President Cyril Ramaphosa is cracking down on municipal mismanagement of South Africa’s water crisis, with criminal charges waiting for municipal managers who fail at their duties.
The murder of well-known Knysna resident, Nicky Van Heerden, in January has placed renewed focus on the darker side of beguiling coastal towns in the southern Cape.
The South African government has noted the filing of Israel’s response to its written pleadings in the case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the Presidency said Israel filed its response on Thursday, 12 March 2026, in the case brought by South...
Madlanga Commission welcomes arrest in murder of key witness
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, has welcomed the arrest of a suspect in the murder of a key witness who testified before the commission.
Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said.
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.
After one win in five matches, a Rugby Football Union investigation will attempt to get to the cause of England’s under-performance at the Six Nations.
At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father’s work.
A group of Democratic attorneys general had sued to overturn the Trump administration’s new policy that demanded the past seven years of student application data.
Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit
Lawyers have been accused of exploiting parents of children with special needs by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who claimed their criticisms of the government’s policy changes were motivated by profit.
Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)...
While AI CEOs worry governments might nationalize AI, others are advocating for something similar. Canadian security professional Bruce Schneier and Harvard data scientist Nathan Sanders published this call to action in Canada’s most widely-read newspaper (with a readership over 6 million): “Canada Needs Nationalized, Public AI.”While there are Canadian AI companies, they remain for-profit...
One of South Africa’s largest civil action groups is calling for the government to implement relief measures to offset next month’s enormous petrol price increase.
The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high blood pressure and dementia.