[GroundUp] NPA issues directive to prosecutors not to enroll new cases

[New South Institute] The testimony was dry, technical and utterly consequential. One after another, they approached the virtual podium, union leaders, policy architects, ethicists, and a lone ordinary citizen. Their audience was a panel of South Afr...

[Bhekisisa] Sbusiso Leope, better known as DJ Sbu, is part of a social media campaign that's been pushing back on parts of the tobacco Bill that is in front of Parliament. He's just one of many influencers who say they are defending informal traders,...

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The match against Zimbabwe was a reminder of the fine margins and the visceral intensity that define Southern African football

The final Group B fixture of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is a ‘Game of Consequence’ that will determine who goes to the last 16 in the continental football showpiece underway in Morocco

Others go as far as attempting to steal the very names and symbols that belong to the ANC and its fallen heroes

A reflection on hope, rejection, and resilience in a tough 2025—reminding us that even without the call, the dream isn’t cancelled, just delayed

Johannesburg’s claim to be the world’s largest man-made or urban forest is popular, but there is no reliable evidence to support it.

A brazen daylight ambush in Hazyview has left two men dead, a woman fighting for her life, and a two-month-old infant miraculously unharmed, prompting police in Mpumalanga to activate an urgent 72-hour manhunt for the gunmen responsible.

As New Year’s Eve celebrations approach, police issued a nationwide warning following an increase in cases involving drink spiking, robberies and deaths linked to drinking establishments, urging both men and women to remain vigilant.

From Madlanga and Mkhwanazi, Trump and Twatterbaas to the Budget, Cat, the GNU, hitmen, cricket men, cricket women, and Miss South Africa, these are the stories that made headlines in 2025.

Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. This is The Lead, and this is the South African story.

Johannesburg’s claim to be the world’s largest man-made or urban forest is popular, but there is no reliable evidence to support it.

A brazen daylight ambush in Hazyview has left two men dead, a woman fighting for her life, and a two-month-old infant miraculously unharmed, prompting police in Mpumalanga to activate an urgent 72-hour manhunt for the gunmen responsible.

As New Year’s Eve celebrations approach, police issued a nationwide warning following an increase in cases involving drink spiking, robberies and deaths linked to drinking establishments, urging both men and women to remain vigilant.

From Madlanga and Mkhwanazi, Trump and Twatterbaas to the Budget, Cat, the GNU, hitmen, cricket men, cricket women, and Miss South Africa, these are the stories that made headlines in 2025.

Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. This is The Lead, and this is the South African story.

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.