In a court-ordered rescue operation, at least 78 bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine where police cut off food and water for months, in what trade unions called a horrific crackdown; 246 survivors have been arrested once at the surface

The South African Communist Party will participate in local elections as an independent formation; it is the first time in the history of democratic South Africa

Nominations for Mail&Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2025 are open; at its 20th edition, the initiative celebrates the achievements of young people in 19 categories including agriculture, arts-entertainment, finance, health, justice, sport, technology

At the end of the first month of the G20 presidency, SA said it will leverage the opportunity of being the first African country to hold the role to "highlight the barriers to AI of developing countries, including unequal access to digital infrastructure"

Ambulance crews and paramedics are increasingly being robbed and their vehicles hijacked while they are working, feeling increasingly unsafe saving lives in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime