Britain said it was working to provide more support for its partners in the Gulf who are under attack from Iran, as it announced plans to buy extra missiles to protect the region. Britain’s fighter jets and other forces have been helping shoot down Iranian drones, and one of its warships is heading to the eastern Mediterranean, although the government …

The legal team for attempted murder accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala has accused the state of deliberately frustrating them for not disclosing some of the evidence they have asked for. Matlala and four others appeared in the High Court in Johannesburg for the attempted murder of socialite Tebogo Thobejane, businessman Joe Sibanyoni and music producer Seunkie Mokubung. Matlala’s lawyer Annelene Van …

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that her country would have no problem hosting Iran’s matches in the 2026 World Cup, if soccer governing body FIFA agrees. Iran’s football federation has asked FIFA to move their World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States due to concerns about the safety of their players after the US launched joint …

Israel claimed on Tuesday to have killed Iran’s security chief, while a senior Iranian ​official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries, demanding Israel and the US first be “brought to their knees”. The senior official, who asked not to be identified, ‌said two intermediary countries had conveyed proposals to Iran’s Foreign Ministry for “reducing …

Israel claimed on Tuesday to have killed Iran’s security chief, while a senior Iranian ​official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries, demanding Israel and the US first be “brought to their knees”. The senior official, who asked not to be identified, ‌said two intermediary countries had conveyed proposals to Iran’s Foreign Ministry for “reducing …

A member Gauteng’s Organised Crime Unit, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, has told the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that the reason he shares confidential information with businessman Steve Motsumi is because of Motsumi’s love for the country. It has emerged that Sergeant Nkosi forwarded an email inquiring about alleged Mozambican kidnapping kingpin Esmael Nangy to Motsumi. The Madlanga Commission has consistently raised …

South Africa’s political discourse often invokes the rule of law as if it were a self-sufficient cure for the country’s deep social wounds. No political party embraces this language more emphatically than the Democratic Alliance. Its messaging repeatedly emphasises legality, institutional discipline and predictability in governance. These are undeniably important values in any constitutional democracy. Yet elevating the rule of …

The second accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Bongani Ntanzi, has told the court that he is not the author, nor the source of the statement that was read during his bail application. Ntanzi and his four co-accused are appearing before the Pretoria High Court in connection with the 2014 murder of the Bafana Captain. According to Ntanzi, he …

The Cooperative Governance and Human Settlements Department in Mpumalanga says it is revising its support for municipalities struggling with their Eskom debt. Five municipalities in the province, Emalahleni, Govan Mbeki, Lekwa, Mbombela, and Thaba Chweu, are among the 14 municipalities that owe a total of R62.3 billion. Factors identified by the department as contributing to their inability to pay include …