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The waters shared by bathers and great whites off Plettenberg Bay, one of South Africa’s most popular beach resorts, are going unmonitored during the peak shark season when the world’s biggest predatory fish move inshore to hunt seals.

IDAC head Andrea Johnson says she is facing possible prosecution over evidence that she forwarded the contents of an assault docket against Crime Intelligence Feroz Khan to him and will not answer any questions that incriminate her.

Former National Prosecuting Authority deputy head Anton du Plessis said that South Africa faces an existential crime and corruption crisis, but the Madlanga Commission is a source of hope.

A Cape Town teenager turned a personal experience into a national STEM movement, overcoming logistical challenges and doubts around his age to give South African pupils the opportunity to compete on the international stage at NASA.

An ANC ward candidate in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape is at the centre of allegations that she facilitated the recruitment of people for the Expanded Public Works Programme, where beneficiaries were paid monthly salaries marked “Covid-19 grant”, without ever doing any work.

Johannesburg is in the grip of a widespread power outage as City Power works to manage nearly 4 000 open calls across all eight of its Service Delivery Centres.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has called a general meeting of the Public Investment Corporation at which the fate of the directors will be voted on.

Newly appointed Social Development Minister Dina Pule said on Tuesday she has taken note of the widespread criticism of her appointment and was willing to improve.

A former Musina high school teacher who ran an illegal immigration permit racket has been jailed for seven years.

The Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Amendment Bill, a private members’ bill sponsored by ActionSA MP Dereleen James, was introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

NSFAS administrator Hlengani Mathebula’s newly appointed technical advisers and the entity’s consultants will earn R530 million by 2029 if its adjusted budget request for consultants is approved.

After six months of escalating tensions over governance, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and his team at National Treasury met with City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero on Tuesday, with both parties describing the meeting regarding the city’s fiscal position as “good” and “productive”.

Fine and cool weather is expected across much of the country, with morning fog patches in several provinces, according to the South African Weather Service.

Former Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) board members are continuing with their legal battle to set aside findings of corruption made against them by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

Retired statistician-general Pali Lehohla says South Africa does not need a National Dialogue because extensive data that lays bare South Africa’s challenges has been collected over 30 years.

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When the impeachment committee convenes virtually on Wednesday, one of its tasks will be to elect an evidence leader, and it will have five names to choose from, including two evidence leaders from the Zondo Commission.

The Student Representative Councils of four universities are demanding that the Department of Higher Education immediately scrap the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) annual cap of R52 000 for student accommodation because it “aggressively punishes” poor students.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday halted the State’s bid to play the video footage in which a group of men brandishing AK-47s ambushed taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni.

The Office of the IDAC Oversight Judge has confirmed that it has received complaints relating to the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, advocate Andrea Johnson.