SACP wins 271 seats in historic first independent election

Bishop Lavis-born singer Zoe Zana, a former Idols South Africa Top 4 finalist, has won Heart FM's presenter search and will host a new late-night weekend show from 10pm to 1am starting in December.

Tata Motors has relaunched its refreshed Punch micro SUV in South Africa, priced from about R224,900, with connected tech and a new turbo option aimed at first-time buyers.

Sewage sinkholes in Khayelitsha's Wetland and SST settlements have pushed City repairs into 2027, exposing how apartheid spatial planning still endangers black residents.

TT Mbha's Amatyma Mancave will gather 200 men and 200 boys in Alexandra and Soweto to break cycles of silence, violence and financial illiteracy passed down through generations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa told newly elected councillors to serve communities, not themselves, as the IEC announced the final results of the 2026 local government elections.

Armed gangsters forced animal welfare teams to withdraw from Mitchells Plain on Guy Fawkes night, as the SPCA logged 81 calls and a Delft dog named Max died fleeing fireworks.

The world champions ran in nine tries against Italy, but Rassie Erasmus says far tougher tests await against France and Ireland.

South Africa's first democratic vote in April 1994 also opened a new commercial era: a new flag, the Madiba coin, Vodacom and MTN, and the rise of kwaito as Black culture claimed the market.

More than 2,200 young leaders gathered in Cape Town for the One Young World Summit, where Thuli Madonsela, Uyinene Mrwetyana's mother and Terry Crews demanded leadership grounded in service and justice.

Lula da Silva's dramatic run-off comeback against Flávio Bolsonaro is a victory for the Global South, for BRICS, and for every nation that refuses to be Washington's backyard.

Fourteen-year-old Shaydin Marks of Delft needs a bone marrow donor for severe aplastic anaemia, and his family cannot afford transport to Tygerberg Hospital.

Democrats took Congress in a midterm landslide, sinking the dollar and oil prices. Zanele Mokoena unpacks what the shake-up means for South Africa's working class.

The Belt and Road News Network now counts 327 media members from 120 countries after its fourth council meeting in Fuzhou, with South Africa's Independent Media among the founding signatories.

At least 10 European flights received bomb threats on Tuesday, forcing a Warsaw airport closure and military jet escorts before every search came up empty.

The SA First Forum joins a Gauteng High Court battle over asylum detention, as a judicial clash exposes who really gets heard in post-apartheid courtrooms.

Apple posted record quarterly revenue beating expectations, but CFO Kevan Parekh warned AI and memory costs will cut gross margin to 45 to 46 percent.

Former pupils of Westbank High School in Cape Town reunited 20 years after the school's first matric class, proving what Black communities build when education leads.

NASA has asked South Africa's NSRI to prepare for a possible Orion astronaut splashdown off Cape Town, eight minutes after launch from Florida.

Leon Schuster refuses to apologise for Mama Jack and blackface portrayals, and is now filming a new Netflix movie at 75.

Paul O'Sullivan wants to block Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi from leading the Hawks, but analysts say the legal threat is driven by a personal feud, not the public interest.

The Bulls beat the Scarlets 54-26 at Loftus Versfeld, with Jeandré Rudolph producing a Player of the Match display that puts him in the Springbok conversation.

People with Down syndrome are living longer, but South African clinics still fail to listen. Professor Tracey Smythe of Stellenbosch University sets out what must change.

Meta has suspended its plan to scrape publishers' content for free after a Norwegian court challenge and a global letter signed by almost 20 000 publications.

The Financial Services Tribunal has set aside the debarment of Vukosi Clifford Siweya, ruling that a R1,400 debt to colleagues and a fuel card dispute did not prove dishonesty under the FAIS Act.

The G-Force Festival lands at Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria on Saturday, 31 October 2026, with aircraft-versus-car racing, aerobatic displays and Jungle X motocross for the whole family.

Winde's 2025/2026 Record of Delivery touts jobs and education wins, but activists point to zero inner city affordable homes since 1994 and failing emergency response.

SASSA says grants will be suspended for beneficiaries who ignore review notices. Here is how to check your status and what changes in November 2026.

Oil rose above $115 a barrel on Israel's election uncertainty and tensions with Iran, while SK hynix's 632 percent profit surge sent Asian tech stocks soaring.

Veteran broadcaster Tim Modise received an honorary doctorate from North-West University in Mahikeng, the city where his career began, honouring a voice that carried Black South Africa from apartheid radio to democracy.