Standard Bank has issued a stark warning to unmarried couples in South Africa: living together without formal legal arrangements can leave partners vulnerable to devastating legal and financial consequences in the event of death or separation.

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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have introduced a Private Member’s Bill that seeks to ban all forms of alcohol advertising in South Africa. This bold legislative move is framed as a public health measure aimed at curbing alcohol-related harm in society.

Nearly five decades after the death of anti-apartheid icon Steve Biko, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is set to reopen the inquest into the circumstances surrounding his death while in police custody.

The Constitutional Court has now ruled that allows men are allowed to legally assume their wives' surnames.

Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and close ally of former President Donald Trump, was shot and killed during a public speaking event at Utah Valley University.

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The appointments of foreign nationals at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ignited national debate over leadership representation in key state institutions. Critics argue that the Commission, tasked with protecting the rights of South Africans, must be led by individuals who intimately understand and are rooted in the country's historical and socio-political context.

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South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA), the key agency tasked with safeguarding the country’s borders, is severely underfunded and critically understaffed, Parliament heard this week.

Westbury Protests are still continuing this morning in Johannesburg as the community has not had water for weeks.

Youth Capital is deeply concerned about recent amendments to the National Credit Act (NCA) introduced by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.

A 16-hour hostage standoff in Pretoria East, Tshwane, has ended in tragedy, after an off-duty SAPS constable allegedly shot and killed his teenage nephew before taking his own life. What does the South African Police Services do to support the mental health of their employees?

Israel carried out an unprecedented airstrike on Qatari soil targeting senior Hamas leaders in Doha. The attack, which killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer, drew immediate and near-universal condemnation.

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In a parliamentary briefing on Tuesday, the Department of Correctional Services revealed that 152 confirmed unnatural deaths occurred in custody since 2022, alongside 422 deaths still under investigation.

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Fulufhelo Netswera is the dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology has now penned an opinion piece asking President Ramaphosa and the ANC NEC to stop the commissions of inquiry investigating thievery and corruption by their ministers and political appointees, and simply throw them in jail.