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New rules for foreign-registered vehicles spark panic and confusion
While owners of foreign-registered vehicles in South Africa panic about new SARS rules, confusion is already looming at several border posts.
News24 | Zuma doubles down on Ndhlela; Farmer lost legs, found hope in goats: Today’s top 7 stories
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DA, IFP clash over MEC’s face on KZN state water tankers
The DA has accused KZN Cogta MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi of using state-owned water tankers for political branding after images of his face appeared on the vehicles, deepening tension in the province’s coalition government
Penny Penny joins Mayibuye as party gears up for local polls
The Xitsonga musician resigned as an uMkhonto weSizwe Party MP on Friday, citing internal conflict before joining Afrika Mayibuye Movement
IN PICTURES: Sandy fire forces evacuations as firefighting aircraft battle fast-moving blaze in California
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking… This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.
Freedom may beckon for three Johannesburg Zoo elephants
Johannesburg Zoo elephants Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane face a landmark court case that could mean freedom and change animal law in SA.
Infamous South African insurance serial killer convicted for another murder plot
Serial killer Rosemary Ndlovu has been found guilty of incitement to commit murder after plotting a hit on her friend’s husband for insurance.
The HIV prevention jab scientists hoped for is finally here. Now comes the hard part
On 5 June, South Africa is about to begin one of its most important HIV prevention drives in decades. The country will start to roll out an HIV prevention injection that has to be taken only twice a year. Will the launch become more than a symbolic event that shows what serious HIV prevention leadership looks like at a time when donor funding is shrinking and global uncertainty is growing?
Why inaction on elephant overpopulation may cause greater animal suffering
In nature, death and killing is natural. In systems where populations are too high and resources become limited Mother Nature takes it one step further and mass die-offs occur. Mass die-offs come with starvation, suffering and outcomes that go against several animal rights ethical frameworks. Is that what we are normalising?
Looking for Musa: South Africans have lost civic agency and need to start building again
South Africa doesn’t only need better government. It needs to remember the citizens who built things before the government arrived.
Watch: Home is where the heart is – even for Michelin chef Jan Hendrik
Michelin-star chef Jan Hendrik says South Africa is calling him home, because family, food and belonging still matter most.
Foreigners seek UN intervention after Durban police station standoff
About 200 foreigners who say they are fleeing attacks linked to anti-immigrant groups have called for United Nations intervention after spending two days outside Durban Central Police Station, where police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them following a tense standoff
Consumers face double blow as inflation rises and rate fears return
South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook
RETRACTION: Apology to Coega Steels
An article published by Daily Maverick on 14 May 2026 reported that Coega Steels had missed a payment deadline on a R45-million municipal bill owed to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Since publication it has come to our attention that there were factual inaccuracies in the article, including the missed payment deadline.
THE CONVERSATION: SA study reveals most dog fights happen at home and how to prevent it
Dogs can be very aggressive towards one another, as many people will have witnessed in public places. But in South Africa aggression between dogs occurs more often in people’s homes.