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Isaac Mahlangu is a senior reporter for the Sunday Times.

Tshwane city manager Johann Mettler considering legal action after he was placed on precautionary suspension.

Legal action looms as Tshwane places city manager on precautionary suspension

DA also raises procedural concerns at special council sitting as Johann Mettler is put on ice

Prof Mkhululi Palane, CEO of Xylomed Pharmaceuticals, a company that has developed a treatment for Ebola. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane

South African pharmaceutical firm develops potential Ebola treatment

Clinical trials of a molecule that has been found to stop the virus from replicating itself in human body, to get underway

Mpumalanga human setttlements MEC Speedy Mashilo is trying to fend off a R470m warrant of execution obtained against him by a construction company that was allegedly short-changed in deals to build RDP houses.

State scrambles to stop R470m asset seizure

A construction company has secured a court order to attach assets worth R470m from the department of human settlements for more than a decade of “systematic underpayment for subsidised housing projects in Mpumalanga”.

UK investor Errol Elsdon, who wants 40% of Nkosana Makate's Vodacom payout, says he has instructed his lawyers to sue Makate for defamation.

Investor wants to sue Nkosana Makate for defamation over fraud allegations

Makate, in turn, wants the NPA to prosecute British investor Errol Elsdon for forgery

Public Service Commission chair Somadoda Fikeni says in some instances public servants are maliciously suspended by those who want to steal.

Paid millions to stay home: suspended officials cost country R800m

A staggering R800m of taxpayers’ money is spent each year on salaries for hundreds of suspended public servants at national and provincial level — many of whom have been suspended for years.

Suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi  appears at the Pretoria North Magistrates' Court .The bail application has been rolled over to April 20. Photo Veli Nhlapo

Nkosi ‘unable to’ return ammunition as he was suspended, says lawyer

Fannie Nkosi is applying for bail after his arrest for having unauthorised items

Madibeng mayor Douglas Maimane was caught on tape offering opposition councillors money to campaign against his party, the ANC.

ANC mayor Maimane ‘offers opposition councillors cash’ to help oust his own party

Madibeng municipality rocked by recording of secret meeting in which R200,000 payments promised in exchange for anti-ANC campaign

Up until September 15 last year, the company allowed staff a “body break” option, whereby they could push a pause button on their system when they needed to go to the bathroom.

Call centre accused of ‘evil’ curbs on toilet breaks for staff

Woman tells CCMA she was embarrassed while having her period because she couldn’t get to the bathroom

Deputy national commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili is a frontrunner to get the nod from President Cyril Ramaphosa to act as police commissioner. File photo.

Ramaphosa’s policing problem: who will step into Masemola’s shoes?

With senior cops under investigation and options limited, the president faces a high-stakes choice for the country’s top police post

A tanker delivers water to residents in Chris Hani section in Hammanskraal. The City of Tshwane and the department of water and sanitation have announced a plan to fund a R4bn project to improve the quality of water supplied to the area.

Water ‘blesser’ exposed: the ANC bigwigs who truck water but have no tankers

Two companies with close ties to party heavyweights in Tshwane scored about R32m from the metro to supply water by tanker. How did they do it?

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe, Gugu Motlanthe, former president Thabo Mbeki, Humile Mashatile and deputy president Paul Mashatile, Cynthia Lekota and Kotane Lekota solemnly listen during the funeral in Bloemfontein of former Cope leader, Terror Lekota, who died last Wednesday aged 77.
Picture: Elmond Jiyane/GCIS

Lekota was a principled leader who spoke uncomfortable truths: Mashatile

The late COPE president Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota was described as a fearless freedom fighter who confronted injustice.

Joburg Water staff do not understand how to work a new field services management system, resulting in delays in resolving problem

Joburg Water | An entity in crisis

The utility’s latest quarterly report for July-September 2025 reveals an entity in crisis

Residents of Melville and Westdene protest against an ongoing water outage in the area, demanding accountability.

CLUELESS: South Africa’s deepening water crisis of dry taps and rising anger

Politicians from Ramaphosa down are scurrying to address the issue, highlighted by catastrophic problems in the nation’s biggest metro

More than 150 Palestinians arrived on the plane from Israel this week.

A ticket to wherever for war-weary Gazans

The desperate Palestinians from war-torn Gaza who arrived at OR Tambo International Airport this week paid as much as $2,000 (about R34,000) each for one-way tickets to unknown destinations.

'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate.

‘I am relieved this is over’: Nkosana Makate after signing deal with Vodacom

“There’s no price to be relieved of the stress, to have a normal life without litigation hanging over your head.”