4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (344+ words) Advocate Sandile Khumalo, a commissioner at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, has been caught in a frightening campaign of threats and intimidation, alongside Advocates for Transformation national chairperson Advocate Myron Dewrance SC. And the threats are getting worse. Advocates for…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (614+ words) AKA’s frantic call before Anele’s fatal fall Kiernan “AKA” Forbes made a frantic call to hotel staff moments before his fiancée, Anele Tembe, fell to her death from a Cape Town hotel, an inquest has heard. A Pepperclub Hotel employee…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (316+ words) Xolani Maseko takes six taxis a day to get to work and back. He earns R8,000 a month at a call centre in Rosebank, and R2,760 goes on transport. He lives in Tsakane and wakes at 4.30am to beat the traffic before his…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (210+ words) Hluhluwe: Communities in the rural villages of kwaHluhluwe, under uMkhanyakude, who have gone without proper roads since the apartheid era, finally saw their prayers answered after contractors were appointed to build a road connecting seven villages. Phikisiwe Gumede, from eNyathini…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (170+ words) Listen to this article. Cabbage is meant to be one of the cheapest, most reliable vegetables on a tight shopping list. At some stores, shoppers are paying nearly double what it should cost. According to the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (619+ words) Mapisa-Nqakula could walk free: Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will learn on Monday whether she walks free without having to call a witness. The Pretoria High Court is expected to rule on her application to be discharged. Mapisa-Nqakula faces…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (220+ words) More than half of the people living in South Africa’s rural towns earn less than R3,500 a month, according to a new report from the Competition Commission. The report also shows that shops and businesses in these areas work against local…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (823+ words) • King Misuzulu kaZwelithini says he considered sending Zulu regiments to disrupt a regional leaders’ summit in Durban after being left off the guest list. • King Misuzulu says traditional leaders cannot be ignored when politicians discuss minerals, development and other matters…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (549+ words) For many South Africans, the latest fuel increase is not just another number on a petrol station board. It means deciding what must go from an already stretched household budget. Fuel prices increased at midnight, forcing motorists to find more…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (355+ words) Gaudencia Dube works full time as a debt collections agent in Johannesburg during the week, then spends her weekends running a nail studio out of her own home. The 37 year old, originally from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, has lived and…...