South Africa’s bank fraud problem is out of control. One bank has figured out how to stop it from happening to its customers. The rest of the industry, the regulators and the criminal justice system have not.

Starting in 2028, Olympic women’s events will be restricted to biological females only, as the IOC implements a gene-screening requirement for participating athletes.

Nelson Mandela Bay officials came under fire in Parliament this week, conceding an irregular R25m transformer lease and facing questions over chronic underspending and weak municipal accountability.

The Auditor-General reveals that significant delays in infrastructure projects are hindering South Africa’s service delivery, with an average wait time now 41 months, affecting President Ramaphosa’s ambitious reform agenda.

The UN General Assembly has passed the resolution on transatlantic slavery despite opposition from the US and European countries.

Suffering from heart failure, his lower eyelids discoloured and swollen, apartheid’s killing machine, Eugene de Kock (77), this week appeared at the inquest into the murder of the Cradock Four.

Expecting her fraud trial to begin, a former Nelson Mandela Bay police officer instead found herself in handcuffs – accused of attempting to sway witnesses in a case tied to dozens of fraudulent funeral policies.

More than 100 schools in the City of Ekurhuleni are facing imminent disconnection as a perfect storm of rising tariffs, budget cuts and a broken funding model leaves classrooms without power or water.

If the current Middle East crisis could be brought to an end right now by some ‘deus ex machina’ force, who would be the winners, who the losers, and what might that mean for the future?

The Newcastle sweatshop crisis unveils systemic issues within South Africa’s manufacturing sector, highlighting the struggle between legitimate factories and predatory practices that jeopardise livelihoods and community stability.

South Africa’s commissions of inquiry have long stood as pillars of accountability, but growing scrutiny of high-profile investigators is shifting attention from those under investigation to those leading it. As questions about independence and credibility surface, the forensic profession faces a defining test of trust in an increasingly polarised political landscape.

Transparency matters, so keep records of meetings, property valuations, medical reports and reasons for major decisions.