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Pastors pray for an end to looting

Pastors in Soweto have come together in a prayer session to take on the violent protests that rocked parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.

Absurd or radical? FIFA seeking to transform football with major rule changes

FIFA have come up with several major rule changes which will be tested at a youth tournament called the Future of Football Cup, according to Mundo Deportivo.

LUCKY ON MONDAY. Exports come home – and expose a gaping weakness in Northern Hemisphere rugby

For years, South African rugby fans have bemoaned the fact that local boys are plying their trade overseas.

Lewis Hamilton fights back against Max Verstappen to win British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton has claimed victory at his home Grand Prix following a collision with championship leader Max Verstappen.

Dlomo hands himself in for stoking violence

Thulani Dlomo, the man who was accused by deputy state security minister Zizi Kodwa of being one of the instigators of violence and looting, handed himself in to the police on Friday.

South Africa’s constitutional democracy is under threat, warns Ramaphosa

The rioting and looting of the past week has put South Africa's constitutional democracy under threat and been designed to provoke a “popular insurrection", says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

And now the rebuilding starts…

As calm is steadily being restored to some troubled areas in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, following the unrest of the past week, some businesses are readying themselves to return to operating.

And so does the hunger

Thousands queue for food in Ulundi, KZN following a week of looting and rioting.

After cleaning up Durban’s streets, university students returned to find their halls on fire

After returning from a day of cleaning the streets of Durban, students from the Mangosuthu University of Technology were left in the cold, stranded when a fire broke out at their residence halls.

Nkandla community defends shops and police station abandoned by cops from pro Zuma looters

After the sizable SAPS deployment left Nkandla out in the cold on the same night Jacob Zuma was arrested, the locals had to deal with the violent protestors on their own.

CEO suspended for allegedly looting washing machine

Not all of this week’s looters were desperately hungry people who had reached a breaking point.

Nosipho shares hot soup with the guys defending Tsakani mall

For many members of the community, Nosipho Msiza is the calm after the storm in her neighbourhood of Tsakani in Ekurhuleni.

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