ANC NEC member Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has filed an opposing affidavit in the Johannesburg High Court against Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. The case follows her podcast claim that Mbalula “dished out money” at the 2022 Nasrec conference to win the secretary-general post and help Cyril Ramaphosa stay president. Mbalula denies this
LIMPOPO: The Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) has urged communities across Limpopo to remain vigilant as severe weather conditions are expected to affect parts of the province. The warning follows a Yellow Level 2 weather alert issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), with
PRETORIA: Pretoria’s CBD is buzzing on Saturday evening as friends, family and supporters gather at Kara Lounge on Madiba Street for Philani’s first annual birthday celebration. Guests have been arriving in numbers, turning the celebration into a lively gathering filled with music, entertainment, friendship and plenty of anticipation. But behind
JERUSALEM, 5 September 2026 — More than half a million Jewish worshippers have reportedly visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall during this year’s Selichot prayer season, with extraordinary footage showing the historic plaza filled by a vast late-night congregation. Selichot are special penitential prayers through which worshippers seek divine mercy and forgiveness
A search for lost goats that reportedly led police to a suspected CAT drug laboratory in North West has now reached the courts, with the man arrested during the operation appearing before a magistrate. BRITS, NORTH WEST, 5 September 2026 — A man arrested following the extraordinary discovery of a
South Africa is in for a stormy Saturday, with heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds and hail expected across parts of the interior. The South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 5 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of the Northern Cape, with risks of flooding, hail, strong winds,
Tshwane Metro Police Department officer Peter “Gagash Nonyane and his wife, attorney Charlotte Tibana, will remain behind bars after the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court dismissed their bail application on Friday, 4 September 2026. Magistrate Godfrey Netshiozwi handed down the ruling following a closely watched bail application that stretched over several weeks.
Newly appointed Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has named his first preliminary squad, with South Africa preparing for a compressed three-match window that will open his second spell in charge. The 35-man group was released on Friday, 4 September, days after Mosimane was formally unveiled as successor to Hugo Broos.
“JOHANNESBURG, 4 September 2026” — What was supposed to be an ordinary Sunday morning followed by a family brunch ended in unimaginable tragedy for the family of teacher Kirsten Kluyts. Nearly three years later, the heartbreaking details of Kluyts’ final morning were again laid bare in the Johannesburg High Court
A Grade 7 learner has died after being electrocuted at Mokutupi Primary School in Marironi Village, outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. The incident happened during lunch break on Thursday, 3 September, next to mobile classrooms on the school premises in the Mopani West Education District. The child’s name has not been
