Friday, 13 November 2026

The Madlanga Commission has rebuked Hawks officials who revealed details of an entrapment operation in a R1.5 million theft case, with the chairperson saying they were ill-advised. Only one JMPD official has been convicted so far.

Eight people, including two children, died when a three-storey building partly collapsed into a construction pit in Brooklyn on Wednesday, and US authorities are considering criminal charges.

Analyst Wayne Sussman says anti-migrant sentiment likely helped ActionSA's local election showing, though he also credited its alliances with civic groups and smaller parties for building grassroots support.

A court clerk told the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that an Eastern Cape High Court judge verbally abused him and used a racial slur, which the judge denies. Her advocate put a medical report on workplace stress to him.

Music executive Lance recounted being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and forced to leave London over work-permit breaches, a low point that he says brought him back to South Africa and into music.