# The City of Cape Town has launched a specialised SWAT unit to respond rapidly to serious and high-risk crime. The unit will deal with incidents including gang violence, extortion and mass shootings. It’s equipped with an armoured vehicle, night-vision and heat-detection technology, as well as specialised firearms and tactical equipment. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola supports calls for action against individuals and organisations accused of spreading misinformation about South Africa abroad. Parliament’s portfolio committee chairperson Supra Mahumapelo has proposed legislation allowing citizenship to be stripped. Lamola says freedom of speech does not extend to spreading lies and misinformation, which he believes must […]
# AfriForum has vowed to continue monitoring the case of the murder of South African Air Force sergeant Michael Swanton. The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court postponed the case against Thabang Eugene Sohole and Michael Makampe to 2 November for allocation to the Regional Court. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says Swanton was shot dead in Pretoria North in […]
# Canadian author Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet, translator and teacher was born in Toronto in 1950. Carson’s work draws on ancient Greek literature. Her notable works include Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay and Nox. The Nobel committee’s Anders Olsson says Carson is being recognised for her […]
# Online accommodation platform LekkeSlaap has been sold to a consortium that includes Investec and the family offices of FirstRand co-founders GT Ferreira and Laurie Dippenaar. News24 reports, the deal is for an undisclosed amount, with co-founders Jonathan Womersley and Marcel van de Ghinste exiting, while CEO Frans Joubert and the existing management team will […]
# News24 has served March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma with a letter of demand after she posted investigative journalist Khaya Koko’s cellphone number on Facebook. The news platform says Koko has since received more than a hundred threatening calls and messages, including a death threat. The media organisation is demanding Ngobese-Zuma remove the post, […]
# The National Consumer Commission has launched a free national opt-out registry to help South Africans block unwanted direct marketing. Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu told the media consumers can pre-emptively block direct marketers, while marketers must register and regularly remove blocked consumers from their lists. Ratshisusu added the system will be phased in, with consumers able […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says a South African man who went missing in Mozambique in September has been released unharmed. The department did not disclose whether any arrests had been made or whether an investigation into the incident was underway. The department’s Nelson Kgwete says the man, from Phalaborwa in Limpopo, […]
# The DA says raw sewage continues to flow into the Riet River in Thatchfield Estate, in Centurion, posing health and environmental risks. According to the party, residents have complained about the smell and pollution for years, with the sewage reportedly reported three times this year and escalated to the City of Tshwane. The DA’s […]
