18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (507+ words) Newly established black advocacy organisation Vuka Azania plans to fund its activities through donations from supporters inside and outside the country as it campaigns for land return, economic change and the decolonisation of public institutions, it said on Friday. Its…...

21+ hour, 48+ min ago   (607+ words) Former Deputy Justice Minister John Jeffery has acknowledged that a broader “political judgment” may have delayed prosecutions during the TRC amnesty process, but denied that the ANC or its government had decided to prevent apartheid-era cases from proceeding. “Yes, I…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1634+ words) By Keegan Leech/Africa Check False information has flourished in this climate, and Africa Check has been tracking it live. After more than a decade of fact-checking claims about migration, we’ve seen the same broad narratives return in different forms....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (749+ words) The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has reserved judgment on an application by controversial North West businessman Suliman Carrim to indefinitely postpone his testimony, after hearing arguments over whether his medical condition justifies further delays. Appearing for Carrim on Friday, advocate…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (745+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured an important legal victory in his bid to stave off impeachment, but Friday’s Western Cape High Court ruling is likely to delay rather than end Parliament’s efforts to hold him accountable over the Phala Phala…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (165+ words) The Western Cape High Court on Friday ruled in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa in his urgent application to temporarily halt public hearings by Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee. In a majority judgment, the court granted Ramaphosa an interim interdict preventing…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (786+ words) Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has warned that attacks on foreign nationals will not solve South Africa’s unemployment crisis, arguing that migration has been central to the country’s economic development for more than a century and that government must maintain authority…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (431+ words) Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has approved R3 million in emergency funding to cover the national men’s and women’s hockey teams’ participation in next month’s FIH Hockey World Cup, after players faced paying tens of thousands of rand to represent the country....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (519+ words) The City of Tshwane has officially reinstated its Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO), Gareth Mnisi, following the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings stemming from allegations of misconduct linked to claims of tender collusion. In a statement released through the JSE’s Stock…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (392+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted the suspension of Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke after the Nkabinde Inquiry found no credible evidence that he was unfit to hold public office. The Presidency announced on Wednesday that Ramaphosa had…...