#UniteBehind demands prosecutions over R3.5-billion ‘too-tall trains’
Activists ask NPA, the Hawks and SIU to investigate the decade-old Swifambo contract as an organised criminal enterprise
By Liezl Human
News | 13 October 2026
We found flaws in Gauteng’s panic button app. The province set the cops on us
The Gauteng Department of e-Government waited two weeks before reporting security flaws to the Information Regulator
By Joel Cedras
News | 13 October 2026
Western Cape schools to teach maths in isiXhosa from next year
Nearly 3,500 teachers trained in Bala Wande programme
Brief | 13 October 2026
Six years later Eastern Cape storm victims still without houses
Some found their names were never on the beneficiary list
News | 13 October 2026
Eastern Cape villagers wait years for road project
A road connecting Ngqeleni to Canzibe near Mthatha is treacherous
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
News | 13 October 2026
Court bars anti-immigrant protesters from going near Home Affairs
24 people appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 October 2026
In photos: PAGAD protest outside suspected drug dealer’s Cape Town house
Belgravia residents demand police do more to end gangsterism and shootings
Text by Abonge Chiya. Photos by Brenton Geach.
Photo Essay | 12 October 2026
Minister to take Knoflokskraal occupation to court
Government says it has evidence of fraudulent land sales and extortion
By Liezl Human
News | 12 October 2026
Newcastle clothing factories back down in court battle
Factories accept they have no exemption but can still challenge the bargaining council’s jurisdiction
Law | 12 October 2026
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