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‘Stalingrad tactics’: Justice committee warns magistrates quit before found guilty

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WATCH: Another alleged illegal mining gunfight closes R539 in Schoemanskloof

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In case you missed it: Home Affairs passport scheme bust | Idac’s future debated | Whatsapp’s new parental controls

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‘The problem is not the institution’: Ad hoc committee divided on whether Idac should be shut down

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Weather alert: Cloudy, cool to fine and hot conditions

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Saps explains throat-slicing gesture seen in Shadrack Sibiya court video

EDITOR'S CHOICE

South Africa US ambassador Bozell démarched again as Pretoria-Washington tensions escalate

News Taxi boss Oupa ‘King of the Sky’ Sindane in spotlight as Madlanga commission probes police escorts and criminal links

News Madlanga commission to lay criminal charges against Feroz Khan over non-attendance [VIDEO]

News Mass shootings: Weekend bloodshed leaves questions about police intelligence

News NHI tender scandal: Investigators probe ‘inflated’ contracts

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Rhodes University students fear for the future, and their next meal, amid campus shutdown

World

Passenger on rerouted flydubai flight says pilot tried to crash plane

Africa

Egypt fact-checking platform says authorities arrest entire editorial team

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Defence entities take years to address stagnant R25 billion financial waste

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‘We’re not here for oranges’: Is Gauteng’s job campaign going to fix unemployment or just ‘showcase’ businesses?

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Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni grilled over ‘interference’ with Putco after Ramaphosa ‘confrontation’ [VIDEO]

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‘Where are the pads?’ MPs question R125m returned unspent in sanitary programme

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N4 shutdown sparks outrage: MEC Macie condemns zama‑zama violence

Politics

‘It is very insulting for the president to invoke their names’: EFF slams Ramaphosa’s latest ‘family meeting’

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Youth employment programme records strong first-quarter gains

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WSAR rescues German hiker after overnight operation near Hout Bay

South Africa

US Ambassador Bozell slams SA: Visa sanctions, farm attack fears and investment risks

South Africa

Big change on the cards for Sassa social grant payments in November

Courts

R500 to swap your photo with a foreigner: Woman nabbed in home affairs passport corruption scheme

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Ekurhuleni lockdown in numbers: Cameron highlights failures, Lesufi urges ‘focus on results’

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Institutional consequences: Cachalia and Mchunu salaries raise policing concerns

Opinion

Could the death penalty make South Africa safer?

News

Mchunu, Cachalia salaries could have funded ’13 detectives’

News

Joburg on high alert as severe thunderstorms, hail and flooding loom

Opinion

Faith in police couldn’t be lower as crime rife in SA now

Courts

Ex‑bookkeeper gets 10 years behind bars for R4.7m theft in Eastern Cape

News

Lekwa municipality faces scrutiny over R1.9m contract extension

Crime

Five arrested after Dutywa bus attack ends in flames and robbery

PODCAST: African Royal Rainbow Congress founder Thabiso Mabetwa calls for youth leadership

Opinion

Heritage Month is time to reflect on where we come from now

Local News

Mako opens Kliprivier Drive and Duma Nokwe intersection in Three Rivers