A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on Thursday, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission.
Are student teachers being taught to question inequality? IOL
National Party suporters wave signs at passersby during a National Party campaign visit to Petone on November 4, 2026.
Court rejects contempt bid against landlord who could not identify person who removed car.
China’s Communist Party steps up anti-graft drive at fifth plenary session IOL
A woman walks pass an IEC poster at the National Results Operation Centre in Midrand. |
Police are searching for Matome Lodwick Ratjomane, 45, who escaped from custody at Maleboho Police Station in Limpopo on Sunday.
Suspected stolen bank cards, mobile phones, portable Point of Sale (POS) card machines, and false Gauteng number plates laid out following the arrest of two alleged dating scam syndicate members in Cape Town.
Coalition power games take centre stage in the battle for metro control IOL
Western Cape Electoral Officer Michael Hendrickse. Photographer Ayanda Ndamane/ANA Studio
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Nobel peace prize winner Navi Pillay has urged South Africans to oppose injustice and protect human dignity, linking Diwali’s values of righteousness and service to Ubuntu.
MK Party Moses Mabhida regional coordinator Promise “MaPro” Sithole speaks to IOL at the party’s offices at Arbor Arch in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, as the party celebrates its early gains in the 2026 Local Government Elections.
Court authorises sale of Paarl home over R165,000 debt, but postpones execution.
Horse-trading for control of SA’s councils is set to begin in earnest, with hung councils outnumbering outright wins by more than two to one as the count passed 63% on Thursday night.
The party that twice put convicted child rapist Jeffrey Donson in the Kannaland mayor’s chair has topped the vote in the Little Karoo municipality, but its rivals could still shut it out of power.
The DA has romped home in Kouga, winning an outright majority in the Eastern Cape municipality that takes in Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp and Hankey.
A Western Cape police officer tasked with maintaining law and order during the elections is being investigated after allegedly describing voters in a George community as “baboons” and saying he would chase them back to their caves.
A chartered accountant has lost his bid to overturn a seven-year debarment imposed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) after helping market an unauthorised investment scheme that raised approximately R70 million from investors.