[spotlight] If South Africa is serious about ending TB, protecting people living with HIV, and safeguarding the next generation from nicotine addiction, Parliament must finally pass the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, a...

[Daily Maverick] Two significant events unfolded in the past week - an apparent U-turn by the NPA of its admission to political interference in post-TRC prosecutions, and former president Thabo Mbeki's pushback after being subpoenaed to appear before...

[Parliament of South Africa] The Select Committee on Social Services has expressed its dissatisfaction in a meeting today with the Free State Department of Health's briefing on progress in implementing commitments arising from the committee's oversig...

[CAF] Freshly crowned African champions Mamelodi Sundowns showed off their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League trophy to thousands of adoring fans in a day-long trophy parade in the nation's capital of Pretoria.

[Scrolla] Soldiers will be deployed on 30 June to stop citizens from demanding IDs from foreigners during planned anti-immigration marches across South Africa. Three days after the defence minister confirmed the deployment publicly, the army put ou...

There was a time when a night out was not planned in a WhatsApp group. It just happened. You heard about a place from a friend of a friend. You arrived late and you left later. Somewhere between the sticky floor, the flashing lights and that one so...

Fifty years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising, South Africa's "born-free" generation faces high unemployment and limited access to opportunities. This Youth Month, the call for a "RESET@50" highlights the urgent need for structural change, genuine youth...

This article reflects on three significant anniversaries: 70 years since the women's march against pass laws, 50 years since the 1976 Soweto uprising, and 30 years of South Africa's rights-based Constitution. It explores the enduring legacy of Bantu ...

Conceding that Cape Town was “by no means perfect”, DA leader and mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched the strongest campaign yet seen in the run-up to the country’s November local government polls, saying Cape Town has become a to...

A whistleblower complaint before the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) board highlights governance issues, alleged conflicts of interest, and the authority behind a forensic investigation into the Lanseria Airport dispute. The controversy revives q...

The Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town has grown from a small vegetable farm on abandoned bowling greens to one of the leading farmers’ markets on the continent.

A sting operation saw 150 live venomous scorpions discovered in a man’s luggage at Cape Town International Airport.

A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Johannesburg’s Amalgam industrial area in the early hours of Saturday morning, destroying the facility and causing extensive structural damage.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an urgent application for a stay of his impeachment inquiry.

South African dive instructor and marine teacher Silindile Mbuyazi has been named the 2026 Wayfinder Award recipient and is set to receive the award at the National Geographic Explorers Festival on 18 June in Washington, DC.

The Oranjezicht City Farm Market in Cape Town has grown from a small vegetable farm on abandoned bowling greens to one of the leading farmers’ markets on the continent.

A sting operation saw 150 live venomous scorpions discovered in a man’s luggage at Cape Town International Airport.

A massive fire ripped through a warehouse in Johannesburg’s Amalgam industrial area in the early hours of Saturday morning, destroying the facility and causing extensive structural damage.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an urgent application for a stay of his impeachment inquiry.

South African dive instructor and marine teacher Silindile Mbuyazi has been named the 2026 Wayfinder Award recipient and is set to receive the award at the National Geographic Explorers Festival on 18 June in Washington, DC.

US President Donald Trump’s administration started detailing its plans on Monday for which services it will pause if the federal government shuts down this week, with the health department slated to furlough 41% of its workforce.

Crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo is set to continue his testimony before the Madlanga commission of inquiry on Tuesday at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria.

In a court bid to stop the payout of her late father's R44.7m pension, it was revealed that former deputy president David Mabuza's 24-year-old daughter's monthly living expenses amount to almost R40,000.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says harsher measures are needed to ensure corrupt officials can never return to government service.

US President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a US-sponsored peace proposal to end nearly two years of war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan.