7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (549+ words) For three days, 71-year-old Nomsangaphi Christina Zweni from Ezibeleni in Komani, Eastern Cape, unknowingly took antiretroviral (ARV) medication, believing it was pain treatment prescribed for her chronic condition. Her family only discovered the error after she lost consciousness, and they…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (671+ words) South Africa's higher education sector is under growing pressure from multiple fronts, according to a new research report by consulting firm BDO South Africa. The report, which examines the operational, financial and strategic challenges impacting higher education institutions, highlights a…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (438+ words) The Sunday Times revelation that the department of public works has lost more than R14m to ghost workers, most notably at its Durban regional office, should shock the nation. The Sunday Times story lays bare the scale and brazenness of the…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (669+ words) Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou was left to rue his team's failure to take advantage of their lion's share of set pieces in their 0-0 Betway Premiership draw with Durban City at Orlando Stadium on Saturday. Pirates go to that game…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1325+ words) Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has threatened to withhold the Joburg metro's equitable share instalment for July if the mayor fails to scrap a R10. 3bn wage offer the council made to city workers threatening to strike last year. In an explosive letter,…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (822+ words) For 15 terrifying minutes in May 2000, a young mother in Cape Town's upmarket Camps Bay feared she might never see her baby again. A kidnapper had snatched seven-month-old Brett Hobbs and sped off in a white BMW. But what could have…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (767+ words) A Qwaqwa student accommodation provider says NSFAS still owes him about R485, 000 for housing funded students for 2025, saying the delays have damaged his credit score, left workers unpaid and pushed his business into financial distress. Tebeteba Tshabalala, owner of V206 Student Accommodation…...

7+ hour, 54+ min ago  (817+ words) As the floodwaters slowly recede across parts of the Western Cape, families are returning to homes caked in mud, with furniture destroyed and livelihoods washed away in what experts warn is yet another devastating sign of climate change tightening its…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (145+ words) As taxi boss Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni appeared in court this week on allegations of extortion amounting to R2. 2m, the Sunday Times can reveal he allegedly extor'ted money from a prom'in'ent South African busi'ness leader. The businessman, with interests in hous'ing devel'op'ment,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (673+ words) The past week has served up another stress test for our constitutional framework as the Constitutional Court found against parliament, ruling its vote on the Phala Phala panel report invalid. This is the second time in nine years that parliament…...