South Africa Top Stories

    ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI
    WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The digital extortion group known as "ShinyHunters" says it has breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees.
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    Trump says he backs the idea of a ban on diesel exports
    UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which some US politicians are calling for as a way to curb the soaring cost of energy.
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    CITY ART: Joburg breathes new life into the history on its streets
    A jazz legend whose shoe is regularly kept polished by a mysterious admirer, giant steel pigeons honouring Johannesburg’s Asian community and the story of Pickhandle Mary are among the pieces of Joburg’s history being brought back to life on its streets.
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    MURDER FOR MONEY: Consent vs a dangling carrot — what must change to stop funeral policy killings?
    Murder for Money schemes have appeared on the National Financial Ombudsman’s radar. She suggests that urgent changes need to be made in how insurance companies sell funeral policies to avoid putting unsuspecting victims’ lives at risk.
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    STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK: ‘Send out the plumbers and the water bills!’ deputy minister tells leaky councils
    Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Dr Jack Bloom has outlined plans to ‘narrow the gap’ between government promises and the delivery of water and sanitation services. But with roughly 13,000 unfixed leaks in the Durban area alone, these bold promises are unlikely to be fulfilled any time soon.
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    EKURHULENI BACKLASH: Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation
    As ANC leaders revive calls to restore the death penalty, evidence shows capital punishment neither deters crime nor protects survivors from wrongful convictions.
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    South Africa’s problems with crime, racial rhetoric, land reform, economic empowerment and foreign policy are serious. They do not add up to ‘white genocide’.
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    XENOBAROMETER: Xenophobic surge dials up trauma for many immigrant pupils at SA schools in 2026
    XenoBarometer tracks the anti-immigrant movement and its impact. We aim to surface underreported stories, paying close attention to potential rights abuses, emerging patterns in anti-immigrant mobilisation and failures in the government’s response.
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    The Conversation: Moving for work — the hidden health impacts of SA’s urban migration
    Migration can improve livelihoods without uniformly harming health, researchers find, but urban diets, obesity and blood pressure risks highlight the need for mobile healthcare planning.
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    After The Bell: A Swartland Grand Prix? Now isn’t that grand...
    Plans for a privately funded Swartland Formula One Grand Prix could boost tourism, investment and jobs, while avoiding the financial and governance risks of government-funded hosting.
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