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Before the Swartland became one of South Africa’s most influential wine regions, Riebeek Kasteel was a rural backwater where hippies, farmers, artists, journalists and eccentrics somehow found themselves sharing the same stoep.

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

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

After a colleague’s unsettling email about a shared quote, Pierre de Vos examines how antisemitism is increasingly conflated with criticism of Israel to silence dissent and shield the state from accountability.

South Africans are spoilt for choice when it comes to picking a compact SUV. Hyundai has just launched its updated Creta with two models: an entry-level derivative that’s more than R40 000 cheaper than the outgoing model, and a sportier, pricier N model. But, will it survive in an ocean of picks, asks Janine van der Post?

Fawaaz Basadien on what kept him going during dark times at the start of his Mamelodi Sundowns career.

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.

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

New two-minute noodle player Zanzi sees major expansion potential in a domestic market where an estimated 800 million single-serve packets are sold annually.

Consumers have free access to the National Consumer Tribunal, but enforcing its rulings can still come with a hefty price tag, writes Maya Fisher-French.

Intercape, which has battled transport mafias in the Eastern Cape for years, has vowed to keep fighting after an Eastern Cape High Court judgment cleared it to load and offload passengers at the Ngcobo police station.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the state has the capacity to respond to the murders of nine women in Ekurhuleni. Yet steps have not been taken. Tegan Snyman argues why criminalising femicide is a long-overdue first step.

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 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.