Sunday World News Updates

The fight over Tshwane city manager Johann Mettler has come dressed as accountability. It may yet prove to be that. But in the capital city, where politics and procurement often share the same corridors, respectable language should never be accepted at face value. Mettler was served on June 27 with… Read more »

South Africa’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) should be viewed as an industrial competitiveness strategy rather than a consumer adoption programme, according to Thanda Sithole, senior economist at WesBank and First National Bank. In an opinion piece examining the country’s EV White Paper, Sithole argues that the policy’s primary objective… Read more »

Africa’s long-term economic growth will depend less on national borders and more on efficient trade corridors that connect businesses, manufacturers and consumers across the continent, according to Jacques Taylor, managing director of Tata Africa. In an opinion piece, Taylor argues that while Africa’s trade corridors have traditionally focused on moving… Read more »

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the arrest of four suspects during an overnight takedown operation carried out in various parts of Johannesburg. According to SAPS, the arrests were executed by the Madlanga commission’s recommendations task team as part of an ongoing investigation. Those arrested include current and… Read more »

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been pulled into a fresh funding dispute over Cape Town’s townships after Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka found that service-delivery failures in Langa Flats and Khayelitsha raised broader questions about how national revenue is allocated to municipalities with sprawling informal settlements. Gcaleka’s report, released on Tuesday… Read more »

Lotto results for Wednesday, July 8 2026 Lotto:                11 | 13 | 21| 22 | 29 | 36           Bonus Ball: 47 Lotto Plus 1:      15 |20 | 21| 28 | 29 | 34         … Read more »

ANC secretary-general Fikile “Vutha” Mbalula has refused to retract claims he made that EFF leader Julius Malema was going door to door looking for illegal foreigners and thus has no right to act as an ally of such people. According to Mbalula, who had received a letter from Malema asking… Read more »

The City of Cape Town recorded 26 582 sewer-related notifications in Langa and Khayelitsha between November 2021 and the end of February 2025, exposing the scale of the sanitation pressure behind the Public Protector’s investigation into township service delivery. The figure, buried in the city’s submissions to Public Protector Kholeka… Read more »

It is not raining but pouring in thunder for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, which is the official opposition in the South African Parliament. The MK Party, which is led by the former South African president Jacob Zuma, holds 58 seats in the National Assembly, making it the third-largest political party… Read more »

Fleet management company Afrirent Holdings has launched a recruitment drive after securing a 60-month national fleet management contract that will expand its operations across all nine provinces and create hundreds of permanent jobs. The new contract, which strengthens the company’s presence across public sector entities and commercial clients, has already… Read more »