South Africa Top Stories

    The Madlanga Commission proves digital money trails can expose deep-seated corruption, but South Africa must turn these electronic footprints into swift prosecutions and lasting institutional reform.
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    COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: Parallel realities — inside the online conversation over the White Cross Project
    Organisers framed the Washington memorial as a tribute to all farm murder victims in SA; critics called it political theatre. Murmur Intelligence data shows how the debate unfolded online without US amplification.
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    CAPITAL CALCULATIONS OP-ED: Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile sleight-of-hand — the untold billions in costs left out
    Eskom has attacked media reports for overstating the cost of Medupi and Kusile. But its own figures answer a much narrower question – and its refusal to disclose what is excluded raises a more serious issue of transparency and accountability.
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    The fuel contamination scandal in the Garden Route was caused by the fuel additive N-methylaniline, which remains legal in South Africa but is banned across the world. This additive is legal because South Africa has inadequate testing standards, and it is something Parliament needs to rectify.
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    FAR-RIGHT ALLIANCES: Ernst Roets’ Washington cross spectacle struggles for US attention
    Lex Libertas’ 3,000 white crosses in Washington event failed to attract much US media coverage, but the political connections behind it say something revealing about the growing network between global right-wing movements.
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    EAST RAND MURDERS: After another woman murdered in Ekurhuleni, here’s what we know about the killings
    Another woman has been found in Tembisa as police investigate a string of killings in Ekurhuleni since July, prompting questions about possible links between the cases. While some similarities have raised concerns about possible connections between the cases, significant differences have complicated the theory.
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    TRC ROULETTE : ‘I just fed them’ — Jürgen Kögl, businessman who facilitated ‘secret’ post-TRC meetings
    When former apartheid-era generals and the new ANC government met for secret talks about post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions between 1998 and 2004, it was Namibian-born businessman Jürgen Kögl who ‘hosted’ the opposing forces at his home in Johannesburg.
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    Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show
    MOSCOW, Sept 28 - Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the highest figure since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, government documents seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
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    Dutch ‘reformed hacker’ arrested in ShinyHunters investigation, police and boss say
    AMSTERDAM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A Dutch man whose journey from cybercriminal to reformed security professional was widely covered in the international media has been arrested as part of an investigation into the hacker group ShinyHunters, Dutch police and the man's boss said on Monday.
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    The US has introduced visa restrictions targeting South African nationals linked to policies involving land expropriation, race-based regulations and alleged incitement of violence. The move follows months of failed negotiations over five US demands aimed at addressing these issues and improving bilateral relations.
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