A forensic investigator has petitioned Parliament to probe allegations that prosecutors and Hawks officers in KwaZulu-Natal are active participants in campaigns aimed at sabotaging and collapsing high-profile and politically sensitive criminal trials in the province.

The Gauteng Department of Education is standing by its controversial probe into racism claims at Pretoria High School for Girls.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party’s decision on the three possible scenarios for the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provincial structures will be delivered by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa in January.

People in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have tested positive for fentanyl, a lab-made painkiller that has been at the centre of the opioid crisis in the US.

It’s one of the most perilous challenges facing women and children. But the body established to tackle gender-based violence and the fight against this scourge has a measly budget of R5 million a year.

A senior official in the Department of Basic Education is optimistic that more pupils will bag distinctions in maths in this year’s matric exams compared the number of distinctions in 2023.

While Johannesburg Water targets illegal connections and residents allegedly not paying their bills, a report by the entity claims that government departments and public entities owe it R403 257 844.

South Africans want to see the masterminds of state capture in orange overalls, but National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) head Shamila Batohi is running out of time… and so is the country. An amaBhungane video investigation takes a frank look at the NPA’s failure to hold those responsible accountable.

Road Accident Fund beneficiaries in Mpumalanga are being targeted by unscrupulous criminals who kidnap, assault and rob them of their payouts.

The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms in parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

Another alleged drug mule who allegedly swallowed 33 drug bullets has been arrested upon landing at the OR Tambo International Airport.

The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra made a planned stop at the Athlone School for the Blind this week ahead of its concert at Cape Town City Hall – to the delight of 300 joyous students who danced to familiar tunes.

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The ANC has called for the deportation of any foreign nationals who are illegally operating spaza shops.

The legal steps to report sexual assault in South Africa are straightforward. But there are a lot of reasons that people don’t do it.

If it was not for a local man who scoured the sandy surface of the Sacramento hiking trail in Schoenmakerskop for treasure with a metal detector on Sunday morning, the skeletal remains, believed to be missing German teacher Silvia Wittal, might have gone undetected for many more years.

The Eastern Cape Office of the Premier has been allocated R173.2 million to roll out internet connectivity to government institutions, despite concerns from the Auditor-General (AG) that connectivity remains underused by the provincial departments.

When she decided to lay criminal charges against her uncle almost 40 years after he molested her as a child, she didn’t have much hope that her case would go anywhere.

Taxi operations in Muizenberg’s Vrygrond and Overcome Heights areas have been suspended following a surge of violence that left several people dead, including a 16-year-old boy.

Political parties want to raise more money from donors and require less transparency about who those donors are.

In a first in the province’s 30 years since the advent of democracy, the Free State legislature has failed to hold its Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement address on the pencilled-in date amid squabbles in the ANC’s provincial leadership, which are said to be affecting government departments as well as the legislature.