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On her 90th birthday, we honour Winnie Madikizela-Mandela not as a sanitised icon but as the uncompromising revolutionary who demanded land, economic freedom, and the completion of South Africa's unfinished liberation.
Iranian President Pezeshkian tells the US to choose between war and peace, while denying Tehran controls the Houthis. A defiant stand against Western imperialism.
Nine women found dead in Ekurhuleni expose the deadly cost of municipal neglect and financial mismanagement. OUTA warns South Africa cannot wait for crisis before acting.
Minister Thembi Simelane confirms 600 hectares could yield 21,000 housing opportunities, but 162,583 Capetonians have waited over five years. Will the DA deliver or just campaign?
Gayton McKenzie backs Kenny Kunene for Joburg mayor, slams Helen Zille's record in Black townships, and promises a hardline crackdown on crime and undocumented migrants.
42 construction projects in Cape Town have been hit by extortion and intimidation over five years, valued at R1.483 billion, yet no arrests or convictions have been made.
NFP chairperson Cynthia Mbali Shinga's legal appeal delays Ivan Barnes' swearing-in as KZN MPL, exposing deep political tensions and power struggles in the province.
Minister Hlabisa confirms 38 distressed municipalities as apartheid-era planning failures continue to cripple local government and service delivery in Black communities.
The Department of Correctional Services has launched a probe into allegations that inmates at Kgosi Mampuru II are forced to buy beds or pay with sex. This is a story about systemic failure and the abuse of the most vulnerable.
New crime data reveals Mfuleni, Nyanga, and other Black townships lead national murder rankings, exposing apartheid's enduring legacy of violence and neglect.
NSFAS faces a R33bn shortfall by 2029, exposing a broken funding model that fails black students. Corruption, delays and empty promises threaten the future of higher education in South Africa.
The IEC proposes changes to municipal election rules ahead of November 4 polls. We break down what the amendments mean for voters, special votes, and the integrity of our democracy.
The SABC has been denied R120 million for 2026 election coverage, raising fears that smaller parties and rural voters will be left out of the democratic process. Treasury's refusal comes as the public broadcaster faces chronic underfunding.
Minister Solly Malatsi orders recovery of R15,308 from Phosane Mngqibisa, a decade after he travelled at State expense with Dina Pule. The Hawks have sent their case to prosecutors.
A UN expert warns that Israeli bulldozers are erasing evidence of atrocity crimes in Gaza, burying 10,000 victims' remains and the truth of the war along with them.
Electricity Minister Ramokgopa admits no targeted study on how rising tariffs affect poor households, even as Eskom pushes another 8.83% increase for 2027.
SAPS spent R306 million policing June 30 anti-immigration protests, with R251 million on overtime. Rainbow Report asks: at what cost to our communities and pan-African values?
A 15-year-old Bonteheuwel girl is home after a hit-and-run, with a local driver hailed as a hero for chasing the fleeing car. Police have opened a reckless driving case.
South Africa's hijacked building crisis is a state failure: R237 million spent, only 20 of 1,285 properties recovered. Children live in squalor while the state dithers.
Limpopo police seize R525,000 in dagga and arrest 62 undocumented foreign nationals in Musina during Operation Retshepeng, raising questions about border enforcement and migrant rights in post-apartheid South Africa.