‘I don’t think you understand it, Mr Mayor’: Judge schools Hill-Lewis on spatial apartheid | News24

A retired Western Cape High Court judge, whose landmark 2020 ruling first declared the sale of the Tafelberg site unlawful, confronted Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, saying the Constitutional Cou...

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Explosive allegations: Ramsamy implicates Johnson in forgery in Crime Intelligence case | News24

IDAC prosecutor Drushantha Ramsamy has implicated her former boss, Andrea Johnson, in the forgery of a key IDAC Crime Intelligence investigation document.

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Seven years of admin delays leave LGBTQI+ learners facing daily abuse

For seven years, the Department of Basic Education has kept long-awaited guidelines on sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics trapped in administrative drafting loops....

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The Madlanga Effect — a national lesson in civic governance, the law and ethics

If we are looking for the perfect vehicle to verse South Africans in a much-needed masterclass in civics and governance, it is the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into the capture of SA’s law enforceme...

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Unpacked: Each party’s arguments in the Expropriation Act case

The DA, a member of the Government of National Unity (GNU) coalition, has joined AfriForum and the Institute of Race Relations in challenging the Expropriation Act, which would allow the government to...

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Chapter Nine commissioners are not workers, high court rules

Judge says public office bearers cannot claim employee-style benefits unless provided for in law

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Qaanitah Hunter | Metro mess: Let’s talk about the crime scene that is Mangaung | News24

If there was ever a metro where the ANC has to try to get its house in order, Mangaung is it, writes Qaanitah Hunter.

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Acting judge told to explain possible AI ‘hallucinations’ in judgment

Appeal hearing found at least 11 fictitious or inaccurate case citations in the judgment

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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Duduzane Zuma named as new MK Party deputy president | News24

“Organisational decisions aimed at strengthening the party” is how the MK Party explained its very latest wave of leadership changes, including the appointment of Duduzane Zuma as the party’s first de...

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2 council members resign from reeling Fort Hare, citing factionalism and suppressed dissent | News24

Stability at the University of Fort Hare has suffered another blow following the resignation of two council members.

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Khan tried to bolster charges against Crime Intelligence CFO drugged, robbed by sex worker | News24

After Investigating Directorate Against Corruption’s advocate Peter Serunye questioned why IDAC was prosecuting a Crime Intelligence CFO who had allegedly been drugged and robbed by a sex worker, corr...

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New name, same network — the truth about Independent Media’s ‘new’ newspaper publisher

An entity called National Media Group was unveiled last week as taking over newspaper titles including the Cape Times, The Star and The Mercury. However, corporate records suggest less a new beginning...

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Ex-minister Mapisa-Nqakula paid in cash for R1.8m home renovation, court told

It was a dramatic day in Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial as the court heard about luxury home renovations paid for in cash and R600,000 curtains made from imported fabric. Then a prominent ...

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The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton

Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history

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Malema denies shielding Khan, defends controversial praise for former Idac chief

Ahead of the EFF’s election campaign, Julius Malema clarified his parliamentary praise for former Idac head Andrea Johnson and denied shielding Crime Intelligence’s Feroz Khan from ad hoc committee pr...

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Government launches six-month rescue of battered anti-corruption unit

Embarrassed by the scandal surrounding his premier crime-fighting unit, the National Prosecuting Authority head, Andy Mothibi, says, ‘Give me six months’ to fix it. …

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NICOLE FRITZ | Paid influencers and fake news threaten SA democracy

Draft code seeks balance between political speech and combating deliberate electoral deception

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NSFAS Administrator Mathebula: Inside the R250,000 executive travel spree

While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operati...

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NSFAS Administrator Mathebula: Inside the R250,000 executive travel spree

While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operati...

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Shanthivathie Naidoo: Anti-apartheid campaigner who chose 371 days in solitary confinement over betrayal

Naidoo spent a year in solitary confinement rather than testify against her friend Winnie Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists. Her defiance helped bring about the collapse of the apartheid stat...

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Lottery looters must pay back R6-million

Former National Lotteries Commission officials, foundation members and companies diverted funds for a Soweto sports complex that was never built

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This Booker longlist may have two previous winners, but it’s keen to experiment

Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout may be names we know, but there’s a welcome element of absurdism and surrealist thought here

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‘We can’t march forever’: Ngizwe Mchunu calls for end to protests after March and March fallout | News24

Controversial radio personality Ngizwe Mchunu has called for an end to March and March protests, saying “we can’t march forever”, shortly after the organisation suspended its relationship with him pen...

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Gauteng speaker, staff blow R6m in botched Venezuela trip days after US military action | News24

Speaker Morakane Mosupyoe led a Gauteng delegation to Venezuela for a four-day tourism fair in the days immediately following increased United States military activity in late 2025. The trip was derai...

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‘Bag man’ Nkosi claims IDAC officers visited him in jail seeking dirt on Khumalo, Masemola | News24

Hours after Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s plea deal with IDAC collapsed, its officials visited the tenderpreneur’s cop ally Fannie Nkosi in jail – and allegedly tried to get him to incriminate suspended po...

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What Montesquieu missed: Why democracy must be protected from economic power

When Baron de Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, he provided the intellectual blueprint for modern constitutional democracy. Montesquieu lived in an age when tyranny came primarily ...

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Suspended CEO Patrick Dlamini is challenging the PIC board despite the R900m question

Once touted as the ‘turnaround specialist’, Patrick Dlamini, embattled and currently suspended Public Investment Corporation CEO, is now seeking to overturn the board decision because it removed him w...

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Mind your emojis: Judge President Selby Mbenenge — when law and decency trump ‘culture’

The Judicial Service Commission’s decision to recommend the suspension of Judge President Selby Mbenenge for sexual harassment underscores the judiciary’s commitment to combat gender-based violence an...

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