Electricity directorate asks council to appoint independent auditor after invoices show stark inconsistencies in Nelson Mandela Bay streetlights tender.

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs gives Nelson Mandela Bay a final chance to fix procurement and finance problems — failure to act risks a full Section 139 takeover and political consequence management.

Campaigners resort to quasi-vigilante measures to enforce migration law because they say the police are not investigating their complaints and allege Home Affairs officials take bribes.

In isiZulu, inkabi once meant the ox that pulls the plough. Today, it means a hired gun. The journey of the word tracks the journey of our public money – and the Auditor-General’s latest report shows exactly where both went wrong.

As thousands of migrants leave South Africa following weeks of anti-immigrant unrest, a temporary facility near Beitbridge has become the country’s final processing point, where officials and aid agencies are working around the clock to manage the flow of people heading home.

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy heralds a new era for South Africa’s freight rail by approving 11 private companies, aiming for a target of 250 million tonnes by 2030.

Council said no, but Ekurhuleni officials allegedly got the pay hikes anyway. Four officials, who have all appeared before the Madlanga Commission, are now accused of frustrating disciplinary proceedings against a deputy police chief before two executives allegedly benefited from disputed salary increases.

Improving educational outcomes will have to involve putting faith back into teachers’ professional judgement and creating the environment to allow them to respond to a child’s learning needs through evidence-informed approaches.

Former SA Air Force brigadier general Portia ‘Posh’ Anyamba, who has been sentenced to jail in the United States for being a foreign agent for South Africa, was apparently paid to go to events and secretly report back to officials from this country. These and other accusations and admissions are contained in a plea agreement.

Collusion between senior public officials and organised crime was able to flourish because South Africa’s integrity safeguards failed to detect or deter corruption, World Bank anti-corruption specialist Dr Albertus Schoeman told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Thursday.

Amid anti-foreigner protests, South Africa has repatriated and deported more than 53,000 foreign nationals, primarily Malawians, Zimbabweans, and Mozambicans, highlighting a significant humanitarian crisis.

Global economic activity and the outlook are being shaped by two major forces, pushing in opposite directions with asymmetric effects across countries.

SA’s High Commission in London has moved out of ‘neglected’ South Africa House as Dirco claims the iconic building has been temporarily closed to replace the heating system. However, the DA and anti apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain believe that Dirco has allowed the building to fall into ruin.

Durban embraces a proposed R17bn investment from UPL despite ongoing criminal charges related to a 2021 environmental disaster, raising questions about corporate influence on justice.

A Gqeberha High Court judge sentenced Mzwandile Mahambehlala to eight life terms for the execution-style massacre of eight people at a KwaZakhele birthday party, with the State saying communities cannot remain ‘imprisoned in their houses by criminals who rule at the barrel of the gun’.

Murals on Steve Biko Street in Gqeberha celebrate local icons and heritage, inviting residents to reconnect with their city’s rich history through vibrant public art.

Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube has announced the completion of all pit-toilet eradication projects identified in the 2018 Sanitation Appropriate for Education (Safe) Initiative audit. However, civil society groups and non-profit organisations warn that an outdated 2018 database and unpublished audits mask ongoing failures, with estimates suggesting around 3,000 schools still rely on...

Today we debate in law whether animals feel fear, pleasure, pain and distress. In 1872, Darwin was already there – reading emotion in a pawing horse, an affectionate dog, a bristling cat and a chimpanzee pouting over a stolen orange.

It is this kind of rampant malfeasance that crippled Transnet’s capacity for years, a reflection of wider state failure with grave consequences that still hamper South Africa’s fragile economy.