14‑16 year‑olds arrested in Free State school heist
Free State – Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a primary school in Reddersburg,... Read more
10 May
Gunfire at township tuckshop leaves foreign national dead
Ficksburg – Police in the Free State have launched a high-priority manhunt for two suspects following the fatal shooting... Read more
10 May
South Africans are far less tolerant of migrants than before – hotspots, drivers and solutions
Steven Gordon, Human Sciences Research Council Anti-immigrant marches in several major South African cities (such as Tshwane and Johannesburg)... Read more
10 May
11‑goal thriller keeps Sundowns ahead in title race
Johannesburg – Mamelodi Sundowns hammered Siwelele 7-4 in a historic South African Premiership match on Saturday to maintain a... Read more
10 May
Middle East Latest: Iran threatens US sites, deadly strikes in Lebanon
Paris – Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: Iran threatens US sites Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary... Read more
10 May
Middle East crisis stalls South African sub-Antarctic relief mission
Johannesburg – Fuel shortages due to the Middle East crisis have delayed by several weeks an annual mission to... Read more
9 May
Botswana mourns ex-president Festus Mogae, dead at 86
Gaborone – Botswana’s former president Festus Mogae, who led the southern African country for a decade from 1998, winning... Read more
9 May
Is abandoning a baby in a safe box a crime or an act of love? Court to decide
The Gauteng High Court is hearing a case on whether “baby saving boxes” are legal. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks... Read more
9 May
The Israel/US-Iran war is hitting South Africa hard – our oil dependency is why
By Jo-Anne Smetherham and Yanga Malotana The CSIR’s 2024 power generation statistics found that the power Eskom sells to... Read more
9 May
‘No person above the law’, Ramaphosa says after ConCourt ruling
Pretoria – The Presidency has formally acknowledged the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the case brought by the Economic Freedom... Read more
9 May
