As South Africa’s local government elections approach, voters are once again hearing familiar promises: councillors will fix potholes, end water outages and power cuts, and improve refuse collection. Yet service delivery is…
The Supreme Court has blocked a bid to broadcast a criminal trial live, ruling that the challenged procedural restriction cannot be appealed…
The Caine Prize for African Writing has opened an investigation into Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza following allegations that artificial intelligence was…
The government has pushed back against reports that President Peter Mutharika traveled to India for medical treatment, urging the public to depend…
Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya has resigned from the police service while facing disciplinary proceedings over serious sexual-offence allegations.…
South Africa’s government plans to ask the courts to clarify how it must give effect to a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum…
Former South African president Jacob Zuma remains in a private Pietermaritzburg hospital, as differing reports continue to circulate about his condition following…
South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has received the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in…
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn its directive governing asylum applications after anti-immigration protests in Soweto and Durban escalated into…
President Peter Mutharika’s frequent and unexplained journeys to South Africa have intensified questions about his health, as opposition leaders press for evidence…
Thousands of migrants have departed South Africa after targeted attacks and mounting pressure from anti-migrant groups calling for undocumented migrants to leave.…
