Politics

The SACP won 271 seats in its first independent election and says the ANC will no longer get automatic support in hung councils.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A police commander told the Durban High Court that bank and cellphone records produced no direct evidence linking Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla to the July 2021 unrest, as her incitement trial resumed.

South Korea and North Korea have both tested hypersonic missiles within two weeks, igniting a new arms race. Here is what these weapons do and why the Global South should worry.

A draft affidavit by businessman Cat Matlala alleges cash payments to a former deputy minister and former police minister Bheki Cele to position his company for NHI contracts.

The Western Cape High Court ordered Dubhe Secure Parking owner Gadija Vallie to vacate City of Cape Town premises by November 20, with rental arrears of R6.3 million.

Phoenix residents have endured daily water cuts for years while eThekwini Municipality stays silent. Residents allege water is diverted to Cornubia as taps run dry.

SAPS launched Western Cape Safer Festive Season Operations at Nyanga Rugby Stadium on 21 October, deploying 175 new vehicles to fight violent crime.

UCT Council Chair Norman Arendse will step aside from the Moshabela court battle, but former employee Wilna Venter demands his recusal from her complaint and an independent probe.

Port St Johns Mayor Cebisa Mazuza was removed in a council vote on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, days before local elections.

ATM mayoral candidate Vuyo Zungula promises to reopen the Metro Centre within 100 days, fix water and electricity, and turn townships into economic hubs.

Jeffrey Donson, convicted in 2008 of statutory rape involving a 15-year-old girl, wants another term as Kannaland mayor while the municipality sits under a mandatory recovery plan.

Violence swept through Durban and Soweto in early October 2026, with cars torched, shops looted and homes attacked, as anger over immigration boiled over into unrest that police and soldiers eventually quelled.

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SAPS Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya's dishonourable discharge raises hard questions about whether his 'resignation' is a true act of accountability or a carefully managed exit that lets him save face.