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The City of Ekurhuleni is spending over R1.27 million every month on security for swimming pool facilities, a staggering 32 of which are non-operational, a written response to the DA has revealed.

Serious concerns have emerged over the police investigation into the deaths of St Stithians Girls’ College pupil Cameron Waldeck-Cooks and Ethan Coetzee, with her family alleging that police returned their cellphones to their families the day their bodies were discovered – without downloading potentially crucial evidence.

The MK Party says fielding izinduna and traditional leaders as councillor candidates will restore accountability in rural municipalities. But in uMkhanyakude – where a R151 million water scheme collapsed, and taps have run dry for years beside a full dam – residents are asking a more basic question: who will bring the water?

The fatal shooting of a MAC’s motorcycle club member in a Pretoria bar last Saturday was not an isolated incident – it was the latest flashpoint in an alleged campaign of violence by MAC’s members that sources say has left multiple people hospitalised and an entire community living in fear.

In this week’s News24 Sunday Edition: Azarrah Karrim exposes how the Department of Health may have paid millions for NHI, health and wellness services to a company that had been placed in liquidation; Alex Patrick reports on a detailed plan believed to be that of the 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a little girl at a special needs school in Umhlali; and Anneliese Burgess speaks to Roelf Meyer about life in Washington, DC.

The MK Party has confirmed that Zuma was discharged from hospital after state vehicles, believed to be carrying the former president and a security detail, were seen leaving Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday evening.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the public that the ANC’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, is “getting better” after he collapsed following the Constitutional Court ruling in the party’s favour.

In your Sunday edition of News24’s Unread, the president reinstates Fannie Masemola as national police commissioner, the ANC celebrates at the Constitutional Court, a Ballito teen with a history of hate appears in court for allegedly stabbing a little girl in school, and South Africa gets a new national park.

In most metro municipalities, an even smaller proportion of registered voters turned out in 2021.

Almost one year ago, in November 2025, MK Party member Thokozani Nzuza was gunned down close to the Dube Hostel in Soweto, an electoral fortress that was previously perceived to belong to the IFP.

President Cyril Ramaphosa took the campaign trail to Rylands on Saturday, telling Muslim voters no community can stand aside – while defending South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel as the collective will of the people, not one man’s decision.

A South African Airways captain is fighting back after being blamed for a mid-air incident she insists was caused by turbulence.

White-suited Zille drives Gusheshe into Nasrec rally, warns of last chance to rescue collapsing Johannesburg.

A traditional evening run turned into a daring rescue after a pup spotted a mountain goat and gave chase along the Pipe Track on Table Mountain nature reserve on Thursday night.

An unprepared pitch that cost Nelson Mandela Bay two of its biggest football matches and a sponsorship deal that was not renewed, leaving the Eastern Cape’s only PSL club without a home, have sparked fears that the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium could become a white elephant.

ActionSA president Herman Mashaba has launched a blistering attack on ANC governance in Limpopo, accusing the ruling party of presiding over collapsing infrastructure, endemic corruption, and betraying voters’ trust.

A metro that was taken to court over the squalor at one of its most popular picnic sites – and ordered to clean it up – has barely lifted a finger, leaving residents in one of Buffalo City’s poshest coastal suburbs to fend off litter, public drinking and open urination as the summer season kicks into gear.

Ahead of the 2026 local government elections, News24 returned to the Mpumalanga community where President Cyril Ramaphosa promised clean water, title deeds and jobs.

“Wine? In Soweto?” is a reaction that Didintle Lerata has come to expect – and one she is determined to retire. Noluthando Ngcakani speaks to the owner of Didintle Wines about launching a wine brand from Soweto.

Reddam House Umhlanga matric pupil Danya Thompson holds a world archery title and has debuted for South Africa in water polo.