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Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Inspector Samuel Mashaba has been suspended for the second time over his role in a controversial 2021 cocaine operation that seized more than 700 kilograms of drugs — raising serious questions about corruption and abuse of…
50 Years On: The Spirit of the Soweto Uprising Still Burns Bright Cape Town, June 2026 — Half a century after students took to the streets of Soweto on June 16, 1976, South Africa marked the Golden Jubilee of the…
Half a Century On, Youth Unemployment Haunts South Africa’s Liberation Legacy Fifty years after students took to the streets of Soweto and changed the course of South African history, a new generation gathered in Parliament on June 15, 2026, to…
South Africa’s Parliament Debates ‘Fit and Proper’ Standard for Ramaphosa Impeachment Committee South Africa’s National Assembly Rules Committee clashed on Wednesday over whether members of the presidential impeachment committee must meet a ‘fit and proper’ standard — a debate that…
South Africa’s Media Watchdog in Crisis: Parliament Stalls on MDDA Board Member’s Fate South Africa’s Parliament has deferred a decision on whether to remove Thembelani Mpakati, a board member of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), leaving the controversy…
South Africa’s Impeachment Committee Presses On Despite Legal Threats — “Only a Court Can Stop Us” Makashule Gana, a Rise Mzansi MP, was elected chairperson of South Africa’s newly formed 31-member Impeachment Committee on 1 June 2026, tasked with investigating…
Verulam Youth Speak Out: Nepotism and Broken Promises Fuel Community Anger in KwaZulu-Natal Residents of Trenance Park, a low-income community near Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, are pushing back hard against what they describe as rampant nepotism, a chronic lack…
DA Targets Khayelitsha With Five Ward Candidates Ahead of 2026 Local Elections The Democratic Alliance (DA) unveiled five ward councillor candidates in Khayelitsha on Friday, ramping up its campaign ahead of the 2026 local government elections and taking direct aim…
South African Suspended Cop Loses Bail Appeal as Court Cites Flight Risk and Witness Tampering Concerns The Pretoria High Court has dismissed the bail appeal of suspended South African Police Service (SAPS) sergeant Fannie Nkosi, ruling that releasing him would…
South Africa’s Justice System Is Failing Child Sexual Abuse Survivors — Only 8.6% of Cases End in Conviction South Africa’s Parliament has sounded the alarm on a deepening crisis: the country’s justice system is failing child sexual abuse survivors at…
