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Ace Magashule must step aside or be suspended

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. Picture: Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alon Skuy

It seems like ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule will be suspended from the party as he stands trial on corruption charges.

Covid-19: Crew on ship from India test positive in Durban

Port of Durban. Picture: Screenshot

Transnet National Ports Authority has confirmed that 14 crew members of a vessel, the Eaubonne, which is currently docked at the Port of Durban after sailing from India, have tested positive for Covid-19.

‘Order Vodacom to pay me R10 billion,’ Please Call Me inventor tells court

Supporters of the #PleaseCallMe movement protest outside Vodacom headquarters in support of Nkosana Makate on 31 January 2019 in Midrand. Picture: Gallo Images/Sowetan/Thulani Mbele

For Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate, the time for talk with Vodacom is over and he now wants a judge to step in and make the call on how much the mobile giant owes him for his brainchild.

What we know about Leo Prinsloo, the ballsy driver who foiled a CIT heist

Leo Prinsloo. Picture: Facebook / The Edge Shooting Academy

Most people would abandon ship when bullets start raining down on you from all angles. Not Leo Prinsloo, the cash van driver who outwitted would-be robbers during a highly charged cash-in-transit heist attempt on Thursday, 22 April.

WATCH: Jacob Zuma participates in TikTok dance challenge

Jacob Zuma: Picture: Instagram

When the Covid-19 pandemic began and the global population was forced into strict lockdowns, many participated in viral TikTok trends and dances, including former president Jacob Zuma and his family.

10-man Chiefs pay the penalty as Mnyamane grabs last minute winner for TTM

Lebogang Manyama of Kaizer Chiefs challenged by Thabo Rakhale of Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila during a DStv Premiership match at Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, on Tuesday. TTM beat Chiefs 2-1. (Kabelo Leputu/BackpagePix)

A last minute penalty by Thabo Mnyamane saved Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila blushes after they almost let a 10-men Kaizer Chiefs steal a point in their DStv Premiership match at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday evening.

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