Sunday World News Updates

As the November 2026 local government elections approach, a powerful opportunity beckons for communities across South Africa. For too long, many of our municipalities and councillors have failed in their primary duty: to deliver basic services and uplift our people. Potholes remain unfilled and water taps run dry, while those… Read more »

Build One South Africa welcomes the latest decline in inflation but South Africans should be careful not to interpret a lower inflation rate as an end to the cost-of-living crisis. Lower inflation means that prices are increasing at a slower pace. It does not mean that the cost of food,… Read more »

Stuart Scharnick was arrested for intimidation this week after his confrontation with Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi at the Madlanga Commission. Scharnick was there supporting MP Fadiel Adams. This is the same character who was part of Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya’s entourage when he appeared before the ad hoc committee. Imagine the audacity… Read more »

State institutions have been weaponised for factional battles and bureaucratic score-settling. The withdrawal of fraud and corruption charges against Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and six senior Crime Intelligence officials is an embarrassment for the forces of malice. Idac arrested them over Brig Dineo Mokwele’s allegedly irregular appointment, despite evidence showing to… Read more »

In the wake of recent anti-immigrant protests in South Africa, law enforcement agencies have significantly increased immigration-related arrests. However, this raises an important question: apart from the hardship and suffering experienced by these detainees, is the mass incarceration of people detained for immigration-related offences an effective response to the country’s… Read more »

“Who ya gonna call?” was an easy question in Ghostbusters. In the movie, if there was something strange in the neighbourhood, you knew exactly who to call, and even more importantly, somebody would answer and respond. In South Africa, considerably less supernatural problems can be much harder to navigate. Who… Read more »

South Africa’s Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to free, fair and regular elections. It requires an electoral system that results, in general, in proportional representation and an electoral commission that is independent, impartial and functions without fear, favour or prejudice. Behind these simple principles lies a logistical undertaking of… Read more »

The end for Ukraine is nigh, no matter how many wildberries warehouses they target. Yet again, we hear lies from the Zelenskyy regime, that because this e-commerce distribution company of electronic products, similar to Amazon, is also distributing military components, it is a legitimate target. The truth is not that… Read more »

Police at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein have arrested a 36-year-old woman after discovering 232 stones suspected to be crack cocaine concealed inside a hairdresser doll head. On Sunday, the South African Police Service said an Airports Company South Africa supervisor alerted members of the Visible Policing Unit, responsible… Read more »

Police in Limpopo have arrested two suspects, aged 27 and 32, on Sunday, August 23, after the body of a missing man was discovered floating in Arabie Dam in the Elandskraal policing area. The victim, Jesaya Masha, 42, from Ga-Masha Village, was reported missing at Jane Furse police station on… Read more »