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• News24 | Cape Town's problematic Central Line will be operational in 2025... hopefully

  The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has indicated that Cape Town's problematic Central Line will be fully reopened next year.

• News24 | Man accused of kidnapping a KZN woman for RAF payout

  The State is finalising its investigation into the kidnapping of a 21-year-old woman from KwaZulu-Natal a year ago over a Road Accident Fund (RAF) payout.

• News24 | Parliament won't nominate Hlophe's replacement in time for current JSC interviews

  Parliament will not be able to designate a member to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for the current round of interviews in MKP parliamentary leader John Hlophe's stead.

• News24 | Taliep Petersen hitman a free man, but with conditions, says correctional services

  The hitman who killed music legend Taliep Petersen in his Athlone home in Cape Town has been released from prison.

• News24 | Western Cape gynaecologist's plea to reinstate hospital privileges denied by court

  A scandal-addled gynaecologist, who wanted his admission privileges at a private Cape Town hospital reinstated after a year-long suspension linked to the deaths of two patients, has been shown the door by the Western Cape High Court.

• News24 | Gauteng cop claims depression after allegedly stabbing, assaulting girlfriend in front of children

  A Katlehong police officer accused of stabbing his girlfriend, 27-year-old pharmacist Fezeka Ndlovu to death in front of her young children, claims that he suffers from severe depression.

• News24 | UPDATE | No deal in Tshwane, says ANC's Fikile Mbalula as mayoral merry-go-round continues

  ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says no deal has been reached between the ANC and the DA on who will take over the mayoral chain in Tshwane.

• News24 | All flights at King Phalo Airport in East London postponed due to adverse weather conditions

  Airports Company South Africa has announced the postponement of all inbound and outbound flights at the King Phalo Airport on Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions in East London.

• News24 | Over R3.5bn needed to fix disaster damage, says Western Cape Government

  The Western Cape needs over R3.5 billion to repair damages due to disasters such as flooding over the last two years, with the provincial government looking to National Treasury to provide the shortfall.

• News24 | Police on the hunt for Brits murder accused who vanished ahead of the trial

  Police are following up on all leads to track down murder accused Gert van der Westhuizen, who allegedly went into hiding ahead of his murder trial.

• News24 | Soweto locals close spaza shops after five children allegedly die from eating snacks

  Residents of Naledi, Soweto, have closed down shops in the area following the death of five children who allegedly consumed snacks bought from spaza shops.

• News24 | North, south, west… burst pipe leaves Joburg residents high and dry yet again

  Residents in the west and north of Johannesburg are again without water because of last week's pipe burst.

• News24 | 'Escalating corruption' remains very problematic, Deputy Justice Minister Nel tells MPs

  Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel says "escalating corruption" remains very problematic, and efforts need to be redoubled to address this.

• News24 | Charting new courses: Free State college introduces maritime programmes and catfish cuisine

  A famous line from English poet John Masefield's poem, Sea-Fever, "I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky," must certainly have inspired a college in the Free State to offer maritime qualifications to students.

• News24 | Limpopo no-fee high school fines 'misbehaving' pupils R5 for chewing gum in class, R50 for bunking

  Mankoeng High School in Ga-Mamabolo village, Limpopo, has taken a different approach to discipline by fining pupils for misbehaving.

• News24 | Limpopo family shattered after 2-year-old boy killed and mutilated, allegedly by his father

  "Paralysed with disbelief" and unable to fathom what had happened, the family of a 2-year-old boy are trying to come to grips with the news that the child was killed and his body mutilated in Shongoane village, outside Lephalale in Limpopo.

• News24 | Cape Town man with outstanding traffic fines of R200 000 behind bars

  A Capetonian with outstanding warrants of more than R200 000 has been arrested.

• News24 | City of Cape Town safety director sues two traffic officers for defamation

  The executive director of the City of Cape Town's safety and security directorate, Vincent Botto, has instituted a defamation action against two of his subordinates for R250 000 each.

• News24 | Tshwane's Temba water plant shut down amid pollution concerns

  Concerns about the quality of water in the Leeukraal Dam has prompted the City of Tshwane to temporarily shut down the Temba water treatment plant, which supplies water to Hammanskraal and surrounding areas.

• News24 | R110bn, R130bn or R44bn? Confusion reigns over eThekwini water crisis cost discrepancies

  The eThekwini Metro caused controversy by revealing inconsistent amounts of money needed to address the water crisis.