President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 348 of 2026, authorising the Special Investigating Unit to investigate North West Transport Investments, North West Star and the Atteridgeville Bus Service. The investigation covers fuel supply, a vehicle rental agreement, a subcontracted commuter bus service and claims paid to companies linked to Mahikeng businessman Suliman Carrim. It also…
The SAPS has confirmed that 4 of the 5 women found dead in and around Kempton Park since 15 July were sexually assaulted, but it has not concluded that the cases are linked and will not call it the work of a serial killer. A man arrested 2 days after the first body was found…
Premier Alan Winde has warned Western Cape farmers to prepare now for a hotter summer, higher fire danger and more pressure on water, with El Niño expected to strengthen in the coming months. The warning follows a fire season in which more than 200 000 hectares of the province burned. Winde asked landowners to clear…
Mozambique has refused to extradite the 2 men accused of murdering Ernst and Dina Marais in the Kruger National Park in May, and they will be prosecuted in Mozambique instead. The Department of Justice says it never lodged a formal extradition request, because the National Prosecuting Authority never asked it to. Mozambique’s constitution has always…
A SAPS veterinarian signed a certificate on 28 August 2026 stating that police dog Sky could not be used in the police service without compromising her welfare. Ten days later she was found in her kennel at the SAPS Roodeplaat Veterinary Hospital with both front legs broken, and she was euthanised on 9 September. Ian…
The IEC has answered the ANC’s Electoral Court application by filing its own system records, showing what the party’s administrators were doing in the final hours before the 28 August candidate deadline. The records split the 6 affected municipalities into 2 very different groups: in Ngquza Hill and Port St Johns there was no system…
Abdulkader “AK” Elyas pleaded guilty in September 2024 to 5 charges of giving false information about his qualifications, in a plea and penalty agreement with the DA’s own Federal Legal Commission. In March 2026 that same commission found he had not complied with the agreement, and in May the party’s federal executive sent the matter…
The City of Cape Town has published a draft Animal Keeping By-law that requires a permit for every dog and every cat older than 6 months, and public comment closes on 29 September 2026. The argument since publication has been about whether this amounts to a pet licence, with the City saying it has no…
The ANC failed to complete the registration of some of its candidates before the IEC’s 17:00 deadline on 28 August, and may not appear on the ballot in municipalities it has governed for decades, including Mangaung metro. Secretary General Fikile Mbalula first said it had not happened, then blamed a fault in the IEC’s online…
The United States government awarded a South African company, Amerikaners Group (Pty) Ltd, a contract worth up to R18 082 073 to refer Afrikaner applicants into the American refugee programme. Before the award could be made, American officials had to write and sign a formal justification explaining why no other organisation could do the work….
