Sunday World News Updates

The clock is ticking, and the countdown has already started before one of the continent’s biggest matches gets underway. Orlando Pirates will host perennial rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, and as expected, the country has been divided for the whole week, and the current affairs topic… Read more »

For many of us, home represents safety, comfort and belonging. Yet, for thousands of people across Gauteng, having a place to call home remains an everyday struggle. Homelessness is often misunderstood. Behind every person living on the streets is a story that may involve unemployment, poverty, family breakdown, substance abuse… Read more »

EFF deputy president Godrich Gardee heads to a Lutheran church in Mbombela on Wednesday morning, carrying what he describes as an eviction notice for the ANC. But the political congregation he hopes to convert is considerably larger than the one expected at his polling station. Gardee, the EFF’s mayoral candidate… Read more »

Former Scopa chairperson Themba Godi will vote in Bushbuckridge on November 4, calling for the ANC to lose control of municipal finances after decades in power. The African People’s Convention president proposes ward-based budgeting to ensure communities receive dedicated development allocations, drawing on his years scrutinising public expenditure in Parliament.… Read more »

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s traditional voting station in Soweto will become a test of whether the ANC can recover ground in his neighborhood when South Africans vote in the municipal elections on November 4. At Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo, where Ramaphosa has repeatedly cast his ballot, the governing party faces… Read more »

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is two days ahead of most South Africans at the ballot box, but her MK Party still has a long political road to travel in Mpumalanga. The party’s provincial leader has arranged to exercise her democratic right through a special vote on Monday, November 2,… Read more »

Former Mpumalanga premier Thabang Makwetla has appeared in court on corruption and fraud charges over allegations that controversial government contractor Bosasa spent approximately R350 000 upgrading security at his private residence. Makwetla, also a former deputy minister of correctional services, appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on… Read more »

ActionSA president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba will head to the country’s richest square mile on Wednesday to cast his vote, as he seeks to return to the city’s highest political office. Mashaba is scheduled to cast his ballot at 9am at the Sandton Fire Station in Sandton, according… Read more »

For years, Charmaine Maile has helped vulnerable children rebuild their lives, offering them the care, stability and reassurance they need after difficult beginnings. Now, the woman helping 12 boys at Jakaranda Children’s House in Tshwane find hope for their future has a reason to celebrate her own, a qualification that… Read more »

On November 4, Helen Zille heads to a primary school in Johannesburg, but the examination awaiting her is far bigger than anything on a classroom blackboard. The DA’s mayoral candidate casts her vote at Emmarentia Primary School, in a ward her party controls but where residents have battled dry taps,… Read more »