ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was kept waiting for more than two hours on Monday as the ANC Youth League conference at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane suffered a considerable delay.

The South African Weather Service has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms across parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape on Tuesday.

Despite millions spent on cemetery maintenance in the Vaal Triangle, under the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality, the graveyards are overgrown and have turned into crime zones, where guards work without water, electricity, toilets or safety.

Giant fists for children to use to punch each other, make-up containing “a laundry list of chemical ingredients”, and a 60-round capacity projector “Blaster” were just three of 10 toys named as the worst on the market this Christmas.

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Cape Town ditches paper for digital learner’s licence tests to combat corruption, errors, and delays. The touchscreen system launched on Monday.

Six people died, and sixteen others have been injured after a minibus taxi and a car collided head-on along the T30 road in Ngqeleni, near Mampondo, in the Eastern Cape.

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.

The South African Weather Service has warned of hot and humid conditions in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, while isolated thunderstorms are forecast for other parts of the country.

The ANC Youth League’s 27th national congress at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane got off to a shambolic start.

The interim report of the Madlanga Commission, established to probe explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, won’t be publicly available.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has survived a motion of no confidence in his leadership.

Embattled City of Tshwane deputy mayor and finance MMC Eugene “Bonzo” Modise was re-elected as the Greater Tshwane Region chairperson in a midnight election over the weekend.

A routine crime-prevention operation in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, last Thursday unexpectedly turned into a moment of compassion that has since captured widespread attention – after a video showing South African Police Service officers handing out ...

An off-duty Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) officer was killed on Sunday when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into the scene of another accident where the officer had stopped at to offer his help.

Traffic authorities have urged motorists to exercise extreme caution on the roads over the festive season after 12 people, including a baby, were killed in two separate accidents in Gauteng and the Northern Cape.

The death toll after the collapse of the four-storey temple building in Redcliffe, Verulam, has risen to five after one more body was recovered from the rubble on Sunday.

Riaan Manser and five Grade 11 pupils have touched down in Antarctica and it is a sight to behold. Their excited faces have reminded Riaan not to take the beauty around him for granted simply because he has seen it before.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was kept waiting for more than two hours on Monday as the ANC Youth League conference at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane suffered a considerable delay.

The South African Weather Service has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms across parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape on Tuesday.

Despite millions spent on cemetery maintenance in the Vaal Triangle, under the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality, the graveyards are overgrown and have turned into crime zones, where guards work without water, electricity, toilets or safety.

Giant fists for children to use to punch each other, make-up containing “a laundry list of chemical ingredients”, and a 60-round capacity projector “Blaster” were just three of 10 toys named as the worst on the market this Christmas.

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.

Cape Town ditches paper for digital learner’s licence tests to combat corruption, errors, and delays. The touchscreen system launched on Monday.

Six people died, and sixteen others have been injured after a minibus taxi and a car collided head-on along the T30 road in Ngqeleni, near Mampondo, in the Eastern Cape.

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.

The South African Weather Service has warned of hot and humid conditions in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, while isolated thunderstorms are forecast for other parts of the country.

The ANC Youth League’s 27th national congress at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane got off to a shambolic start.

The interim report of the Madlanga Commission, established to probe explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, won’t be publicly available.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has survived a motion of no confidence in his leadership.

Embattled City of Tshwane deputy mayor and finance MMC Eugene “Bonzo” Modise was re-elected as the Greater Tshwane Region chairperson in a midnight election over the weekend.

A routine crime-prevention operation in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, last Thursday unexpectedly turned into a moment of compassion that has since captured widespread attention – after a video showing South African Police Service officers handing out ...

An off-duty Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) officer was killed on Sunday when an allegedly drunk driver crashed into the scene of another accident where the officer had stopped at to offer his help.

Traffic authorities have urged motorists to exercise extreme caution on the roads over the festive season after 12 people, including a baby, were killed in two separate accidents in Gauteng and the Northern Cape.

The death toll after the collapse of the four-storey temple building in Redcliffe, Verulam, has risen to five after one more body was recovered from the rubble on Sunday.

Riaan Manser and five Grade 11 pupils have touched down in Antarctica and it is a sight to behold. Their excited faces have reminded Riaan not to take the beauty around him for granted simply because he has seen it before.