South Africa Top Stories

    PHOTO ESSAY: Johannesburg’s walls are giant canvases for the city’s stories
    Local artists and community initiatives are transforming Johannesburg’s public spaces, using street art and installations to showcase the city’s complex history, daily struggles, and creative spirit.
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    Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
    SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Climate change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic glacier collapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing around 1,400 people and leaving thousands still missing, scientists said on Thursday.
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    EU’s von der Leyen wants Canada to become bloc’s first associate member
    BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door to Canada becoming the EU's first "associate member" in a push to forge new links among allies in "an openly hostile world".
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    US extends visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials, PLO members
    WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The US State Department said on Wednesday it would extend visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ahead of the upcoming U.N. General Assembly.
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    Fiji declares HIV a national crisis as diagnoses surge
    WELLINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among people who inject drugs is spreading more widely through the Pacific island nation.
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    AMABHUNGANE: PetroSA was owed R227m, but may end up losing R1.4bn instead
    State-owned fuel company PetroSA faces liquidation after entering into a ludicrous settlement with an obscure but ambitious fuel trader, Nako Energy.
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    MURDER SPREE: Brother’s agonising search for Ekurhuleni killings victim Itumeleng Kekana
    Itumeleng Kekana’s family searched hospitals, police stations and mortuaries for answers after the 32-year-old disappeared from Kempton Park. On 3 August, their search ended when her remains were found on Great North Road in Pomona, making her one of nine women whose bodies have been discovered in Ekurhuleni since July. Her case highlights questions around evidence collection, DNA processing and how investigators identify possible links between cases.
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    EXCLUSIVE: Fake degrees and phantom gigs — the bogus claims of DA candidate Abdulkader Elyas
    Emails from high-ranking DA electoral candidate Abdulkader Elyas during his time serving on the University of Cape Town SRC appear to be littered with false claims.
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    More needs to be done than relying on once-a-year campaigns like Women’s Month to fight gender-based violence. What is needed is a shift from expecting women to self-manage their safety toward systemic accountability, effective law enforcement and active male responsibility.
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    Young South Africans are not apathetic but increasingly unconvinced that voting translates into accountability, as broken promises and unresponsive local institutions erode trust in democracy. The answer is not another lecture to ‘show up’, but a system that keeps a visible ledger of promises, performance and consequences.
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