Former SAA board member Yakhe Kwinana says she thought she was being kidnapped when armed police stormed her home wearing balaclavas during her arrest.

On Friday, Africa witnessed history as Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah became Namibia’s first female president. She is also the first woman to lead a country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).At her inauguration, the 72-year-old said she was elected based on merit, not gender.

Key state witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial, Lourentia Lombaard, told the court on Monday she had been beaten by people working with police to give information on the child's whereabouts.

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi isn’t mincing words. Speaking on World TB Day, he warned: “If you don’t want to have TB, just stop breathing. As long as you breathe you will definitely get it — that’s how big this problem is.”

The trial of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla on public violence-related charges is set to begin in November. Zuma-Sambudla appeared before the Durban high court on Thursday ahead of a pretrial conference.

Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane is hoping President Cyril Ramaphosa will later this year visit the US to mend trade ties between the two countries.

Former accused-turned state witness Lourentia Lombaard says Joshlin Smith's mother Racquel “Kelly” Smith confessed to her that the person who took the girl wanted her “eyes and skin”. Lombaard was testifying in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on Monday.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana didn’t take kindly to being called “rogue” in parliament after defending his decision to increase VAT. He clashed with DA MP Mark John Burke over accusations that he ignored the Treasury’s advice on the controversial tax hike.

EFF MPs have criticised social development deputy minister Ganief Hendricks for allegedly using artificial intelligence to answer parliamentary questions.

The high court sitting in Saldanha Bay on Tuesday heard contradictory claims of Racquel “Kelly” Smith’s parenting and state of mind after the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin Smith in February 2024. 

Two witness testified on Tuesday: Kelly Ziggers, whose mother had employed Smith as a domestic worker and social worker Siliziwe Mbambo.