The Nelson Mandela Bay metro said this week that while it should ‘in legal terms’ implement the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto), it is only in a ‘transition phase’ so as not to disrupt law enforcement in the metro.

Where can you find the best beer in Gqeberha? The Richmond Hill Brewing Company believes it has what you need — and it has the awards to prove it.

In South Africa’s murder capital of Gqeberha, families are forced to raise traumatised children under the constant terror of unpredictable gang crossfire. As drug networks target vulnerable young people, community leaders and activists warn that policing is failing to protect the next generation.

A landmark Constitutional Court ruling confirms that Cape Town’s government perpetuates spatial apartheid, urging immediate action or equitable housing distribution in the city.

South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, faces an investigation into his appearance at an event with former president Jacob Zuma and Ajay Gupta. Sources, however, say the diplomat was blindsided by Gupta’s appearance.

Thousands of foreigners, forced by the recent xenophobic protests to flee South Africa, are stranded in the border town of Musina, where many have been forced to shelter in the open as they navigate bureaucracy and problems associated with overstayed visas.

On 6 May 2024, Sylvia Magxwalisa became a widow when her husband Andile perished under tons of steel and rubble when a five-storey building development, 75 Victoria Street in George, collapsed.

As a vital support for millions of South Africans, if the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) were to run out of money the consequences could make the tension ahead of this week’s protests look like a picnic.

South Africa’s last remaining manganese smelter went dark on Wednesday, and it will take a fiscal miracle to snatch the critical industry from the jaws of collapse.

Johannesburg residents share shocking tales of extortion and intimidation by corrupt individuals posing as City Power contractors, revealing a broken, corrupt electricity system and profound trauma.

Decades of economic failure has created genuine desperation, into which an ideological campaign by mainstream economic actors has injected the false idea that we are trapped in a world of scarcity. And into this world political entrepreneurs have inserted the figure of the migrant as the illegitimate queue-jumper.

Activist Roegchanda Pascoe’s stand against Cape Flats gangs forced her into exile, leaving her family behind. All too often, those speaking out about crime in hotspot areas pay a high price, while young residents remain trapped by systemic violence and criminal recruitment.

Johannesburg’s waste management utility Pikitup is facing mounting scrutiny amid collapsing refuse collection services, with hundreds of trucks out of operation and persistent delays leaving bins overflowing across the city. Despite a reported R2.15-billion cash balance, the entity owes over R1.33-billion to suppliers and relies heavily on contractors, raising serious questions about...

Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager, advocate Lonwabo Ngoqo, has said in a letter to councillor Gustav Rautenbach that the ‘unbearable’ situation in the metro has forced him to seek external help to address ongoing water and electricity crises, as residents face extended outages, while the Department of Water and Sanitation issued a dismal performance review for the metro.