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The police cannot be on the streets every week: Cachalia sends a peace message to anti-illegal immigration groups

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says the South African Police Service (SAPS) cannot devote all its resources to managing anti-illegal immigration protests every week, and that the state cannot...

A withdrawn directive: Home Affairs’ asylum U-turn

Home Affairs will launch a phased online registration and appointment model for asylum applications by 10 November, as it responds to the Constitutional Court...

Ten years in prison for ex-Eskom employee after R1.8m paid out for work never done

A former Eskom employee who worked in the power utility's Nelspruit offices has been sentenced to an effective 10 years' direct imprisonment for her...

Babsy Mlangeni, the Voice Behind “Sala Emma”, Dies at 83

The blind Soweto guitarist who broke barriers over more than five decades in music has died after a short illness.South African music veteran Babsy...

Frans Mathipa Murder: SANDF Accused Still Free After Bail Revoked

Three of six SANDF Special Forces members whose bail was revoked have yet to hand themselves over. No trial date has been set, more...

ATM: Mass shootings must never become “part of our DNA”

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has warned that South Africans should never come to accept mass shootings as part of the country's DNA.The party...

Family mourns two men shot dead at KwaZulu-Natal traditional wedding

A family in northern KwaZulu-Natal is grieving the loss of two of its men, shot dead at a traditional wedding in Nquthu.KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson...

SAPS Rejects DA’s R500,000 Reward Offer as Hunt for Ekurhuleni Killers Intensifies

EKURHULENI – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that its official R400,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution...

SARS has receipts on all of us

A series of multimillion-rand tax disputes involving prominent South African entertainers has placed renewed attention on the South African Revenue Service’s debt-collection powers.The matters...

US Iran Peace Deal: R2 to R3 Fuel Drop Coming for South Africa

Johannesburg — South Africans battered by months of soaring petrol and diesel costs woke up on Monday, 15 June 2026, to news that could...

N2 Bus Crash Claims Five Lives in Devastating Eastern Cape

A devastating N2 bus crash in the Eastern Cape has claimed five lives following a collision with a bakkie on one of SA's busiest routes.