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The Sunday Independent, 6 Sep 2026

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ArticlePOLITICAL KILLINGS ‘LINKED TO ORGANISED CRIME’

AS POLIT­ICAl killings con­tinue across the coun­try ahead of Novem­ber elec­tions, crime expert Dr Mark Shaw linked these incid­ents to organ­ised crime gangs whose mem­bers are con­trac­ted by politi­cians to elim­in­ate their com­pet­it­ors. Shaw,...

POLITICAL KILLINGS ‘LINKED TO ORGANISED CRIME’

ArticleMuni­cip­al­ity probes speaker’s use of offi­cial vehicle after fatal crash

THE speaker of the ANC-led Umuziwabantu Local Muni­cip­al­ity, on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, is facing sus­pen­sion fol­low­ing a car acci­dent that killed two road work­ers while he was driv­ing his offi­cial vehicle. The muni­cip­al­ity said the...

Muni­cip­al­ity probes speaker’s use of offi­cial vehicle after fatal crash

ArticleHow Eskom doubled its profit des­pite selling less power

POWER util­ity Eskom has made a profit for a second con­sec­ut­ive year, with its after-tax earn­ings more than doub­ling to R30.3bil­lion in the fin­an­cial year ended March 2026. This was more than double the R14bn profit recor­ded in the pre­vi­ous...

How Eskom doubled its profit des­pite selling less power

ArticleJudg­ment reserved in bid to over­turn report

JUDGMENT has been reserved in Pres­id­ent Cyril Ram­a­phosa’s bid to over­turn the Sec­tion 89 panel report on the Phala Phala scan­dal. The West­ern Cape High Court heard final argu­ments on Fri­day, the third and final day of the case before a full...

Judg­ment reserved in bid to over­turn report

ArticleUncer­tainty over future of dis­abled res­id­ents

FOR the past six years, Endu­duzweni Centre for the Dis­abled in Umlazi, Durban, has been a home for 14-year-old phys­ic­ally dis­abled girl Melok­uhle Shezi, des­pite the fact that the centre’s build­ings are badly dilap­id­ated. Her mother,...

Uncer­tainty over future of dis­abled res­id­ents

ArticleON THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 6

1522 The Vic­toria, the only sur­viv­ing ship from Ferdin­and Magel­lan’s exped­i­tion, returns to Spain after nearly three years at sea, com­plet­ing the first cir­cum­nav­ig­a­tion of the Earth. Only 18 of the ori­ginal 260 crew mem­bers...

ON THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 6