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Forty-nine ANC candidates in Mangaung have approached the Constitutional Court in a bid to intervene in the high-stakes legal battle that will determine whether they will appear on the ballot paper in next month’s local government elections.

The Department of Home Affairs has developed its first prototype of a digital ID, Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber announced on Thursday.

A farm, luxury vehicles and drug-making equipment are some of the valuables seized from an alleged large-scale illicit mandrax manufacturing syndicate in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

Suspended police deputy national commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, 59, allegedly liked a sexually explicit video a 16-year-old girl sent him of herself, told her that it was “hot”, and said that he wanted “more”, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Thursday.

Suspended University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu believes his participation in his disciplinary hearing will not yield value, considering that his contract ends in three months.

Due to the seriousness of the crime he is charged with, Lawrence Mudgingyama, the businessman filmed lambasting and threatening women in the bathroom of a Johannesburg restaurant, has had to appear in court and post bail.

The DA has terminated the membership of bogus doctor Abdulkader Elyas with immediate effect following a lengthy meeting of the party’s Federal Executive on Wednesday evening.

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo has argued in court papers that the DA’s bid to have the proportional representation lists of ActionSA, the EFF, the MKP and the GOOD party set aside as unlawful is meritless and risks disrupting the local government elections.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya is facing an additional firearm-related charge, his attorney told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Two Johannesburg dominees were in the US capital this weekend to push back against the message that Afrikaners are a persecuted minority in South Africa. Pieter du Toit reflects on their counter-narrative.

The DA has terminated the membership of bogus doctor Abdulkader Elyas with immediate effect following a lengthy meeting of the party’s Federal Executive on Wednesday evening.

Further allegations of manipulation in the Eastern Cape ANC’s electoral processes have resulted in another defeat in court.

South African Tug-of-War teams participated in nail-biting competitions over the course of the 30th TWIF Tug-of-War World Championships in Mossel Bay and walked away with eight medals.

In this episode of Reporting Notes, News24 investigative journalists Sikonathi Mantshantsha and Azarrah Karrim take you behind the scenes of our recent exposé on the NHI and health wellness marketing contracts that seemingly spiralled out of control.

As Grade 12s feverishly prepare for the matric exams starting in under two weeks, the Eastern Cape’s pass rate in the June assessments declined by 2.9 percentage points, from 80.6% in 2025 to 77.7% in 2026.

Year after year, election after election, Juju Valley residents have been promised heaven and earth, only to watch those promises turn to dust after the polls close.

The Public Investment Corporation, which invests on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund, on Wednesday, announced a stellar set of results for 2025/26, with a 20% increase in assets under management, bringing its portfolio to R3.657 trillion.

Taxi tycoon Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni insists that when he told President Cyril Ramaphosa, “when you find someone trying to interfere with the Putco business, you must know it’s us”, he meant “engagement” – and not the taxi blockades and arson attacks on more than 50 buses that followed his apparent threat.

While the EFF and ANC want the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption to remain in place, the DA and MK Party want it disbanded, albeit for different reasons.

Two Home Affairs officials, who allegedly ran a lucrative passport fraud scheme in which foreign nationals paid up to R100 000 for South African passports, appeared in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where they were granted R5 000 bail.