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The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that the Ugu District Municipality and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi acted lawfully in dismissing former deputy mayor Mandla Chiya, who faced sexual harassment allegations.

The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape will approach the Gqeberha High Court to seek an urgent interdict barring the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality from further implementing electricity tariffs for domestic consumers for the 2026/27 financial year.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to disrupt a parliamentary process and will suffer no harm if his application to interdict the impeachment committee fails, counsel for ATM MP Vuyo Zungula and his party, advocate Anton Katz SC, argued on Wednesday.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has told the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry that, as the police minister between 2017 and 2018, he could not possibly have blocked the prosecution of apartheid crimes due to three pieces of legislation.

In a new turn of events since Nigerian televangelist Pastor Timothy Omotoso walked out of prison a free man, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has granted the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) leave to appeal his acquittal.

R31 million – and possibly rising or decreasing – is the estimated cost incurred so far by Gayton McKenzie and his sport, arts and culture department for the delegation’s trip to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Hours after Suliman Carrim’s lawyers sent the Madlanga Commission another sick note, chief evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson says two whistleblowers claimed the businessman had been seen having lunch at a Western Cape mall.

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has proposed the compulsory branding of lions in state-protected areas and private game reserves after a string of incidents involving escaped animals left communities across northern KwaZulu-Natal living in fear.

A Cape Town woman claims police discouraged her from laying criminal charges against a soldier she has accused of kicking and slapping her in an incident that was captured on video and viewed more than 300 000 times on social media.

A hearing into service delivery failures in the North West has started with a scolding of municipal officials, who were asked to explain why the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) had been forced to subpoena them to attend.

As the crowd dispersed after the encounter between the Springboks and Scotland at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday, Hugo van den Berg became separated from his family. It later emerged that he had fallen into a hole at a neaby excavation site.

It took three years, 200 emails and one news article for Nadia Botha to finally be told she can fetch her degree after NSFAS corrected an error that had left her in limbo with outstanding fees.

In a morning characterised by tense exchanges, criminally accused tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s advocate said he would only have been able to answer questions about who he “doesn’t know” if he was forced to testify at the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday.

It’s gloves off in Nelson Mandela Bay as opposition parties prepare to square up for yet another motion of no confidence in Mayor Babalwa Lobishe.

The Kearsney College Choir has struck double gold at the prestigious World Choral Festival in Hong Kong, winning both categories it had entered and securing a place in the competition’s Grand Prix final.

Well-known anti-drug activist Tsebe Philemon Moloto appeared in two courts on two separate charges of malicious damage to property after allegedly torching his ex-girlfriend and former business partner’s Toyota Hilux and a signage board at her new business.

Opposition MPs railed against what they perceived to be a “watered down” draft report by the ad hoc committee investigating the capture of the criminal justice system, especially as it relates to Senzo Mchunu.

An Eastern Cape anti-immigrant group has announced plans to use its 67 Mandela Day minutes to “clean” the province of undocumented immigrants in major towns, but police have warned that lawlessness will not be tolerated.

Johannesburg farmer and botanist Phetole Raseropo, known as Soweto’s “Seedling Guy”, turned an abandoned school into a thriving urban farm and seedling nursery, supporting small-scale farmers with affordable seedlings and mentorship.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has increased the budget for the AmaZulu monarchy, with a R93.5 million allocation for King Misuzulu kaZwelithini and his household plus funding for a new royal trust board to manage projects that will bring in revenue in the long term.