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International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has called the United States’ preferential refugee programme for Afrikaners a racist policy that harks back to apartheid.

A South African investigative journalist attached to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been missing in Djibouti since Saturday, with his family and employer raising the alarm that he may be in the custody of Djiboutian authorities.

An 18-second CCTV clip, a blue VW Jetta 5 and a multi-agency intelligence-driven operation helped officers attached to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Police Department track down three people allegedly responsible for the murder of Formula Ford champion Robert Wolk.

National Prosecuting Authority head Andy Mothibi has ordered that Investigating Directorate Against Corruption investigators and prosecutors undergo lifestyle audits.

Two wounded American diplomats were airlifted from Mbabane in Eswatini this week after soldiers opened fire on them at a roadblock.

The coffers of political parties represented in Parliament and provincial legislatures collectively swelled by R3.18 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, of which almost 70% came from the state – i.e. the taxpayers.

A sitting councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and provincial chairperson of the Freedom Front Plus in the Eastern Cape served nearly 14 years in prison for the murder of an ANC activist, whom he regarded as “an enemy”.

The ANC’s failure to register candidates hands SACP leverage in six municipalities amid escalating alliance tensions.

Medicines are becoming increasingly scarce, and everyone, from Parkinson’s and epilepsy patients to pregnant women and children, is feeling the impact of the growing shortage.

Wine magnate Hein Koegelenberg and Hanneli Rupert, the sister of South Africa’s richest man, Johann Rupert, have divorced after 28 years of marriage.

The Ekurhuleni municipality has wasted more than R23 billion providing “temporary mobile chemical toilets” that have become a source of riches for connected tenderpreneurs even as politicians have spoken about the urgent need to eradicate unsanitary bucket toilets in informal settlements.

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms across KwaZulu-Natal, with heavy downpours, hail, and excessive lightning expected to bring localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements.

Three persons of interest have been taken in for questioning in connection with the murders of nine women in Ekurhuleni in Gauteng, Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia confirmed on Sunday, as he cautioned that investigators have not yet conclusively established that a serial killer is responsible.

A bill signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa to enhance the powers of the Public Service Commission offers the chance to redeem a public service derailed by corruption, the chair of the PSC said.

South African journalist Roshan Micah Reddy, who is attached to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, went missing in Djibouti on Saturday, along with his “local fixer”, Kooki Mahmoud.

A former V&A Waterfront executive who lied about her employment history to secure a lucrative role while secretly drawing a salary from another employer, running private businesses on company time, and orchestrating the hiring of business associates as consultants, has been ordered to pay nearly R2.9 million in damages.

Pretoria ponders how to respond to the Trump administration’s latest ultimatum. Another body is discovered in Ekurhuleni. And the Aussies won’t be able to forget “sandpapergate” when they face the Proteas in Durban this October. All this and more in News24’s video bulletin, Unread.

Tanya du Bois went from searching for skincare solutions for her two-year-old son, Ruben, who had been diagnosed with autism, to building a natural skincare brand that was named the Nedbank Business Ignite winner almost two decades later.

Lifa Miya, one of the South African men lured to Russia under false pretences, returned to South Africa this past weekend and was reunited with his family. Miya spent several months in a hospital, fighting for his life, following a drone attack.

Members of the public have expressed outrage following the circulation of a viral video showing a man allegedly threatening to kill women at an upmarket restaurant in Bryanston, Johannesburg.