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The attempted murder trial of businessman and alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his four co-accused has been set down for 30 court days. The court ordered that the trial proceed uninterrupted from 20 July to 7 August, with a brief intermission to resume from 31 August to 18 September.

Fairtree’s Kamini Naidoo says multi-strategy hedge funds can help investors access diversified sources of return, manage volatility and build more resilient portfolios. For many investors, hedge funds still carry a reputation for complexity, exclusivity and elevated risk. Yet Kamini Naidoo, Head of SA Alternatives and Multi-Strategy Portfolio Manager at Fairtree, says this view misses how significantly the industry has evolved, and how diverse these strategies are.

The ANC in Johannesburg has attributed its loss in the 2016 local government elections to former president Jacob Zuma's Nkandla scandal but says President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala controversy will not derail its ambitions in the 2026 municipal polls. Speaking to the Mail & Guardian last week, ANC Johannesburg regional secretary Sasabona Manganye said internal issues, chief among them the Nkandla scandal, had contributed to the party's poor electoral performance in 2016.

The ANC has demonstrated that it is the only political party capable of rescuing Johannesburg, says its regional secretary Sasabona Manganye. In an exclusive interview with the Mail & Guardian last week, he said Joburgers should ensure the ANC received an overwhelming majority in the November local government elections so that it could govern alone and take full accountability. He said coalition politics would not address the city’s challenges.

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and a Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department inspector, known as Witness K, are due to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court for a bail hearing on 22 July. The pair were in court briefly on Monday after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate arrested them on 17 July.

In some of Kenya’s informal settlements, the floods that wreck homes several times a year aren't always about raging rivers and violent storms. They’re also about drains that don't work.

I recently watched a video that has gone viral, of former Kampala mayor Erias Lukwago’s court appearance. He is begging to be granted bail in order to seek further medical attention in a hospital that has quality healthcare as his health deteriorates. “Your worship, I am sentenced to death. If no rescue is made to get my situation addressed, as advised by the consultants from Mulago National Referral Hospital, it’s a death sentence for me,” Lukwago pleads.

Football is often admired for the virtues it appears to reward: technique, speed, stamina, and tactical intelligence. Yet in elite football’s decisive moments, another contest unfolds beneath the surface. Players test nerves. Referees set—or fail to set—the limits of acceptable conduct. Crowds thicken the air. Technology interrupts the pulse of the match. The result is a sport that is never merely physical.

For much of the past decade, governments across the globe have found themselves locked in a familiar cycle. Economic growth lags behind population expansion. Youth unemployment climbs. Public services buckle under rising demand. Migration intensifies. Social frustration deepens. Public confidence erodes. The instinctive response is to manage each symptom separately. Deploy more police. Allocate additional municipal funding. Introduce employment programmes. Strengthen border management.

President Cyril Ramaphosa joined thousands of participants to celebrate Nelson Mandela's legacy Thousands of runners, walkers and families turned Johannesburg's streets into a celebration of Nelson Mandela's legacy on Sunday as the sold-out Mandela Day Walk and Run drew more than 10,000 participants to the city's largest annual tribute to the former president.