Victoria O'Regan

It’s all systems go for nearly 900,000 Grade 12s around the country who will begin their National Senior Certificate exams on Monday. The basic education minister has warned against protests at schools during the exam period.

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says fraud charges against Al Jama-ah's Kabelo Gwamanda are enough for the ANC's step-aside rule to kick in. But he hasn't asked Gwamanda to step aside as an MMC just yet.

The country will file the dossier to the International Court of Justice by 28 October, but this does not necessarily mean there will be a judgment soon. It could be years before there is a ruling.

‘There has been a patently unreasonable delay, there has been no attempt to explain the delay, and there has been no attempt to produce facts to show why the delay should be overlooked,' Advocate Geoff Budlender argued for President Ramaphosa on Tuesday.

South Africa's G20 presidency – the first for an African nation – may perhaps be the most challenging yet, given the broader political climate.

The secretary-general of the human rights body denounced world leaders for failing to act to prevent genocide in Gaza since October 2023, saying states have done ‘not just far too little, but rather, far too much to make it far too worse'.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile concluded his year-end Q&A in the House on Thursday with some apparent side-stepping on the festering crisis in Mozambique.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has said the report from the clearing house mechanism on the Bela Act has been handed to the President.

Ministers from South Africa and Mozambique said the post-election unrest in Mozambique has had a ‘significant negative impact’ on trade, warning of ‘great danger’ of food and energy insecurity if the crisis persists.

The sharp rise in road fatalities so far this festive season has been particularly pronounced among pedestrians, says the Transport Minister.