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More woes: After months of allegations against him before the Madlanga commission and Parliament, suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya found himself in trouble yet again. This time for alleged sexual grooming, human trafficking and rape. Photo: Armand Hough/Independent Newspapers

Rot of the top cops

The arrest of suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and explosive testimonies at the Madlanga Commission have exposed the deep-seated corruption and…

Big Man Syndrome: Black man with money threatens to shoot women who reject him, he is not different from the white policeman who shot men in Sharpeville for refusing to carry a pass.

Poor man with nothing but money

Following a shocking incident where a wealthy man threatened women at a Sandton restaurant after being rejected, Sandile Memela examines the toxic intersection of instant wealth,…

Talking film: Opening night at the Soweto Film Market 2025 after the screening of the documentary The People And Mental Health with Leddi G. Radebe (left) leading a discussion with the MTV team led by Monde Twala (second from left). Photos: Supplied.

From Soweto to the world, one film at a time

Founded by presenter and actor Thapelo 'Tabz' Motloung, the Soweto Film Market returns for its second edition, connecting emerging filmmakers with distributors, broadcasters, and…

Contaminated: What looks like foam in the Klein Drinkwater stream is ammonia and there are high E.coli levels as well, Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister Jack Bloom says. Photo: Supplied

Ermelo braces for another Day Zero

Ermelo is bracing for an acute drinking water shortage within months as severe mining and sewage pollution, aging infrastructure, and looming El Niño conditions push the…

Billion-rand dirt beneath SA's schools

While schools like Hilton College charge the country's highest fees, an analysis of campus land value shows that urban schools like Bishops and St Stithians hold fortunes worth…

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. (X)

Editorial: Root out rogue SAPS elements

An urgent call for comprehensive reform and decisive action to purge corrupt and rogue elements within the South African Police Service.

Unsustainable: Continuing to expand the welfare state without GDP growth accelerates a nation towards a fiscal cliff. Photo: File

We cannot grant SA into prosperity

While social grants provide an essential survival safety net for millions, relying on welfare consumption rather than capital infrastructure spending stifles South Africa's…

Heritage isn't a museum of past relics

Heritage Day is more than a celebration of the past; it is a critical, ongoing process of deciding which values, memories, and traditions we choose to carry into South Africa's…

Land is back but prosperity isn't

Thirty years into South Africa's land reform, millions of hectares remain underused due to governance failures in Communal Property Associations. Reforming these structures is…

Global war on women through SA's eyes

With South Africa facing soaring femicide rates, the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York highlights the urgent need to address the global crisis and backlash against women's…

Standards: Kyalami facility issues appear to be less about the asphalt and more about commercial models, risk appetite and politics. Photo: f1.fandom

Formula One tracks of questionable safety

Formula One has evolved from racing on notoriously perilous tracks like the Nürburgring and Spa to managing modern design critiques, yet the continued absence of South Africa's…

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola

Lamola refuses policy retreat as US pressure intensifies

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has warned South Africans to prepare for the worst as diplomatic tensions with the US deepen, asserting that Pretoria will not…

Building sustainable livelihoods in South Africa’s creative economy

South Africa’s creative economy generates significant GDP and employment, yet financial fragility persists. Exploring innovative financing models like blended challenge funds can…

Norwood racist tirade sparks accountability row

After being subjected to racist abuse and threats outside a Norwood synagogue, Abdur Rahmaan Aziz opened a police case and lodged an SAHRC complaint, sparking debate over…

Ekurhuleni killings: ‘The onus cannot shift to women to keep themselves safe’

Following the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, gender-based violence advocates demand structural state action and systemic justice rather than placing the burden…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

ANC heads to ConCourt in bid to get 181 councillors on ballot

The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn an Electoral Court ruling and compel the IEC to include 181 candidate councillors on the ballot after missing the…

The consumer price index decreased by 0.1% month-on-month in August, after increasing by 0.9% in July.

Food inflation edges higher after eight months of declines

South Africa's food inflation rose slightly to 1.1% in August following an eight-month downward trend, influenced by higher prices for fish, pork, and other staples.

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Outdated staffing model may understate Gauteng nurse shortage

Gauteng's official shortfall of 15,820 nurses may severely understate the true gap because public hospital staffing structures haven't been updated since 2006, the provincial…

Cat Matlala’s wife charged with fraud as SIU cracks down on private security regulator

Tsakane Matlala, wife of alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, has been granted R20,000 bail in a fraud and corruption case amid a wider SIU crackdown on the private…

Bloodbath as 11 people are shot dead in gang-related feud in KwaMakhutha, outside Durban

A devastating mass shooting in KwaMakhutha near Durban has claimed the lives of 11 people, including a pregnant woman, in what police suspect is a gang-related hit.