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When two powerhouses of the South African wine industry independently arrive at the same new winemaking technique, the industry tends to take notice.

The University of Cape Town lost a staggering R250 million in donor funding, including R15 million for student bursaries, after its council adopted two pro-Gaza resolutions in June 2024.

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officer Adrian Mackenzie and his ex-colleague, who are accused of stealing precious stones worth just under R15 million during an alleged bogus police raid, claimed they were following instructions from now-suspended deputy EMPD chief Julius Mkhwanazi.

The daughter of slain EFF Tshwane leader Monicca Dube has recounted the chilling moments when two armed men dragged her mother from her bedroom, taunted her for ignoring threats and executed her in front of her.

In a political move said to have exposed the cracks in Nelson Mandela Bay’s coalition government, the ANC has brought a motion of no confidence in its coalition partner, Gary van Niekerk of the Northern Alliance.

Misinformation and unguarded reliance on artificial intelligence have been flagged as key threats to judicial independence, as the 2026 Judiciary Conference resolved to unify South Africa’s courts under a single regime.

Former Miss South Africa finalist and Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on Thursday as she fights efforts by the Department of Home Affairs to deport her from South Africa.

A woman was killed after she was struck by a Golden Arrow bus while crossing a road in Cape Town’s CBD on Wednesday morning.

Large parts of southern Johannesburg are facing water supply disruptions after a City Power electrical outage knocked out a major Rand Water pumping station in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A 32-year-old Mitchells Plain woman has been arrested after she allegedly attempted to bribe a police officer into smuggling drugs and other prohibited items to an inmate appearing in court, Western Cape police said.

The accused in the murder of Anda “Peach” Mlondleni, who was gunned down in broad daylight in Buffalo City earlier this week, said he did not want to apply for bail.

A detailed dossier compiled by insiders at the Limpopo Legislature has been formally submitted to the country’s most powerful oversight and law enforcement bodies, escalating a sprawling scandal - first exposed by News24 - that implicates the institution’s top leadership in procurement fraud, nepotism and the systematic looting of public funds.

A Pinetown man who beheaded his grandmother emerged from her bedroom holding her head, then went to a window where his uncle stood calling out to him and moved the curtain aside.

Fine and cool weather is expected across most of the country, with morning frost in places over Gauteng and morning fog patches in several provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

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During a court battle in a high-stakes political game involving buffalo, dollars, couches and a president, a Western Cape High Court judge put the focus where it matters: the people of South Africa.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is at risk of being convicted of violating environmental laws and could face severe penalties amounting to millions of rands.

In an exclusive Portugal interview, she reveals all about her second album and what keeps her humble

Police in the Western Cape are offering a cash reward of up to R50 000 to anyone with information that can assist in the murder of a Ghanaian man in Nyanga, Cape Town.

March and March in the Eastern Cape has asked the police to be “lenient” on the anti-immigration group’s members in their activism against undocumented immigrants or they will render the province “ungovernable”.