Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption and money-laundering case has been postponed to 16 September after she was unable to attend court due to ill-health.

Four senior officials in the Department of Correctional Services, including its Chief Financial Officer, have been suspended pending an investigation into alleged fraud linked to a coal supply tender.

Gauteng has recorded an increase in the number of HIV-positive people remaining on treatment, while more TB patients were also placed on treatment during the 2025/26 financial year, according to the provincial Department of Health.

Two foreign nationals have been arrested after police uncovered an alleged drug laboratory manufacturing Mandrax tablets worth an estimated R100 million at a smallholding in Erasmia, Pretoria.

Police have arrested 40-year-old Hlengiwe Buthelezi in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, following a nationwide search for the woman wanted in connection with the murder of popular DJ Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.

Parents who lost their children in the Vanderbijlpark school transport crash have expressed anger and disbelief after the driver accused of killing 14 pupils was granted R3,000 bail.

The case against 42-year-old Matipandile Sotheni, who is accused of being the alleged hitman in the murder of Madlanga Commission witness Marius van der Merwe, has been postponed for further investigation.

The family of late Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko has asked the Gqeberha High Court to temporarily halt his inquest, saying they need more time to scrutinise hundreds of documents and properly prepare their case.

A 37-year-old foreign national is expected to appear in court after Tactical Response Team members seized drugs worth an estimated R684,000 during an Operation Shanela II raid in Bloemfontein.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to travel to New Delhi this weekend to participate in the 18th BRICS Summit, where South Africa will push for stronger trade, investment and infrastructure cooperation across the Global South.

The question is not about political activism. It is not about whether individuals have the right to organise, contest elections or seek positions of leadership. Those are fundamental features of a constitutional democracy.

Emergency services are responding to a light aircraft crash at a busy Midrand intersection, where a secondary vehicle accident has further worsened traffic disruptions.

Ndodana Tshuma, who is facing extradition to the United Kingdom in connection with three alleged murders, has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, as well as contravening South Africa's Immigration Act.

Northern Cape ANC chairperson Dr Zamani Saul argues that Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary ideas and Algeria’s liberation history offer a powerful warning for post-apartheid South Africa, particularly on economic inequality, elite capture and the unfinished struggle for meaningful transformation.

A second alleged drug mule has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in just four days after police seized cocaine worth more than R800,000 from luggage belonging to a passenger allegedly bound for Hong Kong.