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Articles by Seth Thorne

Panyaza Lesufi’s major headache

South Africa—5 Feb 2026

Millions for food and travel while towns struggle

South Africa—4 Feb 2026

How to keep Johannesburg’s finances away from sticky fingers

South Africa—4 Feb 2026

John Steenhuisen will not seek re-election as DA leader

South Africa—4 Feb 2026

Tough questions for the DA on the FMD vaccine rollout in South Africa

South Africa—4 Feb 2026

Inside the South African informal settlement terrorised by Zama Zamas

South Africa—3 Feb 2026

Calls for the President to account in-person for South Africa’s alleged criminal justice capture

South Africa—3 Feb 2026

Musical chairs for suspended senior Gauteng officials

South Africa—3 Feb 2026

What Johannesburg has done is criminal – Helen Zille

South Africa—3 Feb 2026

Once-bustling South African town now a dilapidated mess

South Africa—2 Feb 2026

Julius Malema’s R1 billion headache

South Africa—2 Feb 2026

John Steenhuisen’s message about a major crisis in South Africa

South Africa—2 Feb 2026

Many South Africans face a serious food crisis

South Africa—1 Feb 2026

Major South African metro hit with widespread power outage

South Africa—31 Jan 2026

President’s spokesperson denies that Ramaphosa protects his comrades

South Africa—31 Jan 2026

The man trying to make ends meet by operating forgotten municipal infrastructure in South Africa

South Africa—31 Jan 2026

Israel expels South Africa’s top diplomat

International—30 Jan 2026

Afrikaner group declares independence from South Africa

South Africa—30 Jan 2026

Chaos in the council of a key South African municipality

South Africa—30 Jan 2026

South Africa’s richest city set for a ‘de-facto mayor’ amid party factional battles

South Africa—30 Jan 2026

The South African municipality without a mayor

South Africa—30 Jan 2026

Top police officials in South Africa to be investigated by new task team set up by Ramaphosa

South Africa—29 Jan 2026

Mayor of South Africa’s economic hub under siege

South Africa—29 Jan 2026

CEO of key Johannesburg entities charged with money laundering

South Africa—28 Jan 2026

SIU recoups billions meant for South Africa’s most vulnerable students

South Africa—28 Jan 2026

Lobby groups challenge ‘irrational’ ban on private procurement of FMD vaccines in South Africa

South Africa—28 Jan 2026

Police swoop in on critical Johannesburg entity

South Africa—28 Jan 2026

Julius Malema sends a warning to all AfriForum members in South Africa

South Africa—27 Jan 2026

MMC of vital South African city arrested on drunk driving and assault charges out on bail

South Africa—27 Jan 2026

The oldest operating bar in a historic South African mining town where Paul Kruger frequented

South Africa—26 Jan 2026
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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

Pick n Pay launches Smart Shopper Pro: Unlimited free deliveries and extra points for groceries and petrol

Business—29 Oct 2026

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

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

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South Africa—29 Oct 2026

Public hospital with one of the largest surgical backlogs in Gauteng due to declining infrastructure 

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

South African municipality spent R50,000 on a competition while its residents were exposed to contaminated water

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

Retail is getting smarter – and more personal

Industry News—29 Oct 2026

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

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

Film banned in South Africa due to Holocaust denial, antisemitic messaging, and the spread of misinformation

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

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

South Africa—29 Oct 2026

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Secret meeting to start a new Afrikaans party in South Africa

106South Africa—29 Oct 2026
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The farm attack that shocked South Africa: Farmer brutally tortured, his ears cut off, and then shot in the back

105South Africa—29 Oct 2026
3

New laws planned for anyone employing a domestic worker in South Africa

64South Africa—28 Oct 2026
4

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

45South Africa—28 Oct 2026
5

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu cost South African taxpayers R8.89 million while sitting at home doing nothing

44South Africa—28 Oct 2026
6

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

42South Africa—28 Oct 2026
7

Temu and Shein must be banned in South Africa – COSATU

39South Africa—28 Oct 2026
8

ANC nightmare: Latest polling data shows that the DA is beating the ANC in most large South African cities

37South Africa—27 Oct 2026
9

Important South African town collapsing, with government buildings stripped, substations vandalised, and sewage pumped into its dam

26South Africa—28 Oct 2026
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R111 million Franschhoek High-Performance Centre is a derelict site which is decaying in plain sight

25South Africa—28 Oct 2026

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New Comments

Someone call Donald Trump ASAP!!

Garth Muller on 29 Oct 2026

Yes, you are correct, they were sitting there with their smug faces in ICJ and now the country and our...

GC19531980 on 29 Oct 2026

Tragic for the many patients and the families involved . The doctors and staff also suffer from this degredation of...

Dirk Engelbrecht on 29 Oct 2026

Where is your facts and evidence, so please respond because this is a serious statement you made and failing to...

GC19531980 on 29 Oct 2026

What a stupid baseless and dangerous statement by someone without a braincell.

GC19531980 on 29 Oct 2026

Your insensitivity towards the brutal slaughter of farmers and the whole family, first by the ANC and continued after 1995...

GC19531980 on 29 Oct 2026

julius julius? is that you?

kznask on 29 Oct 2026

farm worker was tied up.big difference to having his ears cut off.read before your rant

kznask on 29 Oct 2026

Well said

rosymaselo on 29 Oct 2026

This comparison forms the core of why agricultural unions and safety experts treat farm attacks as a distinct, critical phenomenon...

GC19531980 on 29 Oct 2026
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