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Backroom queen banks R40,000 a month from foreign shop owners

Maria Mokwena built ten backrooms for extra cash in 2014. Twelve years on, the Germiston grandmother now banks R40,000 a month renting to foreign traders.
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Action SA, police and Home Affairs arrested 21 undocumented foreign nationals at a Tzaneen timber factory, acting on a tip-off from the factory's own workers.
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Mbekezeli Mbokazi’s agent says Chicago Fire are willing to sell him, but only if the next move is right.
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Netizens go wild for Anele Zondo’s horse-shaped corset

Anele Zondo wore a corset shaped like a white horse to the 2026 Durban July, and famous friends flooded her Instagram with praise soon afterwards.

Pick n Pay fires staff over ‘legitimate’ transactions paid with pensioner’s stolen card

The Citizen reports Pick n Pay disciplined and dismissed staff over R421,000 in gift vouchers bought on a stolen pensioner's card, while denying any wrongdoing.

Trump Watch: Trump made calls to Fifa to get a US player’s World Cup ban lifted

Donald Trump personally called Fifa three times to help get a red card ban lifted for US striker Folarin Balogun, clearing him to play in Tuesday’s last 16 match against Belgium.

This week’s biggest catch wasn’t murderers, it was missing papers

Police arrested 3,630 suspects during Operation Shanela raids across Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga this week, with 1,196 of them held only for immigration offences.

Cops faked a raid then sold R15m in jewels dirt cheap

Two Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers face court after IPID accused them of selling R14.9 million in precious stones for R110,000 in a fake police raid.

A year after Mkhwanazi spoke up, the price keeps rising

A year after Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations, a minister remains suspended, a witness has been murdered, and the Madlanga Commission has no final findings.

Cat Matlala’s testimony put on hold

Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala was subpoenaed to testify at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, but his appearance has now been postponed to a later date.

Wild Coast guide fights unemployment one hike at a time

A Port St John's tour operator is using the beauty of the Wild Coast to create jobs, support local families and attract more visitors to one of South Africa's most remote areas.

Nine Gauteng municipalities fail to get clean audits

Only two of Gauteng's 11 municipalities received clean audits for a second year, while the province's Finance MEC warned that financial management is getting worse.

Tributes pour in after politician dies in crash

Former KwaZulu-Natal MEC and African National Congress leader Dr Ntuthuko Mahlaba has died after he was hit by a bakkie while jogging in Newcastle.

Born in South Africa but forced to leave everything behind 

Two teenagers born and raised in South Africa say they are terrified of starting a new life in Zimbabwe, a country they have never called home.

One leg of her trip alone has gone from R16 to R23

Nonkululeko Aphane takes six taxis every day between Alberton and Florida, Roodepoort, watching her own first fare rise from R16 to R23 in a year.