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South Africa loses bid to block rhino horn exports

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One fatality confirmed as 60 dwellings destroyed in Durban shack fire

Politics

Government to review Zuma’s privileges over ‘middle finger’ meeting with Ajay Gupta

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Boipatong massacre monument ‘left to rot’ despite R2.3m funding

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‘No evidence Ntshavheni blocked MPs,’ says Public Protector

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Courts

Northern Cape mayor appears in court over pension fund charges

Crime

Police make breakthrough arrest after ANC councillor gunned down in office

News

SAA denies airport refuelling refusal but pilot texts suggest otherwise

News

Alleged cigarette smuggler Mazzotti admitted to illegal tobacco trading, Madlanga commission hears

News

Public Protector clears Steenhuisen over alleged dodgy appointments

Weather

A frosty and cold Saturday ahead

Courts

Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping 11-year-old boy

World

Why some Iranians are not attending supreme leader Khamenei’s funeral

World

UN warns strong El Nino will heighten drought, floods and heatwaves

Politics

Manyi targeted as MK party feels fallout after Zuma’s meeting with Ajay Gupta in India

South Africa

Call for eThekwini Municipality to clean city all year round after Durban July clean-up

Weather

Clouds linger as Cape Town dodges weekend rain

News

Medical report reveals Feroz Khan’s injuries, doctors dismiss claims attack was staged

Crime

Drugs and over 1 000 units of abalone confiscated in separate operations

Crime

Seven arrested in Free State after man dies in alleged mob justice attack

News

Trio get double life sentences for murder of British botanists Rodney and Rachel Saunders

Crime

Victim violently stabbed four times while drinking beer outside shop

News

Illegal immigration protests: SA responds as Nigeria seeks compensation for citizens’ losses

Opinion

Potholes a symbol of Johannesburg’s woes

Crime

Home brewery bust: police find ‘chemical cocktail’ lab in Gugulethu front-room

Politics

EFF slams Mbalula after he accused the party of setting a vigilante trend against foreign nationals

News

Double life sentences for killers of British botanists Rodney and Rachel Saunders

Crime

Court releases three of four suspects arrested for possession of stolen property in Limpopo

News

‘Born-and-bred South African’: Minister Chikunga hits back at ‘fake citizenship’ claims

News

School money for ‘ghost invoices’: ex-Kathu High administrator arrested over R4.6 million fraud

Opinion

Tale of Helene of Troyeville plots blue takeover over lattes