Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says the construction of Cape Town’s N2 wall might have a limited effect, but it will not address key crime issues.

ANC-linked businessman Suleiman Carrim not only had links with alleged organised crime figure Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and ANC fixer Brown Mogotsi, but was also connected to tender tycoon Hangwani Maumela, the Madlanga Commission has heard.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) – Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes in Lebanon over the past week, a U.N. agency said on Monday, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered a second week.

PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) – Almost half of Iran’s uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday.

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A forged memorandum that misled the ANC and that forms part of evidence to the Khampepe inquiry into delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions, reveals a dark chapter in South Africa’s legal history, showcasing the lengths to which some went to manipulate justice post apartheid.

Johannesburg’s water crisis intensified in mid-January after multiple system failures during a heatwave. Now, the official opposition party is taking the city to court, while civil society groups are calling for a national disaster declaration. Executive Mayor Dada Morero says Johannesburg has not reached Day Zero. Naledi Mashishi reports.

Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will run the 2026 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as part of his initiative called ‘Eliud’s Running World’.

Recent data reveal that South Africa’s social cohesion is stabilising after years of decline, yet underlying tensions remain an obstacle to the country’s long-term stability and growth.

The Iran war sent oil prices spiralling above $100 a barrel on Monday after Tehran under new leader Mojtaba Khamanei fired a new barrage of missiles at Israel and its crude-exporting Gulf neighbours.

At a time when accountability – or efforts to pursue it – seems scarce, banks show us they are not scared to act when things are going in the wrong direction.

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United States President Donald Trump has again asserted that he would exert influence over Iran’s next supreme leader, saying that whoever is picked for the role without Washington’s approval is “not going to last long”.