Of the 7,730 people who entered the United States as ‘refugees’ over several months, all but three were from South Africa. This was while immigrants from other countries, already legally in America, have had to turn to a court to get immigration benefits – their case reiterates how US President Donald Trump has prioritised white Afrikaners.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was ‘looking forward’ to Idac boss Andrea Johnson’s testimony at the Madlanga Commission, which was delayed after she called in sick.

Plant poaching is also a social crisis that’s finding fertile ground in the country’s deep-rooted inequality and culture of corruption.

In the upcoming elections South Africans will have a choice of political parties like never before, but with more parties fighting for a finite pool of council seats there is an increased chance that no single party garners enough votes to govern outright.

Dieter Gerhardt, a pivotal figure in the anti-apartheid Struggle who became a high-ranking Soviet spy, has died at 90, reigniting debate about his controversial actions and motivations.

The minister of communications and digital technologies was in Cape Town to hand over tablet devices to social workers — not to answer questions about his relationship with Resolve Communications and Tony Leon… But here we are.

While the government’s push for 60 days of fuel reserves raises questions around management and costs, I am pleased that we are planning ahead. It also triggers important questions about disasters – for institutions and you and me.

The suspect is expected to appear in the Malmesbury magistrates court tomorrow.

The European Union is considering major new restrictions on children’s access to social media, including age limits, phased access, and an outright ban. “This is not about whether children can access social media,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “It is about when social media can access our children.” The Verge reports: Social media platforms could also be forced to...