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A Lawmaker Who Refuses to Go Quietly Mbali Shinga, the sole Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) for the National Freedom Party (NFP) in KwaZulu-Natal, is standing her ground — and she has the courts on her side. Shinga has…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is fighting for his political life, and the battlefield is a scandal that started with a break-in at a game farm and has now reached the country’s highest court. If you’ve been hearing the name…
A President Under Pressure South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is waiting on a critical court ruling that could reshape his political future — and the country’s constitutional landscape. The Western Cape High Court heard his urgent application to halt Parliament’s…
A High-Stakes Briefing Looms South Africa’s newly appointed Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) Ombudsman, Retired Judge Takalani Raulinga, is set to address the media in Pretoria at 12:30 pm on Sunday — and all eyes are on him. The briefing…
The Crisis in a Nutshell On Friday, 16 July, South Africa’s Parliament convened an emergency joint session to decide the financial fate of Johannesburg and 68 other municipalities. At stake: R13.5 billion in equitable share transfers — money that the…
A Crisis Unfolding on the Pavement For nearly two months, hundreds of refugees have been sleeping rough on the pavements outside the Home Affairs Refugees Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road in Durban, South Africa. They are documented, they are…
Over half a billion rands. That’s what South Africa has poured into detaining and deporting undocumented migrants over the past three years alone. The number is staggering — R552 million — and it’s forcing a hard conversation about where state…
It started, as these stories often do, with bodies discovered too late. On 6 July 2026, officers from Bedfordshire Police found three people dead inside a home near Bedford, north of London. The victims were Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and…
Four senior officials from the City of Ekurhuleni appeared before the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 9 July 2026, charged with fraud, corruption and defeating the ends of justice — and the case goes far deeper than a few illegal…
A City Under Scrutiny Picture this: you pay rent every month, but you have no lease agreement, no legal security, and no guarantee you won’t be evicted tomorrow. Your taps run dry. The streetlights outside your home haven’t worked in…
