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At O.R. Tambo International Airport, 22‑year‑old Sylvester Boakye was the only Ghanaian found in the departure section after his government announced a free charter flight for 300 nationals wanting to return home amid xenophobic threats in South Africa. Having lived with fellow Ghanaians in Pretoria, Sylvester was relieved to go back, but after arriving at 20h00 on Wednesday he discovered by 06h00 Thursday that no other expatriates had appeared for the scheduled 05h00 flight and no officials were available to provide answers. 📷: Timothy Bernard / Independent Media #ORTamboInternationalAirport #flight #Ghana #return #xenophobic #threats
IOL News535,773 views • 13 days ago
The SIU has confirmed what many suspected. South Africa’s Home Affairs system was turned into a marketplace, with marriage certificates and residency permits sold for as little as R500. Over 630,000 foreign nationals may now be in the country illegally through sham marriages, fraudulent life partnerships, and collusion between corrupt officials and religious figures. Cases have been referred to the NPA. - Sesona Madlokovana reports. #SouthAfrica #HomeAffairs #SIU #ImmigrationFraud
IOL News416,309 views • 1 month ago
Most foreign national-owned shops remain closed in Durban’s CBD, as shop owners fear possible attacks amid ongoing tensions, with heightened security and uncertainty continuing to disrupt business activity in the city centre. Read more here: #DurbanCBD #DurbanNews #SouthAfrica #ForeignNationals #CommunityTensions #LocalNews #BusinessClosure #KwaZuluNatal 📹 Doctor Ngcobo/Independent Newspapers
IOL News64,882 views • 8 days ago
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said Durban businessman Tariq Downes allegedly fabricated an ‘undercover agent’ story to avoid arrest after being caught with an unwrought gold bar. Senior officials Maj-Gen Feroz Khan and Hawks head Ebrahim Kadwa reportedly vouched for him, leading to his release. Investigators later confirmed he was not a police spy and should never have been freed. 📷: Kamogelo Moichela / IOL #AthlendaMathe #TariqDownes #FerozKhan #EbrahimKadwa #arrest
IOL News138,490 views • 23 days ago
WATCH: Protesting Stellenbosch University students in Cape Town disrupted classes on Thursday, removing students from lecture rooms. The protest stems from the deregistration of students with historical debt. #news #protest #stellenboschuniversity #capetown Video: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers
IOL News2,058,560 views • 1 year ago
South African Pension Funds Adjudicator orders two retirement funds to repay members after benefits were wrongly paid to other accounts. One member’s R46,000 preservation fund was misallocated; another’s R17,321.40 went to a child’s account. Funds must repay benefits plus investment returns. Demand accountability and stronger verification now, urgently for members.
IOL News268,550 views • 2 months ago
A group of six crew members held captive in Israel while en route to deliver food to Palestine on the 8th Global Sumud Flotilla returned home to a heroes' welcome at OR Tambo International Airport following their release. Video: Timothy Bernard / Independent Newspapers
IOL News48,831 views • 11 days ago
🚨 SIU Freezes R76.5m in Assets Linked to Eskom Corruption The Special Investigating Unit has frozen 17 properties and 7 luxury cars tied to businessman Siyabonga Nkosi after uncovering inflated relay contracts at Eskom’s Kusile and Matla stations. Relays priced at R50,000 each—worth just R180–R450—cost Eskom R73.6m. Officials split tenders to dodge oversight, while Nkosi’s trusts laundered funds into prime real estate and supercars. The SIU will now move to recover losses and pursue criminal charges.
IOL News138,146 views • 1 month ago
A brand new hacker group called XP95 — whose website looks like Windows 95 — has stolen 154GB of data from Statistics South Africa and is demanding R1.7 million. Stats SA says they are not paying. The deadline is 20 April. This is the same group that already hit the Gauteng Provincial Government this month. 🇿🇦 #StatsSA #Cybersecurity
IOL News145,342 views • 2 months ago
KZN provincial commissioner Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says the investigation around the money that allegedly funded the killings of Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and celebrity chef Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane are still ongoing. 📷: Nomonde Zondi #NhlanhlaMkhwanazi #KiernanAKAForbes #TebelloTibzMotsoane #police
IOL News424,846 views • 6 months ago
▶️LISTEN 🚨 This is the recorded call between Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Cedrick Nkabinde, Senzo Mchunu's chief of staff, which has been presented to the ad hoc committee by the suspended minister. Mchunu claims the audio shows that the KZN police general made threats against him, saying he should reverse his decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team. ▶️
IOL News455,433 views • 7 months ago
A KwaZulu-Natal High Court has delivered a brutal ruling in a toxic divorce battle—stripping an abusive husband of his house, pension benefits, and even parental rights after years of alleged physical, emotional, and financial abuse. The court found a clear pattern of misconduct, awarding full custody to the mother and ordering the man to forfeit everything, including the family home, after contributing little to the marriage or his child’s life. For more follow at
IOL News131,556 views • 2 months ago