Jacob Zuma has pledged that the MK party will avoid trouble and abide by the rules of the upcoming local elections, but says the party remains convinced it was robbed in 2024 general elections. On Friday, the Electoral Court dismissed the party’s attempt to challenge those elections.
In a bizarre twist of events, a police official attached to the Hawks was arrested and linked to an alleged violent organised crime group charged with at least two kidnappings and the murder of Gqeberha prosecutor Tracy Brown.
Political slogans have a long history, probably back as far as politics itself. The question for our time is whether they contribute to a real understanding among voters of the challenges of today’s world.
Electricity has been restored to Johannesburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute after a 20-day blackout caused by a R159m Gauteng government debt dispute. While the reconnection brings relief, child-welfare organisations remain concerned that without a formal agreement, the site could face another cutoff.
Bafana Bafana boss Pitso Mosimane dreams of building a similar depth within the men’s senior national soccer team to that which the Boks have built over the past few years.
Researchers at the University of the Free State argue spekboom should become a staple South African vegetable. The indigenous plant offers climate resilience, nutritional benefits and potential new opportunities for small-scale farmers.
Finland and Sweden said on Friday they had scrambled fighter jets to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Gulf of Finland, in the first such joint operation by the two Nordic countries.
Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested five Defence Ministry officials including the first deputy navy commander, a day after 14 servicemen were swept out to sea and died during a training exercise, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
