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SA 2025: Scenic route from G20 to NGC
Opinion
/ 20 December 2025

SA 2025: Scenic route from G20 to NGC

This was the year that was — South Africa’s chequered 2025, a year that ends not with resolution, but with reckoning

By Marlan Padayachee
Ramaphosa’s tumultuous 2025
Politics
/ 19 December 2025

Ramaphosa’s tumultuous 2025

Diplomacy, domestic strains and a test of political authority underlined this year’s presidency

By Lunga Mzangwe
ANCYL ‘will sell its votes to highest bidder’, insiders say
Politics
/ 19 December 2025

ANCYL ‘will sell its votes to highest bidder’, insiders say

Malatji said those who raise such comments are obsessed with capturing the youth league and were not succeeding

By Lunga Mzangwe
Batohi exits NPA on a sour note
National
/ 19 December 2025

Batohi exits NPA on a sour note

While the national director of public prosecutions’s conduct at the Nkabinde inquiry has tarnished her legacy, she remains the first person in the post to complete a full term of office

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Competition Commission to look into complaint over Actom’s acquisition of SSPM
Business
/ 18 December 2025

Competition Commission to look into complaint over Actom’s acquisition of SSPM

Afro-Map, which failed in its own bid to buy the transformer producer, filed the complaint, saying provisions of the Competition Act were flouted in the deal

By Brian Sokutu
Unsafe water found in taps, water storage tanks across South Africa, citizen tests reveal
The Green Guardian
/ 18 December 2025

Unsafe water found in taps, water storage tanks across South Africa, citizen tests reveal

Scientists tested South Africa’s water. What they found was alarming: E. coli, sewage pollution and unsafe drinking water reaching directly into homes

By Sheree Bega
At Hague Group meeting, frustration over failure of global institutions to constrain Israel’s conduct
World
/ 17 December 2025

At Hague Group meeting, frustration over failure of global institutions to constrain Israel’s conduct

Speakers described a system in which legal norms are applied selectively, allowing powerful states and their allies to evade accountability

By Hasina Kathrada
Abalone trafficking fuels crime and coastal poverty in South Africa
The Green Guardian
/ 17 December 2025

Abalone trafficking fuels crime and coastal poverty in South Africa

Illegal trade has devastated populations, fuelled organised crime, and deepened poverty in coastal communities, while law enforcement struggles to keep pace

By Sheree Bega
‘Devastated and broken’: Family speaks after DJ Warras is gunned down
National
/ 17 December 2025

‘Devastated and broken’: Family speaks after DJ Warras is gunned down

The family of the well-known radio and television presenter says he was their heart and anchor

By Sheree Bega
Collen Malatji re-elected uncontested as ANCYL president
Politics
/ 16 December 2025

Collen Malatji re-elected uncontested as ANCYL president

Malatji’s slate was also not contested at the youth league’s 27th national congress

By Lunga Mzangwe
Motion against KZN premier Thami Ntuli fails in vote marred by violence
Politics
/ 15 December 2025

Motion against KZN premier Thami Ntuli fails in vote marred by violence

A scuffle broke out when MK party members rejected the results, prompting the proceedings to be adjourned

By Sandile Motha
Batohi walks out of Nkabinde inquiry
National
/ 15 December 2025

Batohi walks out of Nkabinde inquiry

Panel members at the Nkabinde inquiry said the national director of public prosecutions was undermining the inquiry she herself had insisted upon

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Climate, pollution, biodiversity: UN report sounds global alarm
The Green Guardian
/ 15 December 2025

Climate, pollution, biodiversity: UN report sounds global alarm

Transforming economies, energy systems and food production could prevent millions of deaths and halt biodiversity loss, the UN’s latest report finds

By Sheree Bega
ANC Youth League claims credit for most of the party’s votes in 2024 elections
Politics
/ 15 December 2025

ANC Youth League claims credit for most of the party’s votes in 2024 elections

The league said most of the people who had voted for the party last year were young people

By Lunga Mzangwe
Police fail to seize domestic violence guns
National
/ 14 December 2025

Police fail to seize domestic violence guns

Guns are used in 35% of the murders of women

By Mary-Anne Gontsana
Volvo EX30 Cross Country review: It’s great, but I still prefer the original
Motoring
/ 14 December 2025

