Many people will never visit Johannesburg’s inner city. For them, the viral clips will continue to stand in for reality. But if you choose to look again – if you walk this precinct, feel the paving underfoot, hear the water, see students moving between buildings, glimpse a soccer game in progress – another city comes into focus.

Johannesburg Development Agency boss and acting Johannesburg Social Housing Company CEO Themba Mathibe was reportedly arrested on Tuesday, raising questions about the leadership of the city’s entities.

The head of the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal has described how he attended a meeting with organised crime accused Vuzimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and KZN top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in April 2025.

Ten of the 11 Anti-Gang Unit members charged in December with torturing and murdering a suspected gang leader in Cape Town remain behind bars. They’re appealing their bail decision and want the magistrate recused.

Warnings about the precarious state of Nelson Mandela Bay’s transmission towers went unheeded for more than a year, leading to a significant power outage after their collapse.

A lack of commitment from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture costs the Eastern Cape dearly as the only World Surf League event on the African continent is cancelled.

Forget what you thought you know about Africa’s startup landscape, there are exits and we’re seeing more discipline and restraint.

PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) – The French government survived two votes of no-confidence in parliament on Tuesday over its decision to ram through the expenditure part of the 2026 budget without giving the National Assembly the final say.

A Nelson Mandela Bay resident has called for residents to get a rebate after a prolonged power outage, but the municipality has firmly rejected this. citing infrastructure challenges and legal stipulations.

Jan 27 (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it had approved $200 million in new financing to assist Lebanon in meeting the basic needs of the poor and vulnerable as the country tries to recover from its 2019 economic collapse.

Two killings in Minneapolis by ICE agents have led to massive protests in midwinter — and a slight pullback of the Trump Administration’s draconian stance.

Documents and emails show that PetroSA, the state-owned fuel company, attempted to divert R1.2 billion – earmarked to train unemployed youth – to fix an offshore oil rig.

Washington’s decision to terminate federal funding for legal services for unaccompanied minors in immigration proceedings has led to serious violations of children’s rights, several United Nations rights experts warned on Tuesday.

The “Doomsday Clock”, representing how near humanity is to catastrophe on Tuesday, moved closer than ever to midnight as concerns grow on nuclear weapons, climate change and disinformation.

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