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The newly established oversight office tasked with policing South Africa’s elite anti-corruption unit will begin operating with a budget of about R12 million and a staff complement of 10 people, set to increase to 12 in the coming weeks.

Two years after a court victory cleared the way for their case to be heard, three Zimbali villa owners are preparing for the next stage of their lawsuit against the developer and the share block companies that own their villas, as both defendants argue the claims are simply too old.

A call from a French number popped up on Professor Liesl Zühlke’s phone during dinner with her family earlier this year. It was news that she had won a prestigious international award given to the world’s top five female scientists. She was also told that she would not be able to tell anyone about it for six months.

Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says Operation Prosper will soon enter a critical second phase aimed at dismantling the organised criminal networks driving gang violence across the Western Cape.

A former fleet manager at the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality was on Sunday arrested on fraud and corruption charges over a controversial R16 million municipal vehicle tender in which millions of rands were allegedly paid for vehicles that were never delivered.

The South African Weather Service has forecast a mostly fine and cool day across the country on Monday, with morning fog patches expected along parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastlines.

Gut-wrenching details have emerged of how two brave little boys tried to save a toddler who drowned in a stormwater pond in Plettenberg Bay on Friday, clinging desperately to his arm as he disappeared into the murky water until they couldn’t hold on any longer.

Retired Judge Takalani Raulinga has defended his independence following a formal objection by the MK Party calling for his appointment as IDAC Oversight Judge to be reviewed over concerns about his alleged political ties to the ANC.

The Iziko Mobile Planetarium, backed by a R1.3 million donation from Amazon, is set to bring the universe to underserved communities across South Africa. The travelling facility includes an advanced inflatable dome, a specialised transport vehicle, and 10 desk-mounted virtual reality headsets.

The Western Cape government has renewed calls for the National Human Settlements department to increase the threshold for housing support, saying the current R22 000 monthly ceiling is outdated and excludes tens of thousands of households.

Nineteen people were killed in three separate motor vehicle crashes in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.

With nowhere to go for more than two months in the cold of winter, hundreds of refugees have been camping on the pavement outside the home affairs offices in Durban.

Less than 700 days after becoming a permanent entity, IDAC is facing a credibility crisis amid extreme pressure stemming from its handling of a single investigation into police Crime Intelligence.

A heated argument with his girlfriend, lingering grief over personal losses and mounting pressures in his private life formed part of the backdrop to Bafana Bafana midfielder Jayden Adams’ death, according to family members.

A suspended staffer at OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape has filed an affidavit accusing municipal manager Basil Mase of repeated sexual harassment – including non-consensual kissing and lewd remarks – and claims her subsequent suspension was retaliation for refusing his advances.

Patrick Schofield and his team have grown BackaBuddy from a closed organisation that raised R14 000 in its first month to a platform that helps South Africans raise almost R1 billion a decade later.

The DA’s federal council convened in Johannesburg on Saturday to assess the party’s participation in the government of national unity (GNU) and review the performance of its ministers and deputy ministers in Cabinet.

The Civil Aviation Authority has lost a court bid to stop one of its own investigators from publishing information about the 2020 George crash, as fresh claims emerge that an Eskom helicopter may have played a role in the disaster that killed three CAA employees.

The president and deputy president launched water projects in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, pledging to turn promises into pipelines

Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head Andrea Johnson will testify at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday – with the threat of an inquiry into her fitness to hold office and possible suspension hanging over her head.