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Top 10 stories of the day: Masemola on KZN task team | Mchunu downplays Mogotsi link | Viljoen’s R71m slap

Eswatini man arrested after child’s burnt body found

Weather alert: Gauteng and KZN to stay cool as cold hits Cape provinces

Treasury allocates R750m to offset Pepfar funding withdrawal as Motsoaledi tables health budget

Eastern Cape businessman denied bail in girlfriend’s murder case

Public holiday pay: Are employees being cheated by the law?

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‘Nothing will happen to them, no matter how many cases are opened’: NPA receives docket on JPC boss

Vaal Dam water levels double compared to last year

US court rules Viljoens must pay real Tammy Taylor R71 million

Macpherson vows action on failed projects and EPWP reform

Macron turns to politics on second day of UK state visit

Kenya’s president warns against bid to ‘overthrow’ govt by protests

Mduduzi Mnisi granted R5 000 bail in Likhona Fose murder case

Will it get warmer this week? Here’s what to expect weather-wise in Gauteng

City of Johannesburg takes a stand for clean air

Water and electricity cut at almost 300 Gauteng schools over non-payment

7 day water outages coming to these Joburg areas

Mkhwanazi vs Mchunu: Speaker Thoko Didiza rules on parliament debate

Hawks officials accused of theft at Dragon City released on R3 000 bail

Masemola denies signing any letter to disband KZN political killings task team

Ramaphosa returns home, but when will he address Mchunu-Mkhwanazi feud?

Good news! South Africa heads to the international paintball stage

DA warns against ‘unlawful’ removal of Tshwane city manager

Gauteng health MEC warns against denying foreign nationals health care access

Mchunu denies ties to Cat Matlala, as tenderpreneur bust with cellphone in prison

The real national dialogue has begun

Here is how long you could spend in jail for drug trafficking in SA

Rand Water maintenance deepens Joburg water crisis

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