination, police have revealed.

Two young children had to be rescued from their Gqeberha home after discovering the bloodied bodies of their parents, two married police officers, who died in a hail of bullets in an apparent murder-suicide incident.

It was a debut to remember for South Africa’s Casey Jarvis, whose flawless final-round 66 at Royal Birkdale earned him an outstanding top-10 finish at the Open Championship.

Sunday’s World Cup half-time show during the final between Spain and Argentina proved to be a high-profile spectacle fitting for such a massive global event.

Whoever wins the tender will operate the terminal for 25 years before returning it to TNPA.

With 13.5 million eligible South Africans still unregistered before November’s election, the missing voter isn’t a logistics problem for the electoral commission to solve - it’s a mobilisation failure that only targeted, ward-level political campaigning can close, writes Nyasha Mcbride Mpani.

The City of Ekurhuleni owes its creditors more than R7 billion, with the bulk of the figure owed to Eskom.

The DA intends to introduce a Private Members’ Bill to loosen politicians’ grip on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and safeguard state employees’ pensions from what DA MP and finance spokesperson Mark Burke calls a “bonfire of governance”.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order allowing the State to permanently seize luxury assets worth hundreds of millions of rands linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital tender kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela.

Britain’s King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham as Prime Minister after outgoing Keir Starmer officially tendered his resignation, the palace said.

South Africa faces significant challenges with failing municipalities. Unlike the well-established system of appointing curators for failing banks, municipal interventions are hampered by complex legal frameworks and political constraints, often leading to ineffective outcomes, argues Roy Havemann.