The Wize Owl News desk
The stories shaping South Africa.
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Newly declassified records reported by News24 point to an alleged State Security Agency operation inside the EFF, adding a fresh allegation to South Africa’s long-running
South African Airways has again adjusted its salary payment timetable, with some staff facing a short delay in October after a similar disruption in September. Newsroom Z
Newsroom ZA reports that extortion in Khayelitsha is no longer just a criminal nuisance. It is affecting construction, repairs, clinics and informal traders, while also r
A Sea Point operation against reckless driving and illegal racing ended with an arrest after a BMW driver allegedly fled Ghost Squad officers, while Cape Town’s broader “
A South African Airways captain has approached the High Court over how a 2024 Airbus A330-300 incident was handled, arguing that missing recordings and disputed technical
South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay has called on the United States to restore its role in defending human rights, after fresh sanctions against the ICC. A
Newsroom ZA reports that South Africa’s five designated refugee reception centres are under strain after a Constitutional Court ruling changed how some foreign nationals,
Hundreds of foreign nationals hoping to apply for asylum in Durban were unable to get into a Home Affairs refugee reception centre on Thursday, after police moved them on
Newsroom ZA explains why a Constitutional Court ruling has not opened South Africa’s borders, even though Home Affairs has been told to receive people who say they want,\