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The latest from South Africa—nationwide headlines, local impact, and the stories driving change.
Something is burning again in Durban. The coastal city that has long served as one of South Africa’s most vibrant economic hubs is once more at the centre of anti-migrant unrest, a recurring crisis that exposes deep fractures in the…
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs reversed its controversial asylum directive on Friday, but for residents of Orlando West in Soweto, the climbdown arrived too late. Burnt-out cars still line Khumalo Street. Looted spaza shops remain shuttered. And the anger…
A government warning. A court ruling. And a country on edge. It started in May 2023, when two civil society organisations — the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town and Lawyers for Human Rights — took the South African government to…
Picture this: a refugee reception office somewhere in South Africa, a person who crossed the border without papers standing at the door, uncertain whether they will be turned away. For years, that uncertainty was baked into the law itself. Then,…
It began with a notice served in a prison cell. On 29 September, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya — suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner of South Africa — was handed formal notice of disciplinary proceedings while being held at the Randburg Magistrates’…
He walked into the Madlanga Commission carrying the weight of R500 million in tender allegations, WhatsApp messages tied to a convicted hitman, and accusations of orchestrating extortion across South Africa’s taxi industry. He walked out quoting the Bible. That is…
For years, South Africa’s Central Drug Authority has struggled to make a meaningful dent in one of the country’s most persistent crises. The CDA, established under the Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act to guide national drug policy…
A Province on High Alert Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced on Thursday that the province has identified ten police stations recording alarming rates of rape cases, ring-fencing them for targeted additional resources as part of a sweeping response to the…
South Africa took a landmark step toward digital governance on Thursday, 1 October 2026, when Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber publicly demonstrated the country’s first functional digital identity system at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, marking a decisive move to dismantle…
A murder trial gripping South Africa took a sharp and disturbing turn on Thursday when Fortunate Masilela, the first accused in the killing of Jabulile Ntimba, told the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court that police officers tortured her and coerced her into…
