Elections
Newsday logo Newsday logo
Log in Register Support us Register
Log in Register Support us
Elections
Business
Industry News
International
Opinion
South Africa
Sport
About Contact Advertise News tips Privacy policy
Download_on_the_App_Store

Articles by Seth Thorne

South Africa’s democratic crisis

South Africa—15 Feb 2026

DA in ICU in the Western Cape – Gayton McKenzie

South Africa—13 Feb 2026

Government promises that cronies are not first in line for the FMD vaccine

South Africa—13 Feb 2026

South Africa is facing a crisis worse than load shedding

South Africa—13 Feb 2026

Inhumane treatment reportedly on the rise in South African prisons

South Africa—13 Feb 2026

Ramaphosa announces SANDF deployment in Gauteng and Western Cape

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

South African political parties’ expectations ahead of SONA 2026

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

R127.35 million for TRC-identified victims

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

SAHRC calls for a national state of disaster in South Africa

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

PA gives the DA another major shock

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

Panyaza Lesufi forced to book a hotel to bathe

South Africa—12 Feb 2026

When a future British Prime Minister was a prisoner of war in South Africa

South Africa—11 Feb 2026

Dodgy R646 million water contract in South Africa

South Africa—11 Feb 2026

Top veterinarian critical of FMD response removed from task team for state-controlled diseases

South Africa—11 Feb 2026

Dismissed corruption-accused CFO of vital South African city vows to return to office

South Africa—11 Feb 2026

Government jumps for joy over 13,000 vaccines for 15 million cattle

South Africa—11 Feb 2026

Court halts controversial reinstatement of corruption-accused CFO of South African town

South Africa—10 Feb 2026

South Africa still seen as more corrupt than ever before

South Africa—10 Feb 2026

Top South African sports facility has been abandoned for decades

South Africa—9 Feb 2026

Organised criminal syndicates behind Johannesburg’s hijacked building crisis – Morero

South Africa—9 Feb 2026

Reinstated corruption-accused municipal CFO has been a funder of the ANC

South Africa—9 Feb 2026

Key South African city in crisis

South Africa—8 Feb 2026

Businesses in once-thriving South African town crying out for help

South Africa—8 Feb 2026

The sad story of a 128-year-old South African landmark

South Africa—8 Feb 2026

South Africa resumes local FMD vaccine production after two decade hiatus

South Africa—7 Feb 2026

Kenny Kunene running for Joburg mayor

South Africa—7 Feb 2026

MP slams bureaucratic ‘lethargy’ as FMD ravages South African farms

South Africa—6 Feb 2026

Legal showdown over the reinstatement of corruption-accused CFO in major South African town

South Africa—6 Feb 2026

South Africa could have over 500 registered political parties

South Africa—5 Feb 2026

Council votes to reinstate corruption-accused CFO of vital South African town

South Africa—5 Feb 2026
More stories

More news

SIU looking for four Ferraris, three Porches, and one Bentley belonging to Hangwani Morgan Maumela

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

A pack of 20 cigarettes for R5 in South Africa

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

South African man used fake profiles on dating sites to steal R6 million from two victims

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

Reach over 150,000 South African inboxes with Newsday

Industry News—30 Oct 2026

How Technology Is Changing the Trading Experience

Industry News—30 Oct 2026

Illiteracy and no alternatives: Why people continue to vote for the ANC when services collapse

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

The government spent R164 million to construct a new court building which remains incomplete 12 years later

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

The historic Afrikaans school that produced Zola Budd, Amanda Coetzer, and South Africa’s first female advocate

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

End of an era for Cape Town’s famous bridge to nowhere

South Africa—30 Oct 2026

43% of the South African Police’s Flying Squad phone numbers don’t work, and it dropped 12.8 million calls over the last 5 years

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

Most Active

1

The farm attack that shocked South Africa: Farmer brutally tortured, his ears cut off, and then shot in the back

146South Africa—29 Oct 2026
2

Secret meeting to start a new Afrikaans party in South Africa

124South Africa—29 Oct 2026
3

Man fighting for his life after a brutal farm attack during which he was tortured and shot in the back

48South Africa—28 Oct 2026
4

Temu and Shein must be banned in South Africa – COSATU

42South Africa—28 Oct 2026
5

South Africa spent R1 billion on one commission of inquiry, but only 4 out of 1,438 people implicated in corruption have been convicted

43South Africa—28 Oct 2026
6

43% of the South African Police’s Flying Squad phone numbers don’t work, and it dropped 12.8 million calls over the last 5 years

23South Africa—29 Oct 2026
7

South African political parties train their members to steal state money and are required to pay up to R500,000 per month

19South Africa—29 Oct 2026
8

Illiteracy and no alternatives: Why people continue to vote for the ANC when services collapse

19South Africa—30 Oct 2026
9

Municipality in financial distress paid R69.7 million for a financial management system which should have cost R34.9 million

19South Africa—29 Oct 2026
10

End of an era for Cape Town’s famous bridge to nowhere

16South Africa—30 Oct 2026

Poll

Do you think the DA will be South Africa's biggest party in the 2029 general elections?

View results

Loading ... Loading ...

New Comments

No "training" is necessary. Criminality and venality is in the DNA of these people and come as naturally as breathing.

Athol Smith on 31 Oct 2026

Certainly NOT the FF+, a direct remnant of apartheid's legacy.

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

No, they vote ANC because right wingers cannot be trusted.

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

Which group of right wingers are behind Newsday? Their B.S. is worse than News 24!

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

The terrible Brits who had just stuffed up the Boers allowed this? Not so bad hey! Not too many Black...

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

JUngleJUstice and the ANC's racist policies stir up such emotions.

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

Why is the mayor or whoever awarded the tender is held accountable and investigated subject to criminal charges. The corrupt...

harrisingh5658 on 31 Oct 2026

There is no limit to what the ANC will fail at.

Izz Thatso on 31 Oct 2026

Seize his house and auction it.

harrisingh5658 on 31 Oct 2026

Just grow up racist

Annette Nel on 30 Oct 2026
Newsday logo
Newsday is a trusted source of news about South Africa for investigative journalism, general news, and in-depth reporting.
Business
Industry News
International
Opinion
South Africa
Sport
About Contact Advertise News tips Privacy policy
Download_on_the_App_Store
Press Council IAB South Africa

Newsday proudly displays the “FAIR” stamp of the Press Council of South Africa, indicating our commitment to adhere to the Code of Ethics for Print and online media which prescribes that our reportage is truthful, accurate and fair. Should you wish to lodge a complaint about our news coverage, please lodge a complaint on the Press Council’s website, www.presscouncil.org.za or email the complaint to [email protected] Contact the Press Council on 011 4843612.