The State Security Agency has been spying on the leader of the already paranoid Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, Joseph Mathunjwa.
Twenty years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission began its work to heal South Africa, 926 people continue to await a presidential pardon.
Spook action at a distance: From Mossad agents and jams to assassination plots and plagiarism.
Costs have soared inexplicably following a high-profile political bid to fix the water problems in Limpopo.
Government departments and public bodies continue to talk the talk of making information accessible, but do not provide it.
In a xenophobic atmosphere ripe for political exploitation, only a few stand to lose as much as foreign nationals.
The world of 2015 is a much-changed place, but the embryonic new left of the United Front is looking to the 1970s and earlier for its inspiration.
Maybe itβs no surprise Gauteng has faced water shortages; there’s no top-level remuneration for preventing outages, yet there have been mystery hikes.
The crimes that are most preventable by police increased sharply last year. And the good news on rape is probably not good news at all.
The Special Investigating Unit report on Nkandla recommends that the police evaluate its security situation β and soon.
Protestors are being unjustly targeted in troubled settlements such as Thembelihle, a report says.
A triumphant Democratic Alliance has the infamous Jacob Zuma spy tapes, but can’t share the contents with the general public.
Jacob Zuma shunned his last chance to come clean by responding to the Nkandla report – now it’s up to those who complained to take the next step.
If President Jacob Zuma does not blink on the Nkandla scandal, he could find it heading down a very, very uncomfortable legal path.
The president said he would respond only after the Special Investigating Unit’s report, so what changed?
The Special Investigating Unit claim states that the Nkandla upgrades cost almost 10 times what they should have.
Many senior South African politicians have lied blatantly β only to be exposed by the law β so Pallo Jordan marks a break of sorts with the past.
Everyone condemns labour-related violence but no one can agree on how to deal with the matter.
While the first day of week 10 of Reeva Steenkamp’s murder trial seemed to go the prosecution’s way at first, the defence found good footholds.
Appointing a novice such as State Security Minister David Mahlobo to a key ministry suggests reasons other than a desire for a fresh start.
The DA gained 3.2 percentage points in the Western Cape provincial election – but not at the expense of the ANC.
With no major incidents or impediments reported, and only one formal objection by noon on Thursday, the 2014 election result faces no serious hurdles.
General Constand Viljoen says Afrikaners need to establish a political bloc to survive ANC majoritarianism.
The warning to journalists not to photograph the site was a particularly low point in the charade.
The two scientific specialists who took the stand underwent a severe drubbing: science won’t win the day here.
Whether live or delayed, the testimony of expert witnesses is prone to misinterpretation, over-interpretation, and even under-interpretation.
ANC heavyweight Fikile Mbalula has just learnt that his private secretary Ricardo Mackenzie may well become an MP this year – on a DA ticket.
Various attempts by big businesses to influence government policies have raised eyebrows.
This year the journalism business got hysterical. Which would be funny if it wasn’t so weird.
We feared the country would lose itself in weeping when Nelson Mandela died. But we should have known better.
The White House says US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to South Africa next week to pay respects to Nelson Mandela.
As word began to spread that Madiba had died, South Africa prepared to mourn.