4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (367+ words) Riaan Swiegelaar and Adri Norton. Picture: Brendan Magaar / African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town – South Africa has its first satanic church. For years, satanists did not have a place of worship. Now, since the opening of The South African Satanic…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (535+ words) From famous celebrations as a trebble winner, former Orlando Pirates striker Thulasizwe Mbuyane has transitioned to politics as he sets sights to Local Governmnet Elections. Thulasizwe Mbuyane did not enter politics to chase clout, secure a paycheck, or simply stay…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1118+ words) Lindiwe Nkuna-Kgopa's journey from rejection to success as she pioneers Africa's first large-scale sanitary pad manufacturing facility owned and operated entirely by women, creating opportunities and redefining the future of women's leadership in manufacturing. After being told she "did not…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (941+ words) Africa is beginning to build more of its own response to sickle cell disease, linking local research and clinical expertise with pharmaceutical manufacturing. African drugmakers and health researchers are starting to connect local pharmaceutical production with the continent’s long-running work…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (502+ words) The R16 million Emfuleni ‘ghost fleet’ scandal widened after police revealed they had traced vehicles meant for the cash-strapped municipality to other municipalities and a private company. The latest development emerged as 40-year-old supplier Mpho Malema made his first appearance in…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (386+ words) Cape Times The African leader who refuses to leave Johannesburg - The tiny nation of Gambia has West Africa on the brink of a military intervention, and thousands, including cabinet ministers, are fleeing the country. Longtime President Yahya Jammeh is refusing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (708+ words) A subpoena is no longer just a warning at the Madlanga Commission, with North West businessman Suliman Carrim now facing criminal charges for failing to appear, while Major-General Feroz Khan’s hospitalisation has put another witness’s absence under the spotlight. This…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (735+ words) South Africa’s growing reliance on coalition governments is increasingly being felt beyond council chambers, with political instability disrupting budgets, delaying projects and threatening basic services such as water, sanitation and waste management. A study commissioned by the Local Government Sector…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (372+ words) Dr Sinthie Mary Qono and ANC Chief Representative Ahmed Elijah (Akkie) Qono meeting President Abdou Diouf of Senegal. Picture: Dr. Phyllis Naidoo’s A Millennial Diary Akkie Qono grew up in Daveyton, Soweto and matriculated at Orlando High School. That school…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (424+ words) On Tuesday law enforcement agencies intercepted narcotics consignments at OR Tambo International Airport. OR Tambo, Cape Town and King Shaka International Airports recorded 117 narcotics-smuggling cases during the period 2023/2024 to 2025/2026. This as the country's major international airports and associated air-cargo facilities…...