Operating hours at Home Affairs offices will extend to 18:30 this evening, after the department’s systems went offline nationwide on Friday. “The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform members of the public that services at the department have been restored. The department and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) have been able to fix […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa “stared into the heart of darkness” during the height of the July 2021 unrest. The President was giving his opening statement at the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 unrest that unfolded in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces (after protests, sparked by the […]

World renowned healthcare technology scientist, Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong, says South Africa can be the continent’s hub for innovation in health technology. Addressing the South African Investment Conference held in Johannesburg, the famous South African expat and businessman, who is based in the USA, said: « It is a very interesting time in humanity. For the first […]

Taxi drivers and owners brought Cape Town’s city centre to a standstill on Thursday as a large convoy of minibus taxis from Khayelitsha, along the N2, to the Western Cape Legislature. Hundreds of taxi drivers and owners marched and drove in convoy along the N2, to the Western Cape Legislature on Thursday. They were mainly […]

Yet another traditional leader, Nkosi Maxwell Mandlakayise Nxumalo (71), was shot and killed yesterday in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) by unknown gunmen, outside the local tribal court in Nazareth, Mnambithi. Since 2012, a total of 42 murder cases relating to Amakhosi and Izinduna have been opened in KZN. KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), […]

A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment that isn’t harmful to their health. This includes the right to clean air, as exposure to air pollution affects human health. Air pollution also affects land and water systems and decreases agricultural yields. The case, referred to as […]

An urgent interdict has been granted preventing South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) from making a R50 million donation to Cuba. AfriForum, which obtained the interdict, said it is pleased that the court ruled in its favour against the “ludicrous donation amid a serious economic crisis”. The organisation said the successful interdict […]

A stand-off took place on the banks of the Liesbeek and Black rivers in Observatory on Monday between First Nations groups with opposing views on the future of this land. This followed the Western Cape High Court interim interdict halting the R4.5 billion development by Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust, which includes new regional headquarters for […]

China stands ready to work with South Africa to move their ties forward toward a deeper level, with higher quality and broader scope, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday afternoon during a phone call with SA President Cyril Ramaphosa. Noting that China and South Africa share a “special friendly relationship of comrades and brothers”, […]

As calls mount to do away with the National State of Disaster, President Cyril Ramaphosa says new health regulations that are meant to replace the lockdown regulations have been published. Responding to oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday, the South African President said public consultations with leaders from different sectors of society are […]

A new documentary film, Open Borders, produced by AfriForum, exposes the complete lack of border control on South Africa’s border with Zimbabwe and looks at the wave of crime this has caused. The documentary – directed by Jacques Broodryk – also shows the extreme lengths that AfriForum’s neighbourhood- and farm watch volunteers must go to, […]

“I am tired of appealing. I am tired of trying to ask nicely. What does it take to get action????” asks an extremely frustrated and concerned KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) resident and tourism business owner, Megan Bedingham, who discovered today that one of the main roads connecting the Free State and KZN is likely to close, due […]

Many South Africans have joined the world in falling in love with a new kind of leader – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (also spelt Zelenskyy or Zelenskiy). In this video the BBC explores how 44-year-old Zelensky has risen from a comedian with no political experience (apart from studying law and acting as a President in […]

South Africa abstained in a vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the resolution condemning the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, and demanding their withdrawal. By Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape The South African government has explained that it enjoys good relations with both Russia and the Ukraine; hence it abstained in […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has had a private discussion with Russia’s President Putin concerning the Russian attack of Ukraine. In a tweet, Ramaphosa said: “Thanking His Excellency President Vladimir Putin for taking my call today, so I could gain an understanding of the situation that was unfolding between Russia and Ukraine.” President Ramaphosa says […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed experienced prosecutor Advocate Andrea Johnson as the head of the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate (NPA ID). Johnson’s appointment was announced on Monday following the resignation of former head Advocate Hermione Cronje in December last year. The President said Johnson will lead the ID into a new phase – building […]

The registration of psychology student, Du Toit Genis, as an intern by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has been hailed as an important victory for Afrikaans, by AfriForum. Genis’ honours degree certificate is in Afrikaans and his application to register was originally refused because of that. AfriForum said that in the wake […]

Operation Dudula – a Soweto-born movement consisting of SA citizens reportedly targeting foreign traders and alleged criminals – is spreading the call to #PutSouthAfricansFirst. Meanwhile, politicians also point to foreigners as the cause of the country’s hardships. Tonight Carte Blanche investigates with “mind blowing” insights. You can watch the show on Sunday 20 February in […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that the country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth, by tackling corruption and the endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment deepened by chronic power cuts and COVID-19. By Wendell Roelf. Addressing the many troubles that have plagued SA in the past decade in […]

Cape Town City Hall was lit up last night with the colours of the SA flag, as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for an unfamiliar evening tonight, when for the first time in the history of South Africa, the State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be delivered outside of the Parliament precinct. This is because of […]

AfriForum has written to the Minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, demanding that the new regulations for isolation be scrapped. Apparently these new regulations, published in the Government Gazette, seek to force people into quarantine camps. According to these new regulations, no person who has tested positive for COVID-19 through a laboratory […]

You can watch the show on Sunday 06 February in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from 08 February if you’re abroad. INVESTIGATIONS Surviving Prison Working in some of South Africa’s most notorious male prisons is tough – and for some women, it’s a calling where they hope to […]

(Reuters) – A South African court on Friday denied bail to a man charged with crimes including arson over the devastating fire at the national parliament in Cape Town in January, local media reported. Zandile Mafe denied the charges against him. Officials have described the fire, which severely damaged parts of the parliament precinct, as […]

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday (31 January) to face a long-standing corruption trial regarding a $2 billion government arms deal. Please see update below. Zuma’s lawyers argued that lead state prosecutor, Billy Downer, should be removed from the case, claiming that Downer is biased and his […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Councillor Cindy Billson has laid criminal charges against ANC councillors for intimidation and assault during a council meeting on Friday 28th January, in which she was struck by a water bottle, suffered verbal abuse, intimidation and “unwanted touching”. In their attempt to destroy any evidence of their “boorish” behaviour, Cllr Billson says a number […]