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Bus driver arrested for attacking traffic officer on N1

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Vandal gets trapped inside mini substation amid Roodepoort copper theft syndicate [VIDEO]

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From fog to gales, provinces face mixed weather as Winter looms

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Malema uses Workers’ Day to address struggle with courts

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Road Accident Fund loses bid to block injury claim over missing damages

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Politics Mashatile declares ANC victory ‘certain’ ahead of November polls

Politics Ramaphosa announces date for 2026 local government elections

News WATCH: Military vehicle angers tourists in Kruger Park by ruining leopard sighting

Courts ‘Embroidery of known facts’: Shebeshxt fails to convince court he deserves bail

News Here’s who paid Bellarmine Mugabe’s R600k fine

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Mazwi Kubheka disappearance sparks Vosloorus fury [VIDEO]

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Madlanga Commission demands sworn evidence from Manamela over explosive police corruption claims

Weather

Cape Town braces for a cool, rainy weekend as temperatures stay mild

Politics

Mashatile declares ANC victory ‘certain’ ahead of November polls

Courts

Life sentence for uncle who raped four‑year‑old niece

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Listeriosis class action settlement in limbo as health bodies ordered to hand over records

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Two Home Affairs officials suspended after AI ‘hallucinations’ found in policy paper

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In case you missed it: Local govt elections date | Shebeshxt denied bail | DJ Mustard, Bryson Tiller, Masego head to Durban July

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Workers’ Day weather: Severe thunderstorms and damaging coastal winds

Courts

Zimbabwean trio jailed in SA for human trafficking

World

Iran’s supreme leader defies US blockade as oil prices soar

World

Israeli strikes kill 9 people, including 2 children in Lebanon

Politics

PA defeats DA in Western Cape by-election, ANC also loses seat

Crime

Officer killed, another airlifted to hospital after ambush on crime intelligence unit in Durban

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Tolashe blames Lumka Oliphant for ‘coordinated misinformation campaign’ against her

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Mpumalanga prisons face staffing squeeze and overcrowding worries

Politics

Malema sues Ngizwe Mchunu over Nigerian drug dealer claims

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‘Current system is too complex,’ says Ramaphosa at local government strategy session

Politics

Ramaphosa announces date for 2026 local government elections

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WATCH: Military vehicle angers tourists in Kruger Park by ruining leopard sighting

Courts

‘Embroidery of known facts’: Shebeshxt fails to convince court he deserves bail

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Court crushes Bushiri co-accused Mudolo’s ‘Stalingrad tactics’, clears path for racketeering trial

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Blue light brigade busted in Joburg: Four arrested for impersonating police officers

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SA’s Nobel laureate JM Coetzee snubs Jerusalem festival, denounces Israel’s Gaza actions

Courts

KwaZulu-Natal rapist gets two life terms plus 35 years in jail

Crime

Alleged killer believed to be a ‘mental health patient’ surrenders after fatal stabbing of brother