The Department of Basic Education says its investigation into leaked matric exam papers in Tshwane will ensure that innocent learners are not unfairly implicated.
Workers from the North West Transport Investment (NTI) have taken their wage dispute directly to the African National Congress (ANC), staging a protest outside the party’s National General Council meeting at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.
A sweeping multi-province operation unfolded on Thursday as the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), supported by specialised police units including the Hawks and the National Intervention Unit, conducted raids linked to large-scale fraud involving the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).
The Mpumalanga High Court sitting in Middelburg is on Thursday expected to hand down sentences to a farm owner, his son and six farmworkers convicted of killing two men at the Pampoenskraal farm in Mkhondo in 2020.
The parents of a four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park are due to appear in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto this morning, as their criminal case continues to draw intense public scrutiny.
Portugal is poised for its first general strike in more than a decade as unions mobilise against the right-wing minority government's proposed overhaul of workers’ rights. The nationwide shutdown, set for Thursday, is expected to disrupt public transport, schools, courts and hospitals as employees protest planned changes that would make dismissals easier, lengthen fixed-term contracts and increase minimum service requirements during strikes.
The Department of Basic Education has confirmed a major security breach involving seven National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination papers.
The Department of Basic Education has confirmed it is investigating a breach detected during the marking of the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Dundee woman who was swept away during severe storms over the weekend.
Police in the area are investigating a tragic incident in which an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot with a homemade firearm belonging to the victim’s friend’s father.
Nineteen taxi operators have been arrested in connection with ongoing violence along the Malamulele–Giyani route in Limpopo. The group is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court on Thursday.
As holidaymakers descend on beaches and public pools along KwaZulu-Natal’s coast, authorities are calling on residents and visitors to prioritise safety around water.
Pupils at Wedela Technical High School in Carletonville are being forced to carry buckets of water to flush toilets and travel to neighbouring schools for technical and computer classes, as relentless vandalism by illegal miners has left the once-promising institution in a state of collapse.
The Animal Anti-Cruelty League in KwaZulu-Natal is calling on the public to take stronger steps to safeguard the welfare and dignity of animals as the world observes International Animal Rights Day on Wednesday. The organisation says the day serves as a reminder that animals are sentient beings who deserve care, respect and protection.
As the country reflects on another year of spiralling gender-based violence (GBV), child protection advocates say South Africa can no longer afford to treat the crisis as a conversation reserved for campaign periods.
Five suspects aged between 34 and 70 have been arrested in northern KwaZulu-Natal for the illegal possession of high-calibre firearms and ammunition. Police say the arrests were made during separate intelligence-driven operations in the Melmoth and Nkandla policing precincts.
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man after he was found with 582 passports during a stop in Middelburg on Monday. The passports originating from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique were discovered stashed alongside large sums of cash inside the vehicle he was travelling in.
President Donald Trump has ignited fresh tensions with longstanding US allies after describing Europe as “decaying” and accusing its leaders of weakness on immigration and the war in Ukraine. His remarks, published Tuesday in Politico, deepen concerns already raised by his administration’s recent national security strategy, which drew on far-right narratives about civilisational decline.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has once again raised the alarm over the deteriorating state of basic service delivery across the country, calling it a profound violation of citizens’ rights as the nation observes International Human Rights Day.
Closing arguments in the Enyobeni Tavern Inquest are expected to proceed on Wednesday in the East London Regional Court, sitting in Mdantsane. The proceedings aim to determine whether anyone should be held legally accountable for the deaths of 21 young people at the Scenery Park venue in 2022.
A woman has died following a fiery crash on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the M41 off-ramp in Umhlanga, north of Durban. The cause of the early-morning accident remains under investigation.
The case against a Midrand couple accused of producing and distributing child sex abuse material has been transferred to the High Court in Johannesburg. Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley briefly appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where the matter was formally escalated.
A Cape Town community is reeling after teenager Alnika Mitchell was fatally caught in gang-related crossfire in Cloetesville on Sunday.
The family of murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran says the principles she lived by will continue to guide and inspire future whistleblowers in South Africa.
