Toilet tenders: How a former Malema connection raked in R1.6bn from Ekurhuleni
Two companies from Limpopo have collected R1.6 billion in payments from the Ekurhuleni municipality since 2016. Some of the money is from the chemical toilets programme that was investigated by auditor Mpho Mafole ahead of his murder in 2025.
Final Moments | Anele Tembe: A visual investigation
Anele Tembe was 22 years old when she plunged to her death from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel, landing on Loop Street below. She was engaged to Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, one of South Africa’s most celebrated hip-hop artists. This News24 visual investigation traces the couple’s movements through Cape Town – pieced together from exclusive CCTV footage, incident reports, receipts, and social media posts – right up to the moment Tembe fell from Room 1004.
Weight-loss ‘prescription factory’? Insiders lift lid on Smook’s empire
Former employees, medical experts and sources familiar with Dr Tommie Smook’s practice have raised concerns about a high-volume weight-loss programme that allegedly relied heavily on nurses, technology and rapid prescription approvals to treat thousands of patients.
AmaZulu King’s inebriated rant against queen lays bare a fractured Zulu monarchy
A leaked video, recorded while he was drinking, captures King Misuzulu kaZwelithini in an expletive-laden tirade against his second wife, Queen Nomzamo Myeni. A cultural expert says it has exposed him as a deeply compromised leader, both personally and institutionally.
ANALYSIS | Did Bok fans need the fright? Bigger picture, it’s exactly what they needed
Pieter du Toit | ‘Boerepolitiek’: Aucamp’s job is much bigger than placating the right
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Usually, the DA’s internal spats are tawdry, petty tiffs. But the current squabble in Smurf Village, writes parliamentary journalist Jan Gerber, asks a question fundamental to our democracy: who gets to influence our elected public representatives?
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Read the article hereYusuf Cassim’s swearing-in as deputy minister of higher education was a proud moment for South Africa’s young democracy, until a torrent of Islamophobia and racist hatred revealed how much further we still have to go.
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ANC cracks the whip: SACP members ‘purged for refusing to fall in line’
The ANC is accused of purging SACP members from government posts for refusing to abandon their party.
Interview | Tembinkosi Bonakele on bread cartels, bogus NGOs, and his new Lotteries job
Tembinkosi Bonakele built the Competition Commission’s cartel division from scratch and has now been appointed to chair the board of South Africa’s most looted regulator. He speaks to Anneliese Burgess about herding goats, studying at Fort Hare, breaking the bread cartel, and why deterrence begins with the certainty of being caught.
Interview | Tembinkosi Bonakele on bread cartels, bogus NGOs, and his new Lotteries job
Tembinkosi Bonakele built the Competition Commission’s cartel division from scratch and has now been appointed to chair the board of South Africa’s most looted regulator. He speaks to Anneliese Burgess about herding goats, studying at Fort Hare, breaking the bread cartel, and why deterrence begins with the certainty of being caught.
Jonathan Jansen | What the hate directed at deputy minister Yusuf Cassim reveals about us
My F*k, Mzansi | Spy games, Trump’s FIFA red card, and Dada’s dumpster dive
In this week’s edition of My F*k, Mzansi, we find out how intelligent our intelligence agents are, bark up the communications tree with resolve, and hear tall tales of Peet.
South Africa’s first Club Med is open, with prices that put Mauritius and the Maldives in play
A seat at the table: On spykos, high walls and a taste of Jozi in a Nando’s sauce
UNREAD | No buddy backing Peet, not much shroom for error, and a Baby Bok doping scandal
From a Pretoria court hearing evidence that Peet Viljoen may have lied about his father’s health to escape US detention, to Harare, where a potential court challenge looms for Zimbabwe’s “crocodile”, we wrap your week with UNREAD.
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