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The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is yet to approve the Private Security Sector Provident Fund’s (PSSPF) contentious pick for principal officer amid pushback from employer associations and private security sector unions.

Confusion surrounded the anticipated arrest of Crime Intelligence senior investigator Colonel Ismail Dawood on Monday after he arrived at the Sandton police station to hand himself over, only for the process to be delayed.

The company behind the controversial R135 million bid for Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre has challenged Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis over the suggestion that it lacks the financial means to complete the purchase and says it has still received no official communication that the sale has collapsed.

Nearly four years after a fiery confrontation at a Cape Town bar sent fists flying and sparked explosive allegations of racism, Christopher Logan and the former owners of Hank’s Olde Irish Pub are once again facing off in the Western Cape High Court.

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie is facing renewed accusations that he is stacking entities under his department with members of his party, the PA.

Musa Khawula is being dragged to court again – and this time, the gossip-blogger’s posts have raised the ire of Afrirent founder and chairperson, Senzo Tsabedze.

A woman’s vision of leaving a lasting legacy for her daughter, an aspiring beautician with dreams of a future in the beauty industry, ultimately unravelled into heartbreak and the alleged loss of more than R5 million.

An explosive High Court application by suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence (IGI) Imtiaz Fazel confirms how central now suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s office was to the series of investigations and leaks that led both to the Madlanga Commission and to the unprocedural and likely unconstitutional suspension of the IGI.

The newly established oversight office tasked with policing South Africa’s elite anti-corruption unit will begin operating with a budget of about R12 million and a staff complement of 10 people, set to increase to 12 in the coming weeks.

Two years after a court victory cleared the way for their case to be heard, three Zimbali villa owners are preparing for the next stage of their lawsuit against the developer and the share block companies that own their villas, as both defendants argue the claims are simply too old.

A call from a French number popped up on Professor Liesl Zühlke’s phone during dinner with her family earlier this year. It was news that she had won a prestigious international award given to the world’s top five female scientists. She was also told that she would not be able to tell anyone about it for six months.

Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says Operation Prosper will soon enter a critical second phase aimed at dismantling the organised criminal networks driving gang violence across the Western Cape.

A former fleet manager at the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality was on Sunday arrested on fraud and corruption charges over a controversial R16 million municipal vehicle tender in which millions of rands were allegedly paid for vehicles that were never delivered.

The South African Weather Service has forecast a mostly fine and cool day across the country on Monday, with morning fog patches expected along parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastlines.

Gut-wrenching details have emerged of how two brave little boys tried to save a toddler who drowned in a stormwater pond in Plettenberg Bay on Friday, clinging desperately to his arm as he disappeared into the murky water until they couldn’t hold on any longer.

Retired Judge Takalani Raulinga has defended his independence following a formal objection by the MK Party calling for his appointment as IDAC Oversight Judge to be reviewed over concerns about his alleged political ties to the ANC.

The Iziko Mobile Planetarium, backed by a R1.3 million donation from Amazon, is set to bring the universe to underserved communities across South Africa. The travelling facility includes an advanced inflatable dome, a specialised transport vehicle, and 10 desk-mounted virtual reality headsets.

The Western Cape government has renewed calls for the National Human Settlements department to increase the threshold for housing support, saying the current R22 000 monthly ceiling is outdated and excludes tens of thousands of households.

Nineteen people were killed in three separate motor vehicle crashes in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.

With nowhere to go for more than two months in the cold of winter, hundreds of refugees have been camping on the pavement outside the home affairs offices in Durban.