5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (648+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe multimillion-rand tenders awarded by the North West government to controversial businessman Suliman Carrim, in a process that could see his assets forfeited to the state. The SIU’s probe…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (455+ words) A 2023 question-and-answer session in the Gauteng legislature has revealed that a company owned by Mpho Edward Malema, who was recently arrested in connection with a “dodgy” R16m Emfuleni fleet tender, had been paid R34.7m. In response to DA questions, the municipality confirmed…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (915+ words) The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) treatment of its canines has come under scrutiny after the recent death of Sky, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois and former police arson-detection dog. Following Sky’s euthanasia after suffering serious injuries, allegedly sustained while trying…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (914+ words) A confidential ANC report has laid bare the internal party weaknesses that led to chaos in the registration of candidates for the municipal elections and the omission of 51 mayoral candidates from the lists submitted to the Electoral Commission of South…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (726+ words) A self-taught KwaZulu-Natal artist has relied on lipstick, coffee, chocolate and even curry to create signature portraits to help him and his family make a living. Ricollin Moodley, 25, who lived with his parents Ahmed and Evelyn in Port Edward on…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (761+ words) The latest instalment in the turmoil engulfing the South African Police Service (SAPS) raises an ethical question beyond the personalities occupying senior positions: when a state lawyer advises a public official, to whom does that lawyer owe allegiance? It was…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1057+ words) There comes a point where legitimate criticism of a national football federation becomes something entirely different: an attempt by a select group of former players, self-appointed “legends” and football personalities to dictate how the country’s football administration should be conducted....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (467+ words) Drowning in a slew of criminal charges, alleged Big Five cartel member Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has also now caught the beady eye of the taxman. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is targeting his company, Medicare24 Tshwane District, over R14.2m in outstanding…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (905+ words) Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube and the department’s director-general (DG), Mathanzima Mweli, are embroiled in a cold war as Mweli refuses to be subjected to a lifestyle audit by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). This is the latest episode in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (956+ words) The Gauteng high court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday that renovations to the home of former defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula began in 2004, a long time before she was appointed minister of defence. Mapisa-Nqakula appeared in court on…...