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The University of Cape Town academic at the centre of the so-called “Forest Hill incident” says she never complained and has questioned why a private wellness check was turned into a matter for further investigation into Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela.

Vast swathes of Tshwane were experiencing a power outage on Wednesday due to an explosion at the Waltloo substation.

Political parties that filed PR lists with only one candidate have argued that the DA’s court application to have these struck down has no solid foundation in law.

Edible insects like mopane worms and black soldier flies are already part of sustainable protein solutions, with growing efforts to balance conservation and commercial demand.

Cape Town’s proposed crackdown on Airbnb-style rentals is facing a major industry challenge, with short-term rental operators warning that the city’s plan could drive owners to shut their doors in winter, squeeze supply and push up peak-season prices.

Illegal miners operating in Wedela, outside Carletonville, Gauteng believe the shooting at Dora’s Tavern which claimed 18 lives was aimed at them by rival illegal mining groups. Eighteen other people were wounded during the attack on Saturday night.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a set of measures on Tuesday evening to combat the country’s endemic violence against women, which has seen 11 women murdered in one municipality alone since mid-July.

A helicopter crash-landed during a major illegal mining operation in Fochville on Tuesday morning, leaving the pilot and passengers with minor injuries shortly after police arrested 121 suspected illegal miners and recovered five firearms.

After 44 years in public service, Western Cape Police Ombudsman Oswald Reddy is stepping down, satisfied that he served the province’s communities with integrity – but warning that gang infiltration of the SAPS, a collapse in public trust and a surge in extortion remain among the most serious threats to policing in the province.

The US ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, was called in for consultations by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on Tuesday, after a week in which he lambasted his host government in media interviews.

Taxi tycoon Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni insists he played no part in his associate Oupa Bafana Sindane’s threats to shut down a businessman’s quarry operation if he didn’t “account” for why he hadn’t paid alleged protection fees – and says the taxi boss “must answer” for himself.

The body of missing Western Cape ostrich farmer Sagaria “Saag” Jonker has been found inside his Toyota Land Cruiser in the Olifants River near Oudtshoorn, three days after he was swept away while crossing a flooded low-water bridge.

The MHR Maumela Family Trust has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for an urgent interdict to stop the Special Investigating Unit’s appointed curator from selling a Ferrari SF90 Stradale linked to the probe into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital.

A man has appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found at Mooifontein Cemetery in the Vusimuzi section of Tembisa.

Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has dissolved the National Film and Video Foundation council, saying the decision is one of “institutional accountability”.

The South African Weather Service has issued multiple weather warnings for Wednesday, with severe thunderstorms expected over parts of Gauteng, North West and Limpopo, while damaging winds are forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape.

A man who stabbed his mother 26 times wept as a magistrate found him guilty of her murder in the Durban Regional Court on Tuesday.

A Buffalo City school teacher is out on bail after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman.

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More than a third of all posts on South Africa’s 52 parole boards are vacant, the Department of Correctional Services told Parliament, and MPs are not happy about it.