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Joburg shuts down corruption-busting unit
A day after dismissing a senior official who raised the alarm about irregularities and possible corruption amounting to R8.2 billion, the City of Joburg under
31 zama-zamas die in underground explosion, department announces
An underground methane gas explosion killed 31 illegal miners, known as zama-zamas, in a mine in Welkom, the Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has
Top official charged over multi-million rand NHI contract
The director of communications at the Department of Health, Popo Maja, has been charged with corruption in connection with the R140 million tender awarded to
Former female IS member jailed for keeping woman as slave
Keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave is among the crimes for which a German woman who joined the Islamic State (IS) group has been
Nasa must decide Hubble’s space fate soon – report
US space agency Nasa will have to decide soon whether to boost the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, to a higher orbit, or let
Inflation eases in May
Inflation in South Africa in May was 6.3%, lower than the expectations of economists. It is also lower than the annual inflation rate for April,
EFF Zimbabwe endorses Mnangagwa
The EFF’s offshoot in Zimbabwe has endorsed incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa of ZANU-PF ahead of elections in August. The Zimbabwean branch of the EFF will
Ugandan police arrest 20 suspects over school massacre
Twenty suspects held by Ugandan police are believed to have been involved in the massacre that left 42 dead last Friday. Six others were abducted
Amazon, Microsoft among firms pledging jobs to refugees
With the global sum of people forcibly displaced from their countries reaching a record 110 million, Amazon, Microsoft and Hilton Hotels are among international companies
Former SuperSport player in football racism controversy
Allegations that a Qatari player directed racial abuse at New Zealand defender – and former SuperSport player – Michael Boxall, who has Samoan heritage, prompted