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Pupils at Siyakhula Public School in Stutterheim.

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JSC rejects all candidates for Eastern Cape deputy judge president vacancy

The quest to fill the vacancy of deputy judge president in the Eastern Cape has hit a snag — the Judicial Service Commission has not recommended any…

Oil price surges on fresh war and weather woes

Oil prices soared more than five percent on Thursday following reports that the United States could launch fresh attacks on Iran before next month's…

Police minister, prosecutions boss get second chance to defend R1.3m lawsuit

The High Court has lifted a procedural bar preventing the police minister and NDPP from defending a R1.3m unlawful arrest lawsuit, accepting IT…

South African lawyer and champion of international law Navi Pillay is pictured after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, on October 9, 2026 at the historic Courtroom 600 of Nuremberg's Palace of Justice, venue of the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trials against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany, in Nuremberg, southern Germany, where she was attending the Nuremberg Forum 2026 conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and who last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Pillay, currently a judge on the International Court of Justice in a case where Myanmar also stands accused of genocide, has been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted," said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.

SA's Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates award to survivors of international crimes

Eight Eastern Cape victims of the Lwandle mass shooting in the Western Cape are due to be laid to rest on Saturday.

Eastern Cape families prepare to bury eight Strand massacre victims

Eight Eastern Cape families are preparing to lay to rest their loved ones killed in the Lwandle shisa nyama shooting, as government authorities…

Education MEC Fundile Gade.

Eastern Cape matrics pledge to uphold exam integrity

The Eastern Cape Department of Education has targeted an 85% pass rate for the 2026 matric examinations, as more than 127,000 candidates prepare to…

Pitso Mosimane

Early days still, but Bafana showing plenty of promise

The good start of Bafana Bafana under coach Pitso Mosimane bodes well for SA's football future, with hopes of qualifying for next year’s Africa Cup…

Four fall short in race for top EC judge post

The race to fill the deputy judge president vacancy in the Eastern Cape continues. This comes after four judges — Bulelwa Pakati, Vuyokazi Noncembu,…

Five men were killed in a mass shooting in Willowvale

Willowvale mass shooting follows five-year trail of bloodshed

The gunfire that killed five young men in a Willowvale informal settlement this week is not an isolated incident but the latest chapter in a…

In less than four years, St Joseph’s has gone from a dream for an empty piece of land to an established school with a R130m campus, 640 pupils and its first matric class aiming for a 100% pass rate. Pictured is the school's amphitheature.  Picture: SUPPLIED

Thomas builds a new education legacy at St Joseph’s

In under four years, educator Piyuse Thomas transformed open land into St Joseph’s, a R130-million IEB-accredited school in Beacon Bay serving over…

The Drake Flemmer and Orsmond team: Top left to right: Akhanani Madlokazi (Candidate Attorney); Mlibo Buya (Candidate Attorney); Saadiya Myburgh (Candidate Attorney); Bridigitte Birtill (Candidate Attorney); 
Bottom Left to Right: Catherine Dutton (Candidate Attorney); Richard Jardine (Director); Bongani Qangule (Director); Zintle Matshaya (Associate)
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How Richard Jardine steers DFO Attorneys

The unfinished Water World fun park.

Kwankwa slams BCM ‘white elephants’

UDM deputy president Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has raised sharp concerns over incomplete, multimillion-rand municipal infrastructure projects in Buffalo…

Mlungisi Mvoko, Oscar Mabuyane and Cyril Ramaphosa sing and dance during an ANC election campaign in Stutterheim on Thursdy.
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Government looking to ease pain of fuel hike, says Ramaphosa

Following a steep increase driving petrol prices over R30 a litre, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the South African government is…

INSIGHT | Consequences of ghost candidates, poor choices by voters

The coattail corollary in politics is the theory that a popular candidate at the top of the list benefits those in the same party down the list. In…

Gandana village residents fixed a road alongside the village after raising funds for cement.

Rural villagers repair access road after long wait for municipality

Fed up with poor service delivery and unresponsive authorities, residents of Gandana village in Qumbu pooled their own money to repair a vital…

READER LETTER | What happened to the promised slipway at the Chalumna River?

I am a resident of Kayser's Beach and quite a while ago I had a good, frank and cordial conversion with an official of the department of economic…

Electronic screens display the vote count results at the Independent Electoral Commission national results centre in Pretoria in 2019.
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Election pledge must go beyond words

The right to vote in SA did not come cheap. It took many years of the struggle, and some people paid the ultimate price for it. It is therefore…

Glass and Padel construction equipment offloaded by East London Golf Club staff on Friday still surrounded by warning tape.
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Labour department to conduct own investigation into East London Golf Club tragedy

Eastern Cape Judge Bloem's proposed elevation to Supreme Court widely welcomed

Legal bodies have welcomed the JSC’s recommendation to appoint Eastern Cape judge Gerald Bloem to the Supreme Court of Appeal, citing his extensive…