South Africa

Courts

Judge Koen recuses himself from Zuma’s arms deal trial

Level 2 warning: Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms to hit parts of Free State

School set on fire in North West – equipment, furniture and files damaged

Limpopo government promises to finish rebuilding libraries

2024 elections will be ‘toughest ANC has ever faced’ – Ramaphosa

‘SA needs a dosage of renewed hope:’ Phalatse to challenge Steenhuisen for DA leadership

Zikalala set to be deployed to Parliament amid looming Cabinet reshuffle

Courts

Arms deal: Zuma foundation ‘elated’ by Judge Koen’s recusal, NPA says it’s disappointed

Doubts that Willem Kruger died by drowning

Courts

Corrie Pretorius sentenced to prison for assaulting teen over salt

Weather: Severe storms, flooding across large parts of SA [WATCH]

Courts

Case against 40-year-old Limpopo policewoman who allegedly raped her son postponed

Load shedding crisis: Govt seeking legal opinion on declaration of state of disaster

Crime

EC police hunt for suspects involved in birthday party mass shooting

Load shedding to continue at stage 4

‘No truck, bus will be moving’ – EFF to rope in taxi associations for its national shutdown

Uncertainty at KZN coalition councils as EFF dumps IFP – report

Load shedding: Ramaphosa calls for action and urgency in dealing with Eskom crisis

‘If the ANC does not renew itself, it will simply perish’ – Ramaphosa says

Crime

SANDF recover three stolen cars near Mozambican border

‘His age does not limit his ability’ – Sanco KZN elects 80-year-old Zuma as chair

Listen: Everyone has a right to be angry with ANC over load shedding

Crime

Limpopo woman’s body found in pit toilet hours after withdrawing case against husband

Courts

State wants life sentence for official convicted of child rape

Crime

Police officers disciplined after cables stolen in front of Reiger Park police station

Thapelo Amad’s appointment as new mayor of Joburg ‘tests democracy’

Crime

Police seize catalytic converters worth R5 million in Cape Town

Thapelo Amad says he’s ready for mayorship, not just an ANC, EFF sock puppet

News

John Steenhuisen talks bunny chows, clay pigeons, and ‘getting things done’

Why South Africa can’t keep the lights on

Courts

Body parts in fridge: ‘I couldn’t forgive her for cheating on me,’ Soweto man tells court

Presidency won’t confirm David Mabuza wants to quit as deputy president

Disruptive wind expected in parts of Western Cape on Saturday

Al Jama-ah’s Thapelo Amad elected Joburg mayor

Power-M: Finally an all-in-one load shedding solution

Crime

Pastor accuses Reiger Park cops of lying as cable stolen in front of police station

ANC NEC to elect NWC members and discuss load shedding, rising cost of living

Crime

Sanral denies employee arrested for Mpumalanga cash heist

Courts

Parliament arson: Zandile Mafe refuses to appear in court again, case postponed

Calls mount for Ramaphosa to appoint new SABC board

Crime

Foreign nationals nabbed for tampering with essential infrastructure

Eskom moves to stage four load shedding

Crime

Sexual exploitation remains main driver of human trafficking in SA

Calls to scrap Soweto’s R4 billion Eskom debt ‘smacks of desperation’

Mpumalanga blows R9 million paying officials to sit at home

Lack of transparency shows government ‘has no plan’ to address school dropout rates

Crime

Limpopo cop arrested after video shows her allegedly raping her son

‘EFF still a baby,’ says Ekurhuleni speaker after council sitting collapses

High fire danger conditions expected in parts of Western Cape

JUST IN: Mpho Phalatse ousted from office through no-confidence motion

‘R500K down the drain’: eThekwini Municipality council meeting collapses

Crime

WATCH: Suspects steal copper cables in front of police station

State of disaster declared in Gauteng months after floods hit Joburg

Ramaphosa calls on basic education sector to deal with school dropouts

ActionSA to put forward its own mayoral candidate to replace DA’s Phalatse

Courts

KZN magistrate found guilty of calling his boss a ‘corrupt black b***h’

Crime

Four nabbed after kidnapping Indian businessman at OR Tambo International

Crime

Police launch manhunt for ‘dangerous’ prison escapees

DA ‘correct’ to target Luthuli House because ‘that’s where real power lies’

Government vs private education: Public school pupils not in a fair fight

‘Blame Gordhan for Eskom mess, not the ANC,’ says ANCYL

We need to edge closer to closing the gap in the quality of education

Courts

RAF CEO, board ordered to pay costs from own pockets, for wasting court’s time

Courts

SCA dismisses Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s application to appeal R11.5m payment ruling

Courts

Gerhard Ackerman child sex ring witnesses too traumatised to testify without intermediary

Level 2 warning for thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain issued in three provinces

Phalatse likely to be ousted, says ActionSA as DA coalition in Joburg falters

Courts

Case against Maselspoort Resort racism trio postponed

Crime

Suspected hitman gunned down in shootout with cops

Courts

Estina dairy project: Corruption case against Mosebenzi Zwane, co-accused postponed to April

‘Switch on power or we’ll take it from you’ – DA tells ANC during march to headquarters

ANCYL vows to stop DA from delivering memorandum to Luthuli House

Numsa takes legal action against government to stop load shedding

Man killed in drive-by shooting in Durban

KZN police officer charged with murder