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Food insecurity affects millions of South Africans, but understanding the crisis requires distinguishing between different levels of hunger.

The SA Reserve Bank plans to start white-labelling the country’s 30 000 ATMs with a pilot project that will see the first batch of non-branded cash machines rolled out in January.

The National Department of Health may have paid millions for NHI, health and wellness event management services to a company that had been placed in liquidation before it even received its first payment.

At the national level, South Africa is considered food secure; however, this is not the case at the household level, where many families still struggle with food insecurity, writes Wandile Sihlobo.

March and March member Wandile Nsibande, who was allegedly at the forefront of last weekend’s violence in Durban, has indicated that he will plead not guilty to charges against him, describing the allegations as malicious.

The ANC in the Moses Mabhida region in KwaZulu-Natal, under which the uMshwathi Local Municipality falls, has welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling that the Electoral Commission of South Africa must do everything in its power to ensure that the party can compete in the six municipalities affected by its failure to press the “submit as final” button when it submitted its candidate lists.

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The renaming of a sportsfield in Stutterheim after the late Bishop John Bolana has divided the Amahlathi council, with opposition councillors alleging the decision bypassed the community consultation required by law.

The brief court appearance of the 16-year-old who allegedly stabbed a six-year-old girl on Tuesday was attended by his mother, who cut a lonely figure in the gallery, unsupported by any family.

Weeks after the ANC’s failed attempt to elect Mzimasi Hala as co-chair of the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Defence, he has finally been elected.

Fourteen people who were arrested in connection with violent protests in Durban and surrounding areas last week have been granted bail of R500 each by the Durban Magistrate’s Court.

Court rulings on some of South Africa’s most contested laws could improve business sentiment after years of policy uncertainty, according to the head of one of the nation’s biggest wealth and money-management firms.

By offering Britain a 99-year lease to secure decolonisation, Mauritius bound its sovereignty to the shifting priorities of great powers, writes Timothy Walker in ISS Today.

Viral videos claim South Africans are paying exorbitant fuel taxes, while motorists in neighbouring Botswana pay almost half as much for petrol.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted the precautionary suspension of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola.

Assistant coach Ricardo Loubscher wants the Lions to embrace the occasion of a Champions Cup debut against French giants La Rochelle on Saturday, but also respond after a heavy defeat by the Bulls.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested for failing to appear before the Madlanga Commission.

A classmate of the 16-year-old boy who broke into an Umhlali school in KwaZulu-Natal and allegedly stabbed a 6-year-old girl multiple times has spoken about how the teen threatened him, racially abused staff and bullied his peers.

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the rand has held up well despite the shock caused by the Iran war, reflecting more confidence in the country’s economic outlook.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero believes his administration is on track with its efforts to deal with some of the critical issues ailing the city.