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South African investigative journalist Roshan Micah Reddy has been released by Djiboutian authorities after four days in intelligence custody.

Convicted murderer Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen’s claims of remorse crumbled under cross-examination in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Tuesday, as prosecutor Advocate Vasi Chetty exposed how he left his lover’s body to decompose.

Three men have been shot and killed in KTC informal settlement in Gugulethu, Cape Town on Tuesday morning, with police investigating a possible link to an alleged robbery involving fibre installation workers in the area.

Cape Town-born Mila Smith has released her debut album, ‘Not My Circus’, a nine-track journey that opens with satirical pop-punk energy and closes with quiet vulnerability.

Grant beneficiaries complain of unauthorised funeral cover deductions from their pensions, as well as long queues, insufficient toilets and slow service at Sassa offices.

Tembisa-born hitmaker and entrepreneur DJ Shimza has become one of South Africa’s most formidable global cultural exports. Yet, no matter how vast the international stage grows, his feet remain firmly planted on home soil.

Western Cape police are scanning through CCTV footage detailing events that took place before and after 73-year-old Mariette Mouton was robbed and violently attacked inside her home in Republic Street in Bredasdorp on Monday.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said he’s flirted with the idea of giving Malcolm Marx a run at flank for Sunday’s one-off Test against Australia in Perth.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has tasked the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) with probing allegations of serious maladministration and corruption at the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements.

Orlando Pirates midfielder Tshepang Moremi has been called up to Bafana Bafana to replace injured Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Lebohang Maboe ahead of Saturday’s Afcon qualifier against Guinea.

Two Johannesburg-based artists, Fhatuwani Mukheli and Blessing Blaai, will represent South Africa at the 2026 Atlanta Art Fair in the US in October.

Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes has made on-market purchases of Cell C shares, seemingly a sign of confidence in the group.

An Eastern Cape teachers’ union officer who died after a sudden illness while attending a conference in Brazil last week has been hailed a “champion” in the fight against gender-based violence.

The defence’s bid to secure a lighter sentence for a man who murdered his secret lover in a Durban hotel a decade ago suffered a blow in the court on Tuesday, when his own psychological expert conceded that he could be faking his apparent distress.

Schools being forced to buy water, pit latrine toilets at early childhood development centres, and pupils from a special school having to board a bus at 03:20 – these are among the problems identified by the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education at Mpumalanga schools.

Information peddler Oupa Brown Mogotsi has been denied bail for a fourth time.

Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was repeatedly asked in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday why she did not ask more questions about a meeting involving former military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu and the late former secretary of defence, Dr Sam Gulube.

The City of Cape Town could not confirm reports of a tornado after severe weather on Tuesday morning damaged several homes in Mitchells Plain.

A WhatsApp warning about fake Home Affairs officials going door-to-door for census-linked ID checks and fingerprints is circulating again in South African community groups.

The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team is again rounding up close associates of alleged crime boss Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala.