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Isaac Mahlangu is a senior reporter for the Sunday Times.

Prof Mkhululi Palane, CEO of Xylomed Pharmaceuticals, a company that has developed a treatment for Ebola. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane

South African pharmaceutical firm develops potential Ebola treatment

Clinical trials of a molecule that has been found to stop the virus from replicating itself in human body, to get underway

Mpumalanga human setttlements MEC Speedy Mashilo is trying to fend off a R470m warrant of execution obtained against him by a construction company that was allegedly short-changed in deals to build RDP houses.

State scrambles to stop R470m asset seizure

A construction company has secured a court order to attach assets worth R470m from the department of human settlements for more than a decade of “systematic underpayment for subsidised housing projects in Mpumalanga”.

UK investor Errol Elsdon, who wants 40% of Nkosana Makate's Vodacom payout, says he has instructed his lawyers to sue Makate for defamation.

Investor wants to sue Nkosana Makate for defamation over fraud allegations

Makate, in turn, wants the NPA to prosecute British investor Errol Elsdon for forgery

'Please Call Me' inventor Nkosana Makate. File photo.

Makate guns for man behind ‘attempts to extort me’

“Please Call Me” inventor Nkosana Makate seeks to privately prosecute a Johannesburg businessman who is claiming 40% of his multimillion-rand settlement with Vodacom.

The SIU previously swooped on alleged hospital looting mastermind Hangwani Morgan Maumela's palatial home in Sandhurst, seizing three Lamborghinis as part of their ongoing investigation. File image.

SIU swoops on another luxury car tied to suspected Tembisa Hospital fraudster

Dealership accused of hiding R3m Bentley linked to Hangwani Maumela, bought with alleged stolen hospital funds

Public Service Commission chair Somadoda Fikeni says in some instances public servants are maliciously suspended by those who want to steal.

Paid millions to stay home: suspended officials cost country R800m

A staggering R800m of taxpayers’ money is spent each year on salaries for hundreds of suspended public servants at national and provincial level — many of whom have been suspended for years.

Suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi  appears at the Pretoria North Magistrates' Court .The bail application has been rolled over to April 20. Photo Veli Nhlapo

Nkosi ‘unable to’ return ammunition as he was suspended, says lawyer

Fannie Nkosi is applying for bail after his arrest for having unauthorised items

Madibeng mayor Douglas Maimane was caught on tape offering opposition councillors money to campaign against his party, the ANC.

ANC mayor Maimane ‘offers opposition councillors cash’ to help oust his own party

Madibeng municipality rocked by recording of secret meeting in which R200,000 payments promised in exchange for anti-ANC campaign

Up until September 15 last year, the company allowed staff a “body break” option, whereby they could push a pause button on their system when they needed to go to the bathroom.

Call centre accused of ‘evil’ curbs on toilet breaks for staff

Woman tells CCMA she was embarrassed while having her period because she couldn’t get to the bathroom

Deputy national commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili is a frontrunner to get the nod from President Cyril Ramaphosa to act as police commissioner. File photo.

Ramaphosa’s policing problem: who will step into Masemola’s shoes?

With senior cops under investigation and options limited, the president faces a high-stakes choice for the country’s top police post

A tanker delivers water to residents in Chris Hani section in Hammanskraal. The City of Tshwane and the department of water and sanitation have announced a plan to fund a R4bn project to improve the quality of water supplied to the area.

Water ‘blesser’ exposed: the ANC bigwigs who truck water but have no tankers

Two companies with close ties to party heavyweights in Tshwane scored about R32m from the metro to supply water by tanker. How did they do it?

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe, Gugu Motlanthe, former president Thabo Mbeki, Humile Mashatile and deputy president Paul Mashatile, Cynthia Lekota and Kotane Lekota solemnly listen during the funeral in Bloemfontein of former Cope leader, Terror Lekota, who died last Wednesday aged 77.
Picture: Elmond Jiyane/GCIS

Lekota was a principled leader who spoke uncomfortable truths: Mashatile

The late COPE president Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota was described as a fearless freedom fighter who confronted injustice.

Debate over SABC’s funding model intensifies amid proposed legislative changes.

SABC TV licence model is due for a reboot as only 15% pay

TV licence revenue up, but 85% of South Africans still don’t pay

Joburg Water staff do not understand how to work a new field services management system, resulting in delays in resolving problem

Joburg Water | An entity in crisis

The utility’s latest quarterly report for July-September 2025 reveals an entity in crisis

Residents of Melville and Westdene protest against an ongoing water outage in the area, demanding accountability.

CLUELESS: South Africa’s deepening water crisis of dry taps and rising anger

Politicians from Ramaphosa down are scurrying to address the issue, highlighted by catastrophic problems in the nation’s biggest metro