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KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has detailed to Parliament how Senzo Mchunu, the police minister who is on special leave, and his chief of staff got to know each other. It apparently involved a police watchdog investigation into destroyed evidence in a case involving a death.
Spud lovers rejoice, for South Africa currently has too many potatoes. However, things aren’t peachy for our humble potato.
Eskom has been asked to provide at least 1,000 MW of coal-fired electricity to a new Chinese-owned ferrochrome smelter, raising renewed concern about the sustainability of the government’s water- and energy-intensive heavy industry plans in Limpopo.
The panel, which will call for nominations for the next National Director of Public Prosecutions, comprises leaders of the legal fraternity and Chapter Nine institutions.
At Mandela University, a collaborative care model plays out in joint case discussions, school health screenings, mobile health truck outreach and even playground design projects with architecture students.
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to compulsory detention at a youth and childcare centre, followed by jail time, after being found guilty of raping a five-year-old boy.
The acceptance of the recommendations of a commission by the government is no guarantee of their implementation. For example, the Farlam Commission’s call for the urgent demilitarisation of the police has been ignored by the executive.
The Usindiso fire might have long been extinguished, but more than two years later, the survivors of the blaze are still suffering.
The Eastern Cape Geographical Names Council says proposed new names for Port Alfred, Alexandria and the Kowie River are part of a global effort to restore indigenous identity and undo colonial erasure. But for some residents and business owners the changes threaten to erase decades of brand equity, damage tourism and destabilise the local economy. Jennifer Schoultz argues that heritage...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a panel for the selection of the next National Director of Public Prosecutions, the Presidency announced on Tuesday evening.
Two more suspects have been arrested following the kidnapping and brutal killing of Namibian national Mesias Amuney, who was found dead in May this year.
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Two taxi operators accused of torturing five men and burning them to death in a taxi violence attack have been freed on R2,000 bail each after saying they are breadwinners for their families. As the grieving families of the victims wailed in court at the judgment, taxi operators who had attended the case paid the bail to secure the release of their members.
Thundershowers are forecast in at least five provinces while morning fog and warm to hot conditions are expected in the rest of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.
Former finance minister Malusi Gigaba says the late ambassador Nathi Mthethwa’s family and friends “will, for now, believe what we’ve been told” about the circumstances surrounding the politician’s death.
The executive director of the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) says online violence against journalists, especially women reporters, has become deeply personal, with direct threats of violence made against them and their home addresses leaked.Speaking at the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change and TikTok round-table workshop that focused on tech-facilitated gender-based...
The biggest union at Eskom is demanding a wage increase of as much as 15% ahead of negotiations that are set to begin.
The Limpopo pig farmer accused of killing two women who were scavenging for food on his property told the court that when he was alerted to the body of one of his victims, he panicked and left the scene until he returned the following day and put it in an empty pigsty.He said he had expected the person “who accompanied the intruders to come and collect the body”.