On 19 June 2025, Eastern Cape traffic officers arrested an Intercape bus driver in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape, after he refused to hand over his vehicle, still full of passengers, to be driven to an impound lot.

The infamous Brown Mogotsi made multiple attempts to contact attempted murder-accused Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala on a secret prison phone the day of KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive press conference.

On Monday, the Blairgowrie swimming pool was reopened after residents came together to raise funds for refurbishments.

Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers are being turned away from government clinics and hospitals by xenophobic groups, while the NHI Act says they’re only entitled to emergency care. HIV activists say that’s neither wise nor legal.

Acting Mpumalanga police commissioner Major General Zeph Mkhwanazi has urged places of worship to strengthen security measures after several robberies.

The City of Cape Town’s safety and security directorate has urged residents to report people and businesses selling cough syrup and other medication to children, warning that the practice is fuelling substance abuse among those as young as seven.

While ordinary Zimbabweans struggle to make ends meet, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law, Pokello Nare, spent her 40th birthday living “la dolce vita” in Italy’s Lake Como with more than a dozen of her friends this month.

A senior municipal official at the Mkhondo Local Municipality in Mpumalanga has been arrested for allegedly fixing the price of repairs to a road marker machine six years ago.

An awaiting trial prisoner who escaped from police custody has been rearrested in Limpopo.

The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, available at more than 300 government health districts with high HIV infection rates between April 2026 and March 2028. By April 2027, the department anticipates that it could start to use government money to buy cheaper generics.

After calling the National Convention a “tea party” where President Cyril Ramaphosa was “misled”, the ANC Youth League has made an about turn and reaffirmed support for the National Dialogue.

The “wounded” ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is likely to punish several of its councillors in at least two municipalities where they either abstained or boycotted special council meetings that saw their mayors facing motions of no-confidence from the opposition parties.

The South African journalism community is mourning the loss of celebrated journalist Tshidi Madia, who died on Wednesday morning.

The Equality Court in Cape Town on Wednesday found EFF leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech.

A woman and her son died after they were shot in a house robbery in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Monday.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero said infrastructure issues in Orange Farm, the southernmost township 45km from the CBD, were caused by a lack of coordination between contractors and city departments.

Morning fog and warm temperatures are expected in most parts of the country, with thundershowers in the North West and Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has begun work to prepare for the upcoming local government elections set to take place between November 2026 and January 2027.

An estimated 1.5 million incidents of housebreaking occurred in South Africa during 2024/25, impacting approximately 1.1 million households.

A 26-year-old man was shot dead outside the Greenlands Primary School in Bishop Lavis on Tuesday morning.

The obesity epidemic will hit South Africa hard on top of our high HIV burden, but advocate researcher and scientist Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana says she is ready to fight back harder.