President Cyril Ramaphosa will launch a review application of the Section 89 report which, as it stands, could lead to his impeachment.

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry last week heard how a cocaine consignment worth about R200m was stolen from a Hawks building in KwaZulu-Natal. Now it’s emerged that R55m worth of cocaine went missing from another shipment seized by police.

Reflecting on his efforts to transform the higher education sector, the outgoing director-general, Nkosinathi Sishi, says he remains passionate about his role and is eyeing a second term. However, members of Parliament are unconvinced, citing a lack of capability and a sector in crisis.

Before demanding President Ramaphosa’s resignation, it’s crucial to recognise that the legal path of impeachment requires careful scrutiny and cannot be rushed.

In this video, Rebecca Davis looks at documents that suggest a former household employee of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe may have been required to pay half of her government-funded monthly salary to the minister’s daughter.

Three scenarios developed by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory and the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection paint a picture of what South Africa’s richest province might look like in 2035, with each pathway named after a popular song.

Weaponising the law through selective prosecution reveals a harrowing truth: Democracy’s decay can be cloaked in judicial robes, as the powerful dismantle opposition under the guise of legality.

After a week of heavy rains, much of the Western Cape has been hit with a second cold front in a short space of time, which has resulted in at least one death, schools closing down, flooding, and water and electricity outages.

When Iranian-linked forces effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in late February 2026, South Africa’s grain farmers watched fertiliser prices spike by as much as 59% in a single month. Some in the sector say the vulnerability was always there, and that the answer has been in the soil all along.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will take the parliamentary report on Phala Phala on legal review, which could take up to a year, say experts, and the process could run in parallel with an impeachment committee sitting.

After possible exposure to a hantavirus victim, a South African passenger has tested negative for the virus, but health authorities are now monitoring nearly 100 close contacts linked to an outbreak aboard the luxury cruise liner MV Hondius. While no South Africans were on board the ship, several passengers later travelled on flights with South Africans, and medical personnel in South Africa...