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The latest from South Africa—nationwide headlines, local impact, and the stories driving change.
What happened in Ekurhuleni, and why is it shaking the whole country? Since July, the bodies of nine women have been recovered across Ekurhuleni, a metropolitan area east of Johannesburg in Gauteng province. Most of the victims were in their…
What is actually happening in Ekurhuleni? In just nine weeks, nine women have been found dead across Ekurhuleni, a sprawling metro east of Johannesburg in Gauteng province. The latest victim — a woman believed to be around 30 years old…
A Country Holds Its Breath Eight women’s bodies. Two months. One terrified nation. That is the brutal arithmetic now confronting South Africa after a series of killings in and around Kempton Park, in Gauteng’s Ekurhuleni district, sent shockwaves from township…
Anti-immigrant violence tore through South Africa again in March 2026. In the months that followed, an estimated 56,000 Malawians and 115,000 Zimbabweans were forced to flee their homes. At least 11 foreign nationals were killed, and President Cyril Ramaphosa took…
A man who calls himself “Abraham the chosen one” stands on the pavement of Che Guevara Road in Durban, bags packed, eyes tired. He is ready to board a government bus to Lindela Repatriation Centre — not because he wants…
A South African-built open-source tool is quietly reshaping how artificial intelligence handles the world’s most neglected languages — and its reach now stretches from the streets of Nairobi to the steppes of Central Asia. TextAugment, developed by computer scientist Vukosi…
A Court Order That Limits Speech — But Not the Boycott Itself The Western Cape High Court has handed down a final interdict against Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) activists, barring them from publicly linking retailer Cape Union Mart and its…
Almost a decade of silence. That is essentially what Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso admitted when he stood before Parliament and confirmed that the South African government has no updated data on how much of the country’s…
A Turning Point for Local Government — Or Just Another Piece of Paper? One hundred municipalities across South Africa have formally adopted the Code for Ethical Leadership in Local Government. That’s a headline worth pausing on. For a country where…
A single Facebook post from Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie set off a heated debate about race, representation and fairness inside South Africa’s public institutions. “Where are the Coloureds, Indians and Whites?” he wrote, questioning the racial makeup of the…
