South Africa's decision to relocate Taiwan's embassy appears to have further strained US relations, with Texan senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ted Cruz accusing the SA government of alienating America.
The Western Cape government intends to demolish the defunct Helen Bowden Nurses home in Green Point Cape Town – eight years after it was initially illegally occupied.
Free State Judge President Cagney Musi says the State has not produced sound evidence to support its request that an "outside judge" should decide the asbestos scam case of the province's former premier, Ace Magashule.
?After rejecting a provincial education department move to supply two mobile classrooms to accommodate Grade 8 pupils who were denied admission this year, a Limpopo school has been rocked by racism allegations.
A trove of documents obtained by amaBhungane show how the Independent Development Trust appointed a contractor embroiled in bribery allegations involving director-general of the Department of Health Dr Sandile Buthelezi despite obvious...
Imagine a road with working traffic lights, filled potholes, cleared storm water drains, and intact manhole covers - but slathered in adverts by the companies that fixed them.
When Alison Botha heard the men who had brutally raped and almost killed her were back behind bars, her lawyer says her first response was: "I can breathe now."
Tourists visiting leisure spots have been warned to remain vigilant this season after a Mozambican spitting cobra was discovered inside a toilet at a picnic site in the Kruger National Park.
The appointment of Media Development and Diversity Agency Shoeshoe Qhu as CEO is at the center of court action amid claims that she does not qualify for the role.
A man and woman were found burnt inside an abandoned stationary vehicle in Sabie Walk, Manenberg, on Tuesday morning following complaints by residents of a vehicle that was on fire.
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off Critical supplies of life-saving medicines have been blocked and...
The US has said who qualifies for a waiver during the Trump administration’s pause in foreign aid but it doesn’t allow for anti-HIV pills, unless for pregnant women
Cyril Ramaphosa’s government ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, says Trump, calling for investigation US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has claimed South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain...
The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t been implemented, and the court has ordered that shortfalls in social grants be...
My friend and former work colleague Mary Scott, who has died aged 84, was an expert in the field of academic literacies, the study of the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to participate in academic study. As she revealed in her...
Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulings South Africa and Malaysia will launch a campaign to protect and uphold the rulings of the international court of justice (ICJ) and the international criminal court...
The British Nigerian writer’s beautiful new collection captures the spirit and importance of house parties. Plus, remembering Toni Morrison’s oeuvre Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I caught up with the film-maker and...
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations, startled viewers...
High court case demands inquiry into 1985 Cradock Four killings and ‘constitutional damages’ worth £7.3m Lukhanyo Calata’s first memory of his father was the funeral. His mother sobbing, the earth beneath his feet shaking from the number...
A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species The first carcass of a great white, a small...
Commonwealth War Graves Commission begins project to honour those who, unlike white counterparts, were never commemorated Elliot Malunga Delihlazo’s grandmother would say that her brother Bhesengile went to war and never came back. The...
Escape of James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national known as Tiger, described as an ‘embarrassment’ South African police are hunting an alleged “kingpin” of illegal mining after he escaped from custody following a rescue operation last week...
Royal Court, London A grubby shack that appears in a prosperous neighbourhood is the catalyst for a culture clash in South African playwright Amy Jephta’s sharp drama A Black couple have moved into a gated suburban enclave and the white...
Police operation to stamp out illegal mining by blocking food supplies has turned to tragedy as relatives wait for loved ones to be rescued Almost three days into a South African government operation in which 78 bodies and 218 miners had...
Mike Stein would like the ICC to have the moral and political courage to lead a multilateral boycott Jonathan Liew’s insightful article concludes that a unilateral boycott of the Champions Trophy would be a limited gesture in response to...
Thirty-six bodies brought to surface amid claims 109 are dead and between 400 and 800 people still alive and trapped Thirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive...
Phone video shared by mining NGO appears to show dozens of wrapped bodies in underground tunnel The South African government has launched a mission to bring to the surface potentially hundreds of people in an illegal mine who last year...
(Transgressive) The sex-positive South African trailblazer deserves to break into the mainstream with the fullest expression so far of her wit and sheer verve Moonchild Sanelly’s teal-blue hairdo is trademarked in her native South...
Three people arrested after group escapes Johannesburg house by breaking a window and burglar bar South African police have rescued 26 Ethiopians from a suspected human trafficking ring in Johannesburg after the group broke a window and...
A gang of homeless misfits fight for survival in this dull reboot of the 1987 American horror film This is less a remake than an echo of the 1987 American cult horror flick of the same title. As in the previous film, it contains lashings...
A BBC radio and television reporter for 40 years, my husband, Michael Robinson, who has died aged 76, will be familiar to listeners of Radio 4’s Moneybox and File on 4, and to viewers of The Money Programme and Panorama. He specialised...
South African dancer and choreographer died unexpectedly after a brief illness, her family says The dance world is mourning the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in hospital at the...