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Heavy rainfall boosts SA’s dams, with Vaal Dam hitting 50% mark

Who’s to blame for Stilfontein’s tragic loss of life?

ANC faces slim prospects in Western Cape

Limpopo schools bouncing back with major repairs

City Power disconnects 120 homes for bypassing prepaid meters

University is not the only path after matric

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Education reform is key to South Africa’s progress

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Weather alert: Sever storms and floods in Gauteng, North West, Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga and fire warnings

Traditional healer and sons charged with murder after love proposal turns deadly

Western Cape to hire 477 teachers despite 2 400 job cuts

Here are the challenges this year’s Grade 1s will face over the next 12 years

Electoral Court rules ATM’s ‘vote-rigging’ claims in 2024 elections are ‘mere assertions’

Airlink distances itself from flight overbooking practices following FlySafair tensions

Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal

Mozambique inaugurates new president after deadly post-election unrest

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‘Must I send my child to an open field for school?’: Kids sit at home as assigned school isn’t built

Hawks arrest suspect in Dimbaza kidnapping case

Scholar transport: 19% of KZN minibuses failed back-to-school inspections

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