Volvo EX30 Cross Country review: It’s great, but I still prefer the original

Despite the ruggedness and effortless driving, it neither falls into the supercar or the off-road category, which is why I would rather just go for the regular EX30

By Eyaaz Matwadia
SA’s most exclusive golf course — by invitation only
Opinion
/ 14 December 2025

SA’s most exclusive golf course — by invitation only

Its location adds to the mystery; this is not the kind of place you stumble across on a Sunday drive

By Ash Müller
How funding apartheid fails young library users
Education
/ 13 December 2025

How funding apartheid fails young library users

Lack of funds prevent provinces from carrying out their mandate to manage public library services

By Gcina Ntsaluba and Rod Amner
ANC renewal headache
Politics
/ 12 December 2025

ANC renewal headache

The party is set to address factionalism, corruption and alliance fallout ahead of next year’s local government elections

By Brian Sokutu
Batohi under fire
National
/ 12 December 2025

Batohi under fire

NPA boss defended her decisions while conceding documentation oversights, which she said should not constrain the inquiry

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Ramaphosa: SACP members must recuse themselves from ANC election strategy meetings
Politics
/ 11 December 2025

Ramaphosa: SACP members must recuse themselves from ANC election strategy meetings

Earlier this week, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said those belonging to both parties would have to choose between the ANC and the SACP

By Lunga Mzangwe
Malema: EFF will vote with MK party to remove Thami Ntuli as KZN premier
Politics
/ 11 December 2025

Malema: EFF will vote with MK party to remove Thami Ntuli as KZN premier

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the uMkhonto weSizwe party had won the most votes in the province at last year’s elections and should be given a chance to lead

By Lunga Mzangwe
Derision over claim that the ANC is not a corrupt party
Politics
/ 11 December 2025

Derision over claim that the ANC is not a corrupt party

Party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri raised eyebrows when she suggested that the ANC would not have its financial woes if it was corrupt

By Brian Sokutu
The fall of Uvira is a turning point in the DRC conflict
Africa
/ 11 December 2025

The fall of Uvira is a turning point in the DRC conflict

The city’s capture by M23 means neighbouring Burundi, an ally of the DRC government, now shares a border with an area controlled by the rebels, escalating the risk of cross-border conflict

By Intore Nelson
Looking up: How the South African night sky is healing minds
National
/ 10 December 2025

Looking up: How the South African night sky is healing minds

A pioneering project explores how stargazing can ease anxiety, boost mood and strengthen family bonds, using the night sky as a natural therapy

By Sheree Bega
Electoral Commission of South Africa sets out 2026/27 local election schedule
Politics
/ 10 December 2025

Electoral Commission of South Africa sets out 2026/27 local election schedule

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Protesters demand that Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza
National
/ 10 December 2025

Protesters demand that Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza

The vigil also marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

By Matthew Hirsch
Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D
National
/ 9 December 2025

Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Show of support for Ramaphosa at ANC conference, amid talk of plans to recall him
Politics
/ 9 December 2025

Show of support for Ramaphosa at ANC conference, amid talk of plans to recall him

On the first day of the party’s national general council, chairperson Gwede Mantashe slammed Ramaphosa’s detractors and urged them to ‘say whatever you want to say here and not outside these walls’

By Brian Sokutu
Ngcukaitobi grills Batohi on disciplinary action against South Gauteng prosecuting head Andrew Chauke
National
/ 8 December 2025

Ngcukaitobi grills Batohi on disciplinary action against South Gauteng prosecuting head Andrew Chauke

Ngcukaitobi accused the national director of public prosecutions of punishing Chauke for doing his job

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Ramaphosa: government outsourcing a waste of public funds, encourages corruption, bribery and overpricing
Politics
/ 8 December 2025

Ramaphosa: government outsourcing a waste of public funds, encourages corruption, bribery and overpricing

The president also told a meeting of his ANC that criminals, corrupt careerists, extortionists and factionalists should find themselves outside of the party

By Lunga Mzangwe
Killing of Witness D casts doubt on state’s ability to protect those testifying at Madlanga commission
National
/ 8 December 2025

Killing of Witness D casts doubt on state’s ability to protect those testifying at Madlanga commission

The inquiry into corruption in the criminal justice system will submit its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa by 17 December

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
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