A charge sheet sets out the grim case against top cop Shadrack Sibiya, alleging that he plied a group of friends with alcohol at what he called a ‘classy place’ – a strip club – then raped one of them, aged 18, at a hotel. He is also accused of sending explicit messages to a 16-year-old.
Caryn Dolley and Lunga Simelane
As ANC leaders revive calls to restore the death penalty, evidence shows capital punishment neither deters crime nor protects survivors from wrongful convictions.
Mondli Makhanya
South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was detained on Saturday, but is now on his way back to South Africa.
Peter Fabricius
Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Dr Jack Bloom has outlined plans to ‘narrow the gap’ between government promises and the delivery of water and sanitation services. But with roughly 13,000 unfixed leaks in the Durban area alone, these bold promises are unlikely to be fulfilled any time soon.
Tony Carnie
XenoBarometer tracks the anti-immigrant movement and its impact. We aim to surface underreported stories, paying close attention to potential rights abuses, emerging patterns in anti-immigrant mobilisation and failures in the government’s response.
Sean Christie
Over the past month, Hungry Lion, Bidvest Bank, the Furniture Bargaining Council, CarTrack, Serengeti Estates and Toyota South Africa all experienced cybersecurity incidents. South Africa doesn’t even have a national AI policy yet, but the loudest conversation at GovTech 2026 was about digital sovereignty.
Lindsey Schutters
Plans for a privately funded Swartland Formula One Grand Prix could boost tourism, investment and jobs, while avoiding the financial and governance risks of government-funded hosting.
Stephen Grootes
South Africa’s problems with crime, racial rhetoric, land reform, economic empowerment and foreign policy are serious. They do not add up to ‘white genocide’.
Marius Oosthuizen
Murder for Money schemes have appeared on the National Financial Ombudsman’s radar. She suggests that urgent changes need to be made in how insurance companies sell funeral policies to avoid putting unsuspecting victims’ lives at risk.
Riaan Marais
Europe’s political centre is fracturing as economic stagnation fuels the far right, threatening Germany, the rules-based order and South Africa.
Natale Labia
A jazz legend whose shoe is regularly kept polished by a mysterious admirer, giant steel pigeons honouring Johannesburg’s Asian community and the story of Pickhandle Mary are among the pieces of Joburg’s history being brought back to life on its streets.
Anna Cox
There is a lot wrong with the ANC, so the stupidity of its secretary-general should ordinarily be the least of our concerns. However, he shows us why the party has become the punchline in a bad joke.
Mondli Makhanya
One or two or three or four jobs – that’s how we roll these days. And as long as you don’t take the approach of a certain V&A Waterfront staffer, most employers are okay with it.
Stephen Grootes
With the 2026 local elections approaching, PA leader Gayton McKenzie says voters should give his party five years to govern Nelson Mandela Bay, promising a fresh approach to the metro’s debt, jobs, services and immigration.
Kyran Blaauw
An estimated 645 million people worldwide face hunger. When disruptions occur, they reverberate far beyond an immediate conflict zone. The global food market faces the impact of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and the incoming El Niño. While everyone is affected, the most vulnerable countries, communities and persons are least able to absorb another shock to food prices and supplies.
Kristian Schmidt
While the recent Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series between the Springboks and All Blacks was a rousing on-field success, it is also a long-term financial stabiliser for the two stressed unions.
Craig Ray
A senior South African Police Service officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a teen in a Sandton hotel earlier this year and recently sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl. Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has reiterated that an officer’s seniority or rank does not place them above the law.
Caryn Dolley
There is something distinctly South African about dedicating a public holiday to heritage and then spending a good part of it debating what, exactly, is being celebrated.
Claudia Pizzocri
South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Tatjana Smith, has reversed her retirement and will make her competitive return at the South African Short Course Championships this weekend.
Annemieke Thomaidis
As killings of whistleblowers and activists go unpunished, South Africa's delayed legislative reforms expose a fatal lack of political will to protect those exposing corruption.
Lalelisile Mncwabe
Zapiro
Utility player Andr é Esterhuizen will become the 68th man to lead the Springboks in a Test when they take on the Wallabies in Perth on Sunday.
Craig Ray
South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy has not been heard from since midday on Saturday, but there is information that he may have been arrested.
Peter Fabricius
Police have made arrests in a case involving one of the nine murdered women in Ekurhuleni, but have shed little light on the broader killings, with two women in the dock and a male suspect released due to a lack of evidence.
Reitumetse Pilane
Cape Town’s plan to trap and confine Seaforth and Waterfall baboons before rolling out coexistence measures sparks outcry over management failure, welfare and environmental responsibility.
Stefania Seveso-Falcon
Well‑resourced mother‑tongue bilingual science lessons and tests can improve Grade 4 performance and parent involvement, suggesting scalable bilingual education across South Africa.
Robyn Tyler
Taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni tells the Madlanga Commission that he denies hiring hitmen or having corrupt police ties, defends WhatsApp messages and explains taxi ‘izinkabi’ (usually referring to contract killers), while facing extortion and cartel allegations.
Vincent Cruywagen
The DA has offered a R500,000 award for information on the women killed in Ekurhuleni, but in the lead-up to the local government elections, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has also used the killings to make a broader argument about policing powers and the state of the EMPD.
Lunga Simelane
The Gqeberha High Court has found the minister of police and National Director of Public Prosecutions negligent.
Tania Broughton