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ILLEGAL MINING

Tougher illegal mining laws raise questions over who will be targeted

A recent mine collapse in Nkaneng, Rustenburg, highlights South Africa's illegal mining crisis as the government introduces the General Mining Laws Amendment Bill. The bill…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi. (@mmkubayi/X)
SOUTH AFRICA

Kubayi suspends three IDAC investigators as government launches major overhaul

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced the suspension of three senior investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption…

  • Amahle Banda
3 min read
Conflicted: Andrea Johnson, head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC). Photo: Parliament of RSA
SOUTH AFRICA

Johnson quits Idac to dodge fitness inquiry but can’t avoid Madlanga

Andrea Johnson, head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), has resigned to avoid a costly inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Her resignation, accepted…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Subject of discussion: Ghana MPs call for continental action against xenophobic violence in South Africa. Photo: Parliament of Ghana
SOUTH AFRICA

Tension at home; citizens quizzed

Growing criticism across Africa questions South Africa's handling of migration, with countries like the Republic of Congo and Malawi initiating repatriation. The backlash is…

  • Hasina Kathrada
6 min read
Department of Home Affairs manager Cyril Mncwabe (left) KZN Premier Thami Ntuli (middle) and SAPS eThekwini district commissioner Major General Makhosazana Kheswa (right) visit the Sherwood Hall grounds in Durban where an estimated 10 000 Malawians have gathered seeking repatriation over the past week. Photo: Lyse Comins
XENOPHOBIA

SA xenophobia: Births, rising fury and the state’s deportation crackdown

A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Durban's Sherwood Hall transit camp, where thousands of undocumented Malawian nationals, including families like Mussa Peters', face dire…

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
IMMIGRATION

First 1140 Malawians processed at Durban repatriation site found to be undocumented

The first 1140 Malawian nationals processed at a repatriation site in Durban were found to be in the country illegally, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Njabulo Nzuza said on Sunday,…

  • Hasina Kathrada
4 min read