9+ hour, 24+ min ago   (439+ words) Pastor Oscar Bougardt says he welcomes opposition to the LGBTQIA+ rainbow crossing. Controversial Strandfontein pastor and vocal LGBTQIA+ critic Reverend Oscar Bougardt said he was “encouraged” after images emerged of alleged repeated vandalism of Cape Town’s De Waterkant rainbow crossing....

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (564+ words) Cape Town traffic officer Walter Van Rooyen, 49, was shot and killed in his patrol car in March 2020 after arresting a taxi driver for a traffic violation. A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Cape Town…...

12+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1225+ words) Namritha Sivsanker, founder of Johannesburg-based Hope SA Foundation, says her experience of childhood abuse shaped a lifelong commitment to helping vulnerable women, children and communities, writes Monishka Govender. For Namritha Sivsanker, helping others is not simply a job. It is…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (766+ words) Joshlin's mother, Kelly Smith during the high-profile trial in Saldanha. After over a year of incarceration, Kelly Smith seems to be living a good life behind bars. Smith made headlines in 2024 after she was arrested and charged with the kidnapping…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (140+ words) A Country Riding Its First Wave of Production Institutionally, the government has also reorganised to give hydrocarbons more dedicated attention. Diouf's portfolio was split off into a standalone Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in June 2026, separate from mines, signaling that…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (491+ words) Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso says government has no updated figures on foreign land ownership, with the latest available audit dating back to 2017. Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso says the government does not have…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1014+ words) A protest over illegal immigration descended into chaos as tensions flared around the makeshift refugee camp. What was supposed to be a peaceful march by March and March through Che Guevara Road on Thursday descended into chaos when refugees were…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (295+ words) Police divers recovered the bodies of two Malawian nationals from Aldenburg Farm Dam outside Ladybrand after their canoe capsized while they were fishing. The bodies of two Malawian nationals have been recovered from a farm dam outside Ladybrand in the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (261+ words) US lawmakers are calling for the brakes to be applied to AI development, warning that increasingly powerful systems could escape human control. Image: Gerd Altmann / Pixbabay Past chairman of the BRICS Business Council and co-chairman of the BRICS Media Forum…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1602+ words) A refugee who had been receiving tuberculosis (TB) treatment died after spending months on the pavement outside Durban’s Home Affairs refugee reception office, as tensions rise ahead of a planned March and March gathering on Thursday. Bienvenue Munga, 42, died on…...