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The Electoral Commission of South Africa will invite political parties to inspect its IT systems before the 4 November local government elections.

The Pretoria Old Motor Club is hosting its annual car show for, well, cars of all sorts. Vintages, veterans, classics, hot rods, mega-mini-pick-up trucks, you name it, you’ll find it at the Zwartkops Raceway on 2 August.

The Gauteng Hawks have subpoenaed a raft of tender documents relating to the SA National Roads Agency contracts with nine construction firms that performed routine road maintenance between 2011 and 2026.

Minister of International Relations Ronald Lamola has confirmed that he met with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama during a visit to Accra this week to ease tensions between the two countries.

A man was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting believed to be gang-related in Newfields Village in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on Thursday morning.

Despite promising supporters that communities would select mayoral and councillor candidates for the November local government elections, the MK Party has done a U-turn, and its president, Jacob Zuma, will now unilaterally select them.

Dozens of anti-immigration protesters wound their way through the Cape Town CBD on Thursday in the pouring rain under heavy police guard.

Disbarred lawyer and alleged shoplifter Peet Viljoen remains technically on bail after his case was struck off the roll in 2024, his defence argued during closing arguments in a fresh bail application.

Sipho Ngwema, the Scorpions’ former spokesperson, draws a sharp line between the two institutions. He writes that the scrutiny of individuals should not become the scrutiny of the institution itself.

IDAC was always meant to be temporary. Now, with its chief facing profound scrutiny before the Madlanga Commission, it has conclusively proved it cannot meet the constitutional test for fighting corruption. Paul Hoffman argues that IDAC has reached its expiry date.

As calls to disband South Africa’s anti-corruption directorate grow louder, Jean Redpath argues that dissolving IDAC would deepen the corruption crisis. She writes that what is needed instead is urgent legislative reform to strengthen both IDAC and the NPA with better appointments, resources, and independence.

The 100th edition of the Comrades Marathon is in crisis. KwaZulu-Natal Athletics has called for urgent mediation as the race faces the prospect of running without official recognition for the first time in its history.

An Ethiopian who owns a tuck shop in Chief Albert Luthuli, Ekurhuleni, fought back against marchers who demanded he leave the community and the country, insisting South Africa was his “home” and he had nowhere else to go.

The ‌Republican-led US House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt ‌US military action against Iran, the ⁠latest symbolic rebuke of the Republican president from ⁠Congress.

The South African rand slumped after the central bank defied expectations by leaving interest rates unchanged to support economic growth and revised its inflation forecasts lower.

Cold conditions with morning frost are expected across several provinces, while the Western Cape and Eastern Cape will experience cloudy skies with light rain and isolated showers, according to the South African Weather Service.

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a landmark deal that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the kingdom, which US President Donald Trump said was contingent on Riyadh normalising relations with Israel.

After 32 years in the Gauteng Legislature, Jack Bloom is preparing for a new role as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation.

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The heartbroken mother of six-year-old Desney Struis says she will never forget the moment her desperate search for her missing daughter ended in unimaginable tragedy after she followed a trail of footprints to the little girl’s partially clothed body on a farm in Ceres earlier this month.