4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (496+ words) Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has explained the cash payments made towards extensive renovations at her house in Bruma, Johannesburg. The state alleges that Mapisa-Nqakula used these kickbacks to fund her home renovations. Interior designer Nomsa Shabangu, who managed the…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (266+ words) A South African mechanic is among many civilians taken hostage by armed rebels at a hunting lodge in northern Mozambique. The culprits raided the lodge and town of Marangira, seizing supplies, burning down the lodge’s facilities and taking hostages. They…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) A Brussels court has ordered Belgian biometrics company Semlex and 13 other defendants to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering and tax fraud linked to a contract to produce passports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civil parties…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) TimesLIVE Oncology firm Novocure says cyberattack exposed US patient records Oncology company Novocure said on Tuesday a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access to certain information systems in mid-August exposed internal records of more than 1,400 US patients. The breach adds to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) Limpopo has recorded a 13% drop in murder cases, with the province having the lowest murder rate in the country during the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. Limpopo police commissioner Lt-Gen Jan Petrus Scheepers and transport and community safety MEC…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (314+ words) An Australian judge said he may order Tesla to give an independent expert access to its internal engineering platforms as part of a class action against the Elon Musk-led carmaker, a move designed to bypass a drawn-out discovery process that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (519+ words) A R17m lawsuit against a municipality has gone nowhere after the court dismissed an application by an unemployed man who has been described as a persistent litigant. Thabang Motjamela had approached the Western Cape High Court seeking damages from the Garden…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (214+ words) Australia’s competition regulator said on Friday it had sued Japanese carmaker Subaru’s Australian unit, alleging it denied independent car repairers the same access to vehicle repair information as its dealerships. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges between July…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) The ANC has announced that parliamentary caucus chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli will lay criminal charges against DA MP Mark Burke and his fintech firm, Kastelo, after allegations that the company violated South African Reserve Bank exchange control regulations. The Bank…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (652+ words) South Africa’s former ambassador to Japan, Smuts Ngonyama, has accused a company linked to lucrative mining investments of spending more than seven years defying court orders and deploying an endless stream of legal challenges to block the Khululekile Family Trust…